Security Engineer

Wiz Wiz · Enterprise · Tel Aviv, Israel · Product Security

Security Engineer role focused on securing cloud-native environments, CI/CD, and production infrastructure. Responsibilities include threat modeling, vulnerability management, detection and response, and collaborating with engineering teams to ensure secure-by-design solutions. Requires experience in AWS, Kubernetes, IAM, secure development, and automation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead threat modeling and security review exercises across Wiz’s production and CI/CD environments – identifying and mitigating risks in our products and the cloud services that support them
  2. Drive vulnerability management and remediation efforts – prioritizing issues, implementing mitigations, and designing strategic preventative controls
  3. Extend our detection and response capabilities – building scalable solutions to identify malicious activity, triage alerts, and investigate and remediate incidents
  4. Collaborate with our Wiz Federal team – extending our DevSecOps and Product Security practices to Wiz’s FedRAMP environment and ensure it meets key security requirements
  5. Build deep functional partnerships with Wiz’s engineering and operations teams – helping them deliver secure-by-design solutions

Skills

Required

  • AWS platforms and services
  • Kubernetes (AWS EKS) and container infrastructure
  • IAM and managing cloud identities at-scale
  • Secure development and application of IAC solutions (Terraform, Helm)
  • Cloud-native observability and management tools
  • Automation and tooling development in one or more: Python, Go, Shell, HCL, Rego

Nice to have

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field and / or candidates with equivalent job experience in lieu of a degree
  • Experience working with remote, globally distributed teams
  • Experience working in organizations that develop software and / or operate managed infrastructure and technology services for their own customers
  • Experience with CNAPP, CSPM, or CIEM solutions

What the JD emphasized

  • 5+ years of experience in security engineering or security operations work in cloud environments