# Security Engineer > Raydar · New York, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-12 **Salary:** USD 215,000–285,000 **Workplace:** on_site ## Description About the company Our client is a fast-growing technology company. The role Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Join as an early security hire and take broad responsibility for protecting cloud-hosted production systems. You will work inside an infrastructure-focused engineering group, building monitoring and incident response capability and helping set sensible security defaults as the business grows. What you'll do \- Take charge of the protection of cloud-hosted environments and the hosting services around them. \- Share the workload of the existing senior security engineer by absorbing infrastructure-related duties. \- Design and maintain the way credentials, secrets and permissions are managed across every service. \- Build threat detection and incident response tooling, including log analysis and automated response workflows. \- Work with software engineers to make safe configuration the default, covering identity permissions, network isolation and container orchestration controls. ## Requirements What we're looking for \- 4+ years in a hands-on security or infrastructure-oriented engineering role, such as cloud security, security operations, platform work or DevSecOps. \- Background at respected technology companies or startups. \- A degree in a technical or scientific field. \- A track record of owning security outcomes for infrastructure end to end. \- Practical experience securing container orchestration environments, including access controls, policy enforcement and sensitive-data handling. \- Experience setting up and maintaining security settings across cloud environments. \- Ability to work on-site five days a week at the stated location. Bonus points \- Prior experience as the lone or lead security practitioner at a small organization. ## Benefits Compensation and benefits \- Base salary: USD 215,000 to 285,000 per year Location and work model \- New York, NY, United States \- On-site, 5 days per week in the office \- Full-time ## Apply [Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/B24C4D390A/apply) --- Powered by [Workable](https://www.workable.com)