Senior Security Operations Engineer II

Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon were on a mission to Protect Life. Were explorers pursuing societys most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products we work better together. We connect with candor and care seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers communities and each other.

Life at Axon is fast-paced challenging and meaningful. Here youll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact

As a Senior Security Operations Engineer youll play a key role in ensuring the reliability performance and scalability of our security infrastructure. Youll solve complex technical problems improve our systems through thoughtful automation and work closely with cross-functional teams to support our services as they scale. Youll provide hands on execution capabilities for new initiatives in the Identity space primarily to build out maintain and support for PKI solutions at scale and provide auxiliary execution support for user identity and access management (IAM) initiatives. Your work will have a direct impact on uptime efficiency and the overall developer experiencecontributing to our mission to deliver high-quality mission critical systems at speed.

What Youll Do

Location: This role is based out of our Scottsdale AZ office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork mentorship and shared success.

Reports to: Manager InfoSec Engineering
Direct Reports: 0

• Implementing and improving automated security checks in CI/CD pipelines to prevent vulnerabilities from reaching production.
• Writing reviewing and maintaining security-focused infrastructure-as-code for scalable and compliant deployments.
• Investigating security incidents performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term mitigation strategies.
• Collaborating with developers to develop new features services and infrastructure requirements.
• Enhancing security observability through improved log collection metrics and alerting configurations.
• Maintaining and improving security runbooks incident response playbooks and internal security tooling for operational efficiency.
• Resolve security/infrastructure incidents by participating in high impact/high visibility incidents as a participant and ideally as an incident commander.
• Maintain and secure critical infrastructure components such as PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and IAM ( Identity & Access Management) systems ensuring reliability scalability and compliance with organizational and industry security standards.
• Build and maintain secure reliable and scalable infrastructure that protects core services and sensitive data.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex operational and system-level issues across environments.
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines with automated security testing compliance checks and deployment safeguards to minimize risk.
• Lead the design development and implementation of advanced security architecture ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.
• Participate in the on-call rotation security incident response and post-incident reviews with a focus on threat mitigation and continuous improvement.
• Design and implement mission critical PKI solutions to support 24x7 worldwide manufacturing operations.
• Improve automation of IAM workflows and help implement just in time least privileged access to critical business resources.
• Collaborate with SRE and Engineers in other Pillars to ensure infrastructure meets the needs of fast-moving development cycles.
• Contribute to security-focused infrastructure-as-code and automation initiatives to enforce consistency and reduce manual configuration drift.
• Stay current with emerging security threats vulnerabilities and tools evaluating and integrating solutions to strengthen defenses and improve operational resilience.
• Document security systems incident response procedures and best practices for internal knowledge sharing and compliance audits.

What You Bring

• 7 years of experience in operations site reliability or infrastructure engineering roles.
• Strong experience securing and managing cloud environments (e.g. AWS Azure) and containerized workloads
• Deep understanding of Linux systems networking distributed systems and their associated security controls.
• Proficiency in automation scripting and security tooling integration to streamline operations and enforcement.
• Experience with security monitoring alerting SIEM platforms and observability tools.
• Solid grasp of CI/CD practices with integrated security testing and compliance checks.
• Experience managing Kubernetes clusters and running containerized workloads in production.
• Experience with deploying and administrating any of the following: scalable cloud native secrets solutions such as AWS KMS Azure KeyVault; PKI solutions such as EJBCA Smallstep Venafi; or vaulting solutions such as Hashicorp Vault.
• Familiarity with IAM/SSO platforms such as Okta Entra ID OneLogin Ping or Keycloak.
• Clear concise communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering operations and security teams.
• A proactive approach to threat detection vulnerability management and system hardening.
• A passion for building security into systems that are both resilient and user-friendly.

Benefits that Benefit You

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical Dental Vision plans
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support
• Learning & Development programs
• And yes we have snacks in our offices

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.

#Li-Hybrid

Dont meet every single requirement Thats ok. At Axon we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer better place. We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.

Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description. If youre excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesnt align perfectly with every qualification listed here we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Important Notes

The above job description is not intended as nor should it be construed as exhaustive of all duties responsibilities skills efforts or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

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