Security Operations Engineer

Were in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here you lead with innovative thinking grow along with us and join the smartest team in the industry.

This type of workwork that changes the worldis what the tech industry was founded on. So if youre ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark come join us.

THE ROLE

You will help build and operate the core of our Attack Surface Management (ASM) and Secrets Detection programintegrating asset discovery vulnerability visibility secrets scanning and remediation into scalable workflows. Your job is to ensure that we know what we own and that none of it leaks secrets tokens or credentialsat any point in its lifecycle.

Youll work closely with Security Infrastructure DevOps and Developer Experience teams to:

• Maintain a real-time trustworthy asset inventory across on-prem cloud and SaaS environments
• Build and run secrets detection workflows in source code CI/CD and production telemetry
• Create scalable feedback loops to improve posture reduce false positives and prioritize by risk

This is not a leadership role but it is highly cross-functional and operationally impactful.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Operate and continuously improve our asset discovery workflows using tools like runZero CMDBs and cloud APIs
• Track and tag assets by environment business owner and criticality
• Drive visibility into cloud-native SaaS and third-party assets
• Support vulnerability intelligence workflows with business context and inventory hygiene
• Deploy tune and maintain secrets detection tools (e.g. TruffleHog GitHub Advanced Security GitLeaks)
• Build logic to detect de-duplicate and route secret-related alerts to the right engineering owners
• Partner with developers to eliminate hardcoded credentials environment variable leaks and insecure secrets handling
• Monitor for secrets exposure in logs S3 buckets or shared infrastructure/Services
• Integrate secrets scanning into CI/CD workflows
• Correlate asset inventory with Tenable and secrets telemetry to drive prioritization
• Automate triage workflows false positive suppression and remediation notifications (e.g. via Jira or ServiceNow)
• Build dashboards and reporting pipelines to measure secrets MTTR asset coverage and risk trends
• Contribute to detection content alert tuning and posture reporting
• We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara CA office in compliance with Pures policies unless you are on PTO or work travel or other approved leave.

WHAT YOU BRING

• 58 years of experience in security operations cloud security or related engineering roles
• Experience operating tools like runZero TruffleHog GitLeaks or similar
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS GCP Azure) and modern CI/CD pipelines
• Working knowledge of GitHub GitLab and secure code practices
• Solid scripting or automation ability (Python Bash or equivalent)
• Experience managing asset metadata and tagging strategies
• Strong understanding of secrets hygiene credential lifecycle and IAM basics
• Experience working in or supporting vulnerability management workflows
• Comfort working with log aggregation tools security alerting platforms and ticketing systems
• Ability to communicate clearly across technical and non-technical audiences
• Self-directed detail-oriented and comfortable operating across multiple teams

PREFERRED

• Exposure to SIEMs (e.g. Splunk) or SOAR platforms (e.g. Tines XSOAR)
• Familiarity with software development practices and secure coding principles
• Experience with cloud-native monitoring (e.g. AWS Config CloudTrail Audit Logs)
• Security certifications: GCIH AWS Security Specialty or equivalent

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WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT FROM US:

• Pure Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
• Pure Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been Named Fortunes Best Large Workplaces in the Bay Area Fortunes Best Workplaces for Millennials and certified as a Great Place to Work!
• Pure Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance including flexible time off wellness resources and company-sponsored team events. Check out for more information.

ACCOMMODATIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY:

Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this contact us at if youre invited to an interview.

OUR COMMITMENT TO A STRONG AND INCLUSIVE TEAM:

Were forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isnt just accepted but embraced. Thats why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership.

Pure is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race religion color national origin sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) sexual orientation gender gender identity gender expression transgender status sexual stereotypes age status as a protected veteran status as an individual with a disability or any other characteristic legally protected by the laws of the jurisdiction in which you are being considered for hire.

JOIN US AND BRING YOUR BEST.

BRING YOUR BOLD.

BRING YOUR FLASH.