Senior Security 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

Axons Enterprise Security team is looking for a Senior Security Engineer II focused on building and operating scalable enterprise security controls across cloud network endpoints and core business platforms. This is a hands-on engineering role where youll design secure-by-default patterns implement guardrails improve firewall and segmentation governance and automate high-friction security work using infrastructure-as-code and lightweight services. Youll partner closely with Platform/SRE IT Infrastructure and application owners to deliver security improvements that are practical measurable and operationally reliable. This is not a Security Operations or Incident Response role. You will be expected to ship production-grade controls and operate them with clear ownership monitoring and safe rollout/rollback practices.

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: Senior Manager of Enterprise Security
Direct Reports: 0

• Engineer and operate enterprise security controls across cloud network endpoints and enterprise platforms balancing risk reduction with operational usability.
• Build and maintain cloud security guardrails (baseline configurations policy enforcement drift detection) and improve visibility through asset inventory logging coverage and actionable telemetry.
• Improve network security and firewall governance including segmentation patterns rule hygiene (review cadence deprecations ownership) and safe change management.
• Define and ship secure-by-default platform patterns and reference architectures for common service types (microservices SaaS integrations admin tooling) including standards for secrets keys/certificates and secure connectivity.
• Deliver automation and IaC/policy-as-code solutions to enforce controls reduce toil and generate auditable evidence (e.g. Terraform and policy/config frameworks).
• Establish control reliability and assurance: dashboards and control health metrics monitoring and alerting runbooks and predictable operational ownership for high-blast-radius controls.
• Lead technical design and threat modeling for security initiatives; drive remediation of high-impact findings through engineering execution and cross-team alignment.

What You Bring

• 6 years in security engineering platform engineering systems engineering or similar roles with meaningful ownership of production systems.
• Hands-on engineering ability in one or more languages (Python Go TypeScript etc.) building integrations automation or internal services.
• Experience shipping and operating changes that have real operational impact with an emphasis on safety (staged rollout rollback planning change governance).
• Working knowledge of enterprise security fundamentals: least privilege secrets handling logging/auditability threat modeling and secure-by-default design.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or equivalent) and configuration/policy-as-code approaches.
• Experience implementingcloud security controls (guardrails posture improvements policy enforcement logging standards) in AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Experience withenterprise networking/firewalls: segmentation rule governance change management and operational hygiene.
• Experience with endpoint security baselines and enterprise platform hardening (SaaS/admin configuration core enterprise tooling).
• Experience building lightweight services/workers for enforcement detection ticketing or control evidence automation.
• Familiarity with enterprise ITSM workflows and cross-platform integrations (SaaS tooling ticketing systems internal platforms).

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
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• 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.

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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