Senior Security Operations Engineer II
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Job Location:
Boston, NH - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 148500 - 237600
Posted on:
13 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
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 Boston MA 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
- Design deploy and operate PKI infrastructure supporting secure authentication encryption and certificate lifecycle management.
- Manage certificates secrets keys and trust stores including issuance renewal rotation and revocation.
- Build maintain and secure Kubernetes clusters hosting PKI and secret management services.
- Automate PKI and secret management workflows using Infrastructure-as-Code CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes-native tooling.
- Monitor and troubleshoot PKI certificate secret and Kubernetes infrastructure issues performing root cause analysis and remediation.
- Collaborate with other teams to integrate PKI and secrets management into cloud-native applications and services.
- Maintain operational documentation runbooks and disaster recovery procedures for PKI and Kubernetes environments.
- Ensure PKI and Kubernetes platforms meet security reliability and compliance requirements.
- Build and operate secure reliable and scalable PKI and secrets management infrastructure.
- Design and implement PKI solutions supporting 24x7 production and enterprise environments.
- Manage certificates secrets encryption keys and access controls across Kubernetes-based platforms.
- Deploy maintain and secure Kubernetes clusters hosting PKI and secret management services.
- Automate certificate lifecycle secret rotation and infrastructure operations using CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Troubleshoot and resolve PKI certificate secret and Kubernetes infrastructure issues.
- Collaborate with SRE platform and security teams to integrate PKI and secrets management into cloud-native services.
- Participate in on-call rotations incident response and operational improvement initiatives.
- Document PKI architecture operational procedures and security best practices
What You Bring
- 7 years of experience in infrastructure platform SRE or security engineering roles.
- Strong experience managing and securing Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads in production environments.
- Hands-on experience with PKI platforms certificate lifecycle management secrets management and encryption technologies.
- Experience operating cloud-native security solutions such as AWS KMS Azure Key Vault HashiCorp Vault EJBCA Smallstep or Venafi.
- Strong understanding of Linux systems networking distributed systems and Kubernetes security best practices.
- Experience with automation scripting Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD pipelines for PKI and infrastructure operations.
- Familiarity with IAM and access management platforms such as Okta Entra ID Keycloak or similar solutions.
- Experience with monitoring logging alerting and troubleshooting distributed infrastructure and security systems.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering operations and security teams.
- Passion for building secure scalable and reliable infrastructure 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
- 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.
Axon is a total compensation company meaning compensation is made up of base pay bonus and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors such as: level function training transferable skills work experience business needs geographic market and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit Pay Range
$148500 - $237600 USD
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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Axons mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axons impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental health and safety regulations policies and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.
We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice advances equity values diversity and fosters inclusion. Were committed to hiring the best talent regardless of race creed color ancestry religion sex (including pregnancy) national origin sexual orientation age citizenship status marital status disability gender identity genetic information veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws regulations and ordinances and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work. If you have a disability or special need that requires assistance or accommodation during the application or the recruiting process please email Please note that this email address is for accommodation purposes only. Axon will not respond to inquiries for other purposes.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
The Axon Network connects people, devices, and apps to protect life in all regards. From our TASER smart weapons, to police body cameras, to our industry-leading cloud-based evidence management software, we are the world’s premier public safety company and are committed to delivering ... View more
