Senior Security Engineer Cloud Security

PagerDuty Inc. (NYSE: PD) is the global leader in AI-first digital operations. By automatically detecting diagnosing and remediating issues the PagerDuty Platform orchestrates AI agents and automated workflows with context from over 750 integrations. Trusted by approximately two-thirds of the Fortune 100 and nearly half of the Fortune 500 PagerDuty is the industry standard for organizations scaling resilient autonomous operations. Notable customers include Chipotle Cloudflare Docusign Fox Nvidia Salesforce Spotify Zoom and more. We are growing rapidly and hiring top talent with leading AI skills across engineering sales product marketing and beyond as we build the leading digital operations platform.

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PagerDuty is seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our Cloud Security team part of Security Engineering within the CTO organization. This is a preventive platform-focused role owning security posture across our multi-account AWS environment and the Kubernetes platforms running on it with deep responsibility for identity & access management and cryptography (PKI and encryption). Youll partner with 30 engineering teams shipping controls as code that roll out without disrupting engineering including across our FedRAMP footprint.

*This role will require 2 days per week in our Atlanta office...*

• Harden PagerDutys AWS and Kubernetes environments against CIS Benchmarks DISA STIGs and FedRAMP Moderate baselines across a multi-account multi-org footprint proving results through evidence config-remediation tooling and KPIs that track posture identity and encryption/PKI health so we know where we stand and where the gaps are.
• Harden EKS clusters and the Istio service mesh against the CIS Kubernetes Benchmark DISA Kubernetes STIG and NSA/CISA hardening guidance.
• Design and enforce Kubernetes RBAC least-privilege workload identity and container supply-chain controls (image provenance admission control runtime policy).
• Own PKI and encryption standards across the environment certificate lifecycle and management KMS-backed key management and rotation TLS/mTLS (including within the Istio mesh) and encryption-at-rest and in-transit requirements and define the standards other teams build against.
• Design and roll out Service Control Policy (SCP) guardrails and least-privilege IAM/PAM across dozens of accounts and multiple orgs.
• Lean into AI to unlock efficiency and velocity consume agentic tooling in day-to-day work and build lightweight agentic solutions that streamline repetitive security work: posture triage threat modeling risk assessment incident enrichment and investigation compliance-evidence generation and detection tuning.
• Shape detection strategy for the domains you own Kubernetes/Istio identity and cryptography authoring and tuning detections in our SIEM stack defining what good coverage looks like for these domains and threat hunting for container escape lateral movement anomalous mesh traffic and identity or credential abuse.
• Participate in the teams on-call rotation triaging and dispositioning cloud and Kubernetes threat alerts and acting as Incident Lead during incidents driving containment blast-radius/exposure analysis and post-incident review.
• Automate security controls as code using Terraform and Python including Kubernetes policy-as-code and tool-to-tool integrations that reduce manual work.
• Partner closely with our AppSec and GRC teams aligning platform controls with secure-development needs and translating hardening identity and encryption work into audit and compliance evidence.

• Mentor and guide teammates on platform identity and cryptography security practices and contribute to roadmap and annual planning. At the senior end of this role youll help draft external- and auditor-facing communication and represent the team in cross-team planning.

• 5 years as a Security Engineer in an AWS-native microservice SaaS environment with a strong focus on cloud infrastructure container and identity security.
• Deep hands-on expertise securing Kubernetes and containerized environments EKS RBAC Kubernetes admission control network policy and workload identity.
• Container runtime and image security experience; familiarity with a service mesh such as Istio strongly preferred.
• Strong hands-on expertise in PKI and cryptography certificate lifecycle/management TLS/mTLS key management and rotation (AWS KMS or similar HSM/KMS) and encryption-at-rest/in-transit standards.
• Deep hands-on expertise with AWS security services including but not limited to: IAM family Organizations/SCPs Secrets Manager KMS GuardDuty CloudTrail and Config.
• Ability to inform and drive detection strategy within your domains comfortable authoring and tuning detections in a modern SIEM and threat hunting for Kubernetes identity and cryptography-related threats.
• A builders mindset toward AI hands-on experience using agentic/AI coding tools and an interest in developing lightweight automation and agents to accelerate security work.
• Experience with security incident response and on-call triaging alerts and coordinating containment during incidents.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code and at least one programming language (Terraform plus Python or similar) and comfort automating controls including Kubernetes policy-as-code.
• Proven ability to scope ambiguous projects break complex work into actionable items and drive them to completion with a high degree of ownership.

• Hands-on experience hardening cloud and Kubernetes environments to CIS Benchmarks and DISA STIGs and operating within FedRAMP Moderate (or similar) authorization; familiarity with NIST CSF SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
• Experience building agentic or AI-assisted security automation (e.g. agent frameworks LLM-backed tooling and translating playbooks into automated pipelines).
• Familiarity with securing AI/ML or agentic workloads running on cloud and Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Experience with cloud-native security tooling such as a CNAPP platform and an EDR/runtime-protection agent including container and Kubernetes runtime protection.
• Experience partnering with AppSec and GRC teams to align controls and produce compliance evidence.
• Azure security exposure (Entra ID Defender for Cloud) a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated history of mentoring engineers and strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of PagerDutys Incident Management and Process Automation products.

The base salary range for this position is 150000 - 251900 USD. This role may also be eligible for bonus commission equity and/or benefits.

Our base salary ranges are determined by role level and location. The range which is subject to change based on primary work location reflects the minimum and maximum base salary we expect to pay newly hired employees for the position. Within the range we determine pay for an individual based on a number of factors including market location job-related knowledge skills/competencies and experience.

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Where we work

PagerDuty operates a hybrid work model with offices in 8 major cities: Atlanta Lisbon London San Francisco Santiago Sydney Tokyo and Toronto. While we offer flexibility within our established locations we cannot employ candidates residing in:

Location restrictions:
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United States: Alaska Hawaii Iowa Louisiana Mississippi Nebraska New Mexico Oklahoma Rhode Island South Dakota West Virginia Wyoming
Candidates must reside in an eligible location which vary by role.

How we work

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People Leaders at PagerDuty are responsible for creating high performance environments that drive accountability. PagerDuty has four key dimensions that define our Leadership Impact: Lead Self Lead the Team Lead the Business and Lead the Future. Each dimension has three associated competencies to give leaders a shared language for guiding their development career promotion and succession planning discussions. Our Manager Expectations serve as a practical guide for managers to understand their responsibilities prioritize their efforts and drive engagement and performance.

What we offer

As a global organization our total rewards approach is competitive with industry standards and aligned with local laws and regulations. Learn more including country-specific offerings on our benefits site.

Your package may include:

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Flexible work arrangements
• Company equity*
• ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)*
• Retirement or pension plan*
• Generous paid vacation time
• Paid holidays and sick leave
• Dutonian Wellness Days & HibernationDuty - companywide paid days off in addition to PTO
• Paid parental leave: 22 weeks for pregnant parent 12 weeks for non-pregnant parent (some countries have longer leave standards and we comply with local laws)*
• Paid volunteer time off: 20 hours per year
• Company-wide hack weeks
• Mental wellness programs

*Eligibility may vary by role region and tenure

About PagerDuty

PagerDuty Inc. (NYSE:PD) is a global leader in digital operations management. The PagerDuty Operations Cloud is an AI-powered platform that empowers business resilience and drives operational efficiency for enterprises. With a generative AI assistant at its core PagerDuty empowers teams to detect and resolve issues in real time orchestrate complex workflows and drive continuous improvement across their digital operations. Trusted by nearly half of both the Fortune 500 and the Forbes AI 50 as well as approximately two-thirds of the Fortune 100 PagerDuty is essential for delivering always-on digital experiences to modern businesses

PagerDuty is Great Place to Work-certified a Fortune Best Workplace for Millennials a Fortune Best Medium Workplace a Fortune Best Workplace in Technology and a top rated product on TrustRadius and G2.

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