The Infrastructure Security Engineer will build and maintain security systems, manage security projects, operate security infrastructure, and advocate for security best practices across engineering teams.
Dive in and do the best work of your career at DigitalOcean. Journey alongside a strong community of top talent who are relentless in their drive to build the simplest scalable cloud. If you have a growth mindset, naturally like to think big and bold, and are energized by the fast-paced environment of a true industry disruptor, you’ll find your place here. We value winning together—while learning, having fun, and making a profound difference for the dreamers and builders in the world.
As an Infrastructure Security Engineer at DigitalOcean, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to revolutionizing cloud computing and AI. You will be a key technical contributor who owns the implementation of robust security solutions for defined problems within the team's scope. Reporting to the Infrastructure Security Manager, you will secure our production environment and corporate systems by implementing security tools and processes. You will embody the InfraSec philosophy of "yes, and" rather than "no" by providing secure-by-design solutions while removing obstacles to productivity.
What You’ll Do:- Own the implementation of small-to-medium sized security projects and solutions, focusing on the team's primary areas of expertise: Identity and Access Management and Security Infrastructure Management.
- Develop, test, and deploy code/scripts for security tooling, enhancing Security Alerting, Logging, and Visibility systems to provide near-realtime notification of security-relevant changes and potential breaches.
- Actively manage and operate core security infrastructure, including remote access management solutions and systems related to Identity lifecycle, authentication policies, and centralized secrets management.
- Participate in core team processes, including on-call rotations, and directly contribute to triage alerts and collaborate with the Incident Response team when necessary.
- Assess the security of systems by maintaining and monitoring security controls on corporate and platform infrastructure (e.g., vulnerability scanners, host-based security tools, and network security monitoring) to identify and close visibility gaps.
- Partner with technical teams across Engineering and Infrastructure to advocate for and guide the adoption of security best practices, ensuring access controls limit risk by restricting access by business role and need-to-know.
- 2+ years of experience as a security engineer or security operations analyst, demonstrating the ability to work on small and defined security problems where the solution might not be fully defined.
- Strong understanding of Linux systems, services, and deployment models (e.g., Ubuntu).
- Experience with automating security tooling and workflows, including event enrichment, reduction, and correlation.
- Experience with engineering and maintaining Identity and Access Management systems (e.g., LDAP, Single Sign-On, VPN or Zero Trust solutions).
- Proficiency in scripting (Python, Bash, or equivalent) to efficiently automate tasks and streamline processes.
- Clear and effective written and verbal communication skills for technical writing, presenting, and providing security guidance.
- Experience with Vulnerability Management processes, focused on prioritizing known vulnerabilities for remediation at scale.
- Familiarity with network security concepts and experience in auditing network security configurations to identify vulnerabilities or misconfigurations.
- Experience managing Centralized Secrets Management platforms.
- Familiarity with Configuration as Code software (e.g., Chef, Salt, Ansible, Terraform).
- $102,800.00 - $128,500.00
*This is a remote role
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Why You’ll Like Working for DigitalOcean
- We innovate with purpose. You’ll be a part of a cutting-edge technology company with an upward trajectory, who are proud to simplify cloud and AI so builders can spend more time creating software that changes the world. As a member of the team, you will be a Shark who thinks big, bold, and scrappy, like an owner with a bias for action and a powerful sense of responsibility for customers, products, employees, and decisions.
- We prioritize career development. At DO, you’ll do the best work of your career. You will work with some of the smartest and most interesting people in the industry. We are a high-performance organization that will always challenge you to think big. Our organizational development team will provide you with resources to ensure you keep growing. We provide employees with reimbursement for relevant conferences, training, and education. All employees have access to LinkedIn Learning's 10,000+ courses to support their continued growth and development.
- We care about your well-being. Regardless of your location, we will provide you with a competitive array of benefits to support you from our Employee Assistance Program to Local Employee Meetups to flexible time off policy, to name a few. While the philosophy around our benefits is the same worldwide, specific benefits may vary based on local regulations and preferences.
- We reward our employees. The salary range for this position is based on market data, relevant years of experience, and skills. You may qualify for a bonus in addition to base salary; bonus amounts are determined based on company and individual performance. We also provide equity compensation to eligible employees, including equity grants upon hire and the option to participate in our Employee Stock Purchase Program.
- DigitalOcean is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, caste, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic makeup, marital status, or military service.
Application Limit: You may apply to a maximum of 3 positions within any 180-day period. This policy promotes better role-candidate matching and encourages thoughtful applications where your qualifications align most strongly.
Top Skills
Ansible
Bash
Chef
Ldap
Linux
Python
Salt
Single Sign-On
Terraform
Vpn
Zero Trust
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