Senior Cloud Platform Security Engineer
About the role
Job Description
Overview
This position is located in Arlington VA, Richmond VA, or Irvine CA
Responsibilities
Cloud Security and Guardrails
Kubernetes Platform Security
AI and Agentic System Security
Security Automation
Mentorship & Collaboration
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree required from an accredited, not for profit, in person, university or college (preferably in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or a related field).
- A track record of commitment to prior employers.
- 6+ years of hands-on security engineering experience, with depth in at least one and meaningful exposure to others among the following domains: • Securing cloud-native environments (AWS preferred).
- Kubernetes platform hardening or monitoring.
- CI/CD pipelines, containerized application deployments, and IAC, and software supply chain security.
- Demonstrated track record of taking security initiatives from scoping through production rollout and operational ownership.
- Demonstrated ability to author scripts or IAC from scratch in either Python, PowerShell, Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar language.
- Securing AI-powered applications, including threat modeling for LLM-based features, MCP server implementations, or agentic systems.
- Experience working in a software development environment with a mature CI/CD.
- Passion for solving complex challenges, innovating, and engaging in your work.
Preferred Qualifications and Skills
- A self-starter who can advance the platform security program and follow-through ideas to completion.
- Experience with tools and services like AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, EKS, OPA/Gatekeeper, Falco, Wiz, Datadog, Prisma Cloud, Orca, Upwind, Snyk, or similar.
- Familiarity with software supply chain security, including SBOM generation, dependency vulnerability management, build provenance, and artifact signing.
- Knowledge of infrastructure operations across databases, network, and system administration.
- Effective use of AI tools as a force multiplier for engineering work, with judgment about when AI accelerates work versus when it creates rework.
- Ability to communicate with different levels of leadership conveying risk and driving urgency for risk remediation.
- Familiarity with zero trust principles and cloud-native access controls (e.g. IAM roles, service meshes).
- Ability to mentor and train team members to prioritize security efforts effectively.
- Hands-on experience implementing security tools into CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience testing serverless cloud deployments.
What’s in it for You
When you join CoStar Group, you'll experience a collaborative and innovative culture working alongside the best and brightest to empower our people and customers to succeed.
We offer you generous compensation and performance-based incentives. CoStar Group also invests in your professional and academic growth with internal training, and tuition reimbursement.
Our benefits package includes (but is not limited to):
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage: Medical / Vision / Dental / Prescription Drug
- Life, legal, and supplementary insurance
- Virtual and in person mental health counseling services for individuals and family
- Commuter and parking benefits
- 401(K) retirement plan with matching contributions
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time off
- Tuition reimbursement
- On-site fitness center and/or reimbursed fitness center membership costs (location dependent)
- Access to CoStar Group's Employee Resource Groups
- Complimentary gourmet coffee, tea, hot chocolate, fresh fruit, and other healthy snacks
The final salary or hourly rate offered for this role
CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing
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