Security Engineer II- Infrastructure

About The Role

Rippling is on a remarkable growth trajectory, and our engineering team of 1000+ professionals is at the core of this success, shipping code dozens of times every day. As an Infrastructure Security Engineer II, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding our infrastructure. You will collaborate with infrastructure, corporate security, detection and response and product security teams to implement robust guardrails and create seamless, secure pathways. Your expertise will help define the future of our infrastructure security strategy, emphasizing secure defaults and end-to-end automation.

What You'll Do

• Implement Robust Security Controls: Secure our development and deployment ecosystem including AWS, Containers & Service Mesh, Data Stores, AI & ML, Network & Traffic, Supply Chain, etc.
• Support Secure Architecture Transition: Assist platform and infrastructure teams in securely transitioning to a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
• Build with AI: Use AI tools as a force multiplier for security engineering, from prototyping detections and automations to accelerating investigations and improving team workflows. Continuously look for opportunities to replace repetitive manual work with durable systems.
• Drive Data Security Initiatives: Lead efforts to enhance data security across the organization, ensuring compliance and resilience.
• Define Actionable Security Metrics: Establish and disseminate key security metrics that offer clear insights and drive improvements.
• Tackle Complex Challenges: Dive into critical areas, rapidly identifying and resolving security issues.
• Conduct Security Reviews: Participate in security design reviews and threat modeling exercises to preemptively address potential vulnerabilities.

Qualifications

• Extensive Experience: 5+ years in security or software engineering within a cloud environment.
• Programming Proficiency: Skilled in Python or Go for security-related development tasks.
• AI Fluency: Comfortable using AI tools to accelerate investigation, analysis, detection engineering, and security automation. Able to use AI as a practical building tool while applying strong judgment, validating outputs, and knowing when deeper manual investigation is required.
• AWS Security Acumen: In-depth knowledge of AWS security controls and services.
• Problem-Solving Prowess: Ability to thrive in high-pace environments, identifying impactful areas and independently driving solutions.

Additional Information

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. For office-based employees (employees who live within a defined radius of a Rippling office), Rippling considers working in the office at least three days a week under current policy to be an essential function of the employee's role.

Pay and benefits

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. The salary for US-based employees will be aligned with one of the ranges below based on location; see which tier applies to your location here.

A variety of factors are considered when determining someone's compensation-including a candidate's professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.