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Senior Security Engineer (SecOps)

HarnessFull-time$145k - $160kMountain View, CaliforniaMar 26, 2025
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Harness is a high-growth company that is disrupting the software delivery market. Our mission is to enable the 30 million software developers in the world to deliver code to their users reliably, efficiently, securely and quickly, increasing customers’ pace of innovation while improving the developer experience. We offer solutions for every step of the software delivery lifecycle to build, test, secure, deploy and manage reliability, feature flags and cloud costs. The Harness Software Delivery Platform includes modules for CI, CD, Cloud Cost Management, Feature Flags, Service Reliability Management, Security Testing Orchestration, Chaos Engineering, Software Engineering Insights and continues to expand at an incredibly fast pace.
 
Harness is led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal, who founded AppDynamics and sold it to Cisco for $3.7B. We’re backed with $425M in venture financing from top-tier VC and strategic firms, including J.P. Morgan, Capital One Ventures, Citi Ventures, ServiceNow, Splunk Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Adage Capital Partners, Balyasny Asset Management, Gaingels, Harmonic Growth Partners, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Alkeon Capital, Battery Ventures, Sorenson Capital, Thomvest Ventures and Silicon Valley Bank.

Overview

A Security Engineer within the Security Operations team collaborates across the organization to construct and manage security tools and processes. Leveraging extensive expertise in systems, automation, and security, a Senior Security Engineer is tasked with operating technology, devising solutions, and ensuring continuous compliance on a large scale.In the role of a Senior Security Engineer, you will take the lead in expanding visibility into Harness’ security posture, automating essential security technologies, and fostering ongoing enhancements throughout our technical infrastructure. Your responsibilities include designing solutions aligned with Harness' security objectives, working closely with engineering teams to achieve project goals, and spearheading cross-team initiatives with Engineering and Product. This role provides an opportunity to refine existing skills and acquire new ones in line with the company’s growth trajectory

Key Responsibilities

  • Take a leading role in the design of the next level of secure operations for Harness' cloud and business infrastructure
  • Take charge of implementing and overseeing security tooling, encompassing the detection and alerting systems for identifying malicious activity and insecure configurations
  • Utilize automation to effectively manage and enhance the security posture of Harness' multi-cloud Kubernetes-based infrastructure
  • Use Harness CI/CD to integrate security processes like vulnerability management into the SDLC
  • Contribute to the development, review, and implementation of technical security and compliance-related engineering requirements across global Engineering teams
  • Detect, respond, and mitigate security related events and incidents.
  • Collaborate with fellow Developers and Product Managers to analyze and implement security standards, methods, and architectures

Qualifications

  • At least 7 years of relevant industry experience in roles such as systems engineer, security engineer, cloud security specialist, or site reliability engineer.
  • Expert-level professional knowledge in enterprise applications and infrastructure.
  • Extensive experience working in a cloud-native environment, with proficiency in platforms like AWS, GCP, and Azure.
  • Familiarity with industry regulations and compliance certifications, including ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and SOX.
  • A desire to contribute to a high-growth environment and take a leading role in building new programs from the ground up.
  • Strong attention to detail and a willingness to ask questions when uncertain.
  • Comfort with ambiguity, with a proactive approach to bringing clarity in uncertain situations.
Work Location
  • Remote, within the U.S.A. or Hybrid from Mountain View, CA 

What you will have at Harness

    • Competitive compensation
    • Comprehensive healthcare benefits
    • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
    • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
    • Paid Time Off and Parental Leave
    • Monthly, quarterly, and annual social and team-building events
    • Recharge & Reset Program
    • Monthly internet reimbursement
    • Commuter benefits
Pay transparency
$145,000$160,000 USD

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex or national origin.

Note on Fraudulent Recruiting/Offers

We have become aware that there may be fraudulent recruiting attempts being made by people posing as representatives of Harness. These scams may involve fake job postings, unsolicited emails, or messages claiming to be from our recruiters or hiring managers. 

Please note, we do not ask for sensitive or financial information via chat, text, or social media, and any email communications will come from the domain @harness.io. Additionally, Harness will never ask for any payment, fee to be paid, or purchases to be made by a job applicant. All applicants are encouraged to apply directly to our open jobs via our website. Interviews are generally conducted via Zoom video conference unless the candidate requests other accommodations.

If you believe that you have been the target of an interview/offer scam by someone posing as a representative of Harness, please do not provide any personal or financial information and contact us immediately at [email protected]. You can also find additional information about this type of scam and report any fraudulent employment offers via the Federal Trade Commission’s website (https://consumer.ftc.gov/articles/job-scams), or you can contact your local law enforcement agency.

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