Security Engineer (SecOps)

Harness is the AI Software Delivery Platform company, led by technologist and entrepreneur Jyoti Bansal (founder of AppDynamics, acquired by Cisco for $3.7B). Harness has raised approximately $570M in funding and is valued at $5.5B, backed by leading investors including Goldman Sachs, Menlo Ventures, IVP, Unusual Ventures, Citi Ventures, and more. As AI accelerates code creation, the real bottleneck has shifted to everything after the code – testing, deployments, application security, reliability, compliance, and cost optimization. Harness brings AI and automation to this “outer loop,” helping teams ship software faster while maintaining security and governance throughout the entire software delivery lifecycle. Powered by Harness AI and the Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, the Harness Platform applies deep context and intelligent automation across the software delivery lifecycle with governance and policy-driven controls embedded throughout the platform. Over the past year, Harness powered over 185M deployments, 82M builds, 18T flag evaluations, 8M security scans, 9.1B optimized tests, 3T protected API calls, and helped manage $2.8B in cloud spend — enabling customers like United Airlines, Morningstar, and Choice Hotels to accelerate releases by up to 75%, reduce cloud costs by up to 60%, and achieve 10x DevOps efficiency. With a global team across 14 offices and 25 countries, Harness is shaping the future of AI software delivery — and we’re looking for exceptional talent to help us move even faster. Position Summary 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 About You At least 2-3 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 th ... (truncated, view full listing at source)