Job Description:

Position Title: Security Engineer

Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid)

Work Type: 6-month (Contract-to-Hire)

Why:

• This role supports a lean, high-ownership security function responsible for securing the company's AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, containers, SaaS tools, and endpoints.
• The company is scaling quickly and needs someone who can take ownership of technical security tasks and collaborate across platform, engineering, and compliance teams.

Must Haves:

• 2–4 years of hands-on experience in security, DevOps, or cloud engineering
• Familiarity with AWS IAM, container services like ECS/EKS, and CI/CD pipelines
• Knowledge of vulnerability management, secure coding, and cloud-native security tooling
• Experience with endpoint security across Mac and Windows using configuration and compliance tools
• Strong communication skills and comfort working with developers, auditors, and cross-functional teams
• Strong sense of curiosity, eagerness to learn, and ability to adapt in a fast-paced environment

Plusses:

• Experience with programming languages such as Java, Python, Go, or Rust
• Familiarity with tools like GitHub Enterprise, Argos, Trivy
• Exposure to compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, CIS, CSA CCM
• Contributions to open-source or personal security projects
• Experience working in lean or startup-style teams where people wear multiple hats
• Day to Day:
• Secure AWS configurations and enforce identity/access guardrails
• Partner with DevOps on image security, container hygiene, and CI/CD security gates
• Assist with secrets management, artifact handling, and secure build practices
• Lead and support vulnerability triage across cloud and endpoint scanners
• Participate in secure coding practices, code reviews, threat modeling, and SDLC planning
• Support endpoint compliance and govern SaaS application usage
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and auditors to support compliance (SOC 2 Type II)
• Contribute to internal security awareness training and foster a secure-by-default engineering culture.

Salary and Compensation:
The hourly rate for this position is between $60 - $65 per hour. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits:
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, (paid time, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, paid holidays annually - AS Applicable).