# Senior Security Engineer

**Company**: Success Academy Charter Schools
**Location**: New York
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $170,000-$180,000 USD
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Education

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## Description

We are seeking a Senior Security Engineer to join our Information Security & Privacy team. This individual will serve as a senior technical contributor responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously improving key components of our security program.

## Key Responsibilities

- Cloud Security: Support security for AWS and GCP environments, working closely with cloud engineering teams to resolve vulnerabilities

- Endpoint Security: Own the organization's endpoint security strategy and operations using CrowdStrike, proactively identifying risks, leading investigations, driving remediation efforts, and continuously improving endpoint protections

- Email Security: Lead the evolution of our email security program by designing advanced detection, DLP, and anti-phishing controls while continuously improving protection against emerging attack techniques

- Security Leadership: Act as the security lead for cross-functional technology initiatives, providing technical guidance and ensuring security is incorporated into architecture, engineering, and operational decisions

- Security Program Development: Design, implement, and continuously mature security processes across incident response, vulnerability management, identity and access management, data protection, and security monitoring

- Security Tooling: Stay ahead of emerging threats and security trends, recommend and vet new tools as appropriate

## Qualifications

- Experience: 5+ years of professional experience in cybersecurity, including experience independently leading security initiatives within cloud-first organizations

- Technical Skills:

- Strong hands-on experience with Crowdstrike Falcon or similar endpoint security platforms

- Expertise in Google Workspace security administration (Gmail rules, DLP, monitoring)

- Expertise in advanced email security platforms (Sublime, Mimecast, Proofpoint, Abnormal, etc.)

- Expertise with identity access management platforms (Okta)

- Strong understanding of AWS security architecture, IAM, cloud networking, workload protection, and vulnerability management (Wiz experience preferred)

- Experience designing security controls rather than simply administering security tools

- Demonstrated ability to independently drive complex security initiatives from concept through implementation

- Compliance & Privacy: Experience implementing security controls aligned with SOC 2, ISO 27001, FERPA

- Mindset: Meticulous and tenacious in identifying and resolving security risks

- Communication: Excellent written and verbal skills; ability to convey security concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

## Compensation, Benefits & Perks

At Success Academy, we invest boldly in our Network team with a comprehensive package designed to support your health, financial future, and overall well-being:

- Day-One Health & Wellness: Medical, dental, and vision coverage starting your first day (SA covers 82% of our core medical plan), plus a free One Medical membership and confidential mental health support via EAP/Talkspace

- Financial Security: 403(b) retirement plan with a 3% employer match, up to $2,400/year in employer HSA contributions, employer-paid life/disability insurance, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility

- Time to Recharge: Generous paid time off, paid holidays, and paid parental leave

- Perks & Stipends: A $50/month cellphone stipend ($600/year), pre-tax commuter benefits, backup family care, and performance-based earning incentives

## Skills

### Required
- CrowdStrike
- Google Workspace security administration
- advanced email security platforms
- identity access management platforms
- AWS security architecture
- cloud networking
- workload protection
- vulnerability management

### Nice to have
- Wiz

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