Security Engineer

Scale

On-sitePosted July 25, 2026

About the role

Position: Security Engineer, Public Sector

We are seeking a highly technical Security Engineer to join Scale's Public Sector Infrastructure & Security team as a security generalist. You will ensure the security and integrity of our products and platform by designing and shipping high-precision detections across cloud services and enterprise SaaS. This role goes beyond incident investigation; you will build the systems that detect, contain, and prevent security incidents. Your ability to write production‑quality code will be as important as your ability to triage alerts.

Security Engineer

Scale

On-sitePosted July 25, 2026

About the role

Position: Security Engineer, Public Sector

We are seeking a highly technical Security Engineer to join Scale's Public Sector Infrastructure & Security team as a security generalist. You will ensure the security and integrity of our products and platform by designing and shipping high-precision detections across cloud services and enterprise SaaS. This role goes beyond incident investigation; you will build the systems that detect, contain, and prevent security incidents. Your ability to write production‑quality code will be as important as your ability to triage alerts.

Responsibilities

Engineer, test, and deploy detection logic across cloud and enterprise environments, treating detections as software with version control, peer review, and measurable performance.
Build and maintain incident response automation, runbooks, and tooling that reduce containment timelines without sacrificing developer velocity.
Mature telemetry pipelines through improved schema design, normalization, enrichment, and quality checks that reduce false positives and increase signal fidelity.
Perform digital incident investigations to identify and contain potential security breaches.
Conduct digital forensics and malware analysis to understand attack vectors and adversary methodologies.
Integrate alerting with messaging and ticketing systems to enable fast, traceable response workflows.
Partner cross-functionally with IT, security, and engineering teams to harden identity and access patterns, close logging and forensics gaps, and implement maintainable guardrails that scale with the o

Responsibilities

Engineer, test, and deploy detection logic across cloud and enterprise environments, treating detections as software with version control, peer review, and measurable performance.
Build and maintain incident response automation, runbooks, and tooling that reduce containment timelines without sacrificing developer velocity.
Mature telemetry pipelines through improved schema design, normalization, enrichment, and quality checks that reduce false positives and increase signal fidelity.
Perform digital incident investigations to identify and contain potential security breaches.
Conduct digital forensics and malware analysis to understand attack vectors and adversary methodologies.
Integrate alerting with messaging and ticketing systems to enable fast, traceable response workflows.
Partner cross-functionally with IT, security, and engineering teams to harden identity and access patterns, close logging and forensics gaps, and implement maintainable guardrails that scale with the o

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