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Our unified Platform integrates onboarding, digital banking, and data and marketing-each solution can stand alone, but together they deliver more-to help institutions onboard, engage, and grow relationships. As the future shifts toward Anticipatory Banking, we help data-informed bankers meet the moment with technology that drives action.\nFounded in 2009, we continue to be recognized for our intentional culture and tremendous growth (Best Place to Work in Fintech; Best & Brightest to Work For Nationally; and Comparably’s Best Company Culture, Best Career Growth, Best Engineering Team, and Best Places to Work in Dallas, among others). We’re building a culture where each Alkamist can perform to their highest potential, and we’re always on the lookout for the best and brightest minds. If you’re ready to experience the power of alchemy - transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary - come join one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the U.S.\nAs a remote-first company, most of our positions can be remote in the US, except for key roles, which will be indicated in the Job Title.\nFollow us on Glassdoor and LinkedIn!\nThe Staff Security Engineer is an advanced security engineering professional responsible for designing, implementing, and continuously evolving enterprise security technologies that protect Alkami's infrastructure, cloud environments, and business operations. This role applies broad technical expertise to solve highly complex security engineering challenges, establish scalable security capabilities, and influence technical direction across multiple engineering organizations. Operating with significant independence, the incumbent partners with engineering, infrastructure, and security leaders to mature security platforms, improve operational resilience, and enable secure technology innovation through practical, enterprise-scale solutions.\n\nKey Responsibilities & Duties:\nLead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of enterprise security platforms by evaluating technologies, establishing engineering standards, and delivering scalable security capabilities across the organization.\nArchitect and optimize security infrastructure by advancing endpoint protection, secrets management, vulnerability management, identity security, and related enterprise security technologies.\nLead complex security engineering initiatives by identifying capability gaps, selecting technical solutions, coordinating implementation, and ensuring successful operational handoff to support teams.\nPartner with Network Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Engineering, and Infrastructure teams by embedding security controls into enterprise architecture, operational processes, and technology platforms.\nDesign and implement security automation, orchestration, and engineering integrations by reducing operational overhead, improving consistency, and increasing security coverage across enterprise environments.\nLead enterprise vulnerability remediation efforts by analyzing systemic weaknesses, coordinating cross-functional remediation activities, and implementing long-term engineering improvements that reduce recurring security risk.\nEvaluate emerging security technologies by assessing technical capabilities, operational fit, scalability, and long-term business value while recommending enterprise adoption strategies.\nDevelop enterprise engineering standards, operational procedures, and security baselines by promoting consistency, resilience, and maintainability across security platforms.\nProvide technical leadership during complex security incidents by supporting investigations, performing root cause analysis, and implementing engineering improvements that strengthen defensive capabilities.\nAdvise engineering and technology teams by providing expert guidance on secure infrastructure design, platform integrations, and security architecture decisions.\nDevelop security metrics and operational reporting by measuring platform health, engineering effectiveness, vulnerability reduction, and overall security program maturity.\nMentor security engineers by sharing technical expertise, reviewing engineering solutions, and promoting engineering excellence across the security organization.\nCollaborate with Risk, Compliance, and Audit teams by demonstrating security control effectiveness and supporting regulatory, customer, and internal audit requirements.\nResearch emerging security threats, engineering practices, automation technologies, and cloud security capabilities by translating industry advancements into continuous improvements for Alkami's security program.\nQualifications:\n6-10 years of experience in security engineering, infrastructure security, cloud security, systems engineering, or a related information security discipline, including broad experience leading complex enterprise security engineering initiatives across multiple technology domains.\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Security, Information Technology, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.\nAdvanced enterprise security engineering and platform architecture\nExpertise with endpoint security, vulnerability management, secrets management, and identity security technologies\nCloud security engineering across AWS and modern infrastructure platforms\nSecurity automation, orchestration, scripting, and systems integration\nStrong knowledge of enterprise infrastructure, networking, operating systems, and cloud technologies\nAbility to lead complex cross-functional engineering initiatives and influence technical stakeholders\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, and architectural problem-solving skills\nExcellent written and verbal communication with technical and business audiences\nAbility to travel onsite to Alkami HQ periodically (approximately 1-2 trips annually) for team meetings, offsites, or company events\nDesired Skills:\nCISSP, CCSP, GSEC, or comparable professional security certification\nExperience supporting regulated financial services environments\nExperience with Infrastructure-as-Code, automation frameworks, and cloud-native technologies\nExperience evaluating and implementing emerging security platforms and engineering capabilities\nExperience leading enterprise security platform modernization initiatives\nNetwork security experience working with CloudFlare, PaloAlto or similar tools\nFamiliarity or desire to work with Agentic tools such as OpenAI Daybreak or similar to improve security\nThe salary range for this position is: $128,800 - $161,000Cool Things to Know\nNot Just Any Company: Alkami has an awesome diverse and inclusive environment. We have a FUN culture and offer great benefits, including remote-first environment, unlimited paid time off, 401(k) with employer match, and more.\nWork Authorization: We cannot offer employment sponsorship at this time. Candidates must be eligible to work in the US for full-time employment.\nRecruiters: We are not looking for outside recruiting firms to help us in this search. Thank you for understanding.\nPay Transparency: As of January 1, 2023, new states and locales have enacted pay equity laws that require more pay transparency by employers in the following states: California, Colorado (effective January 1, 2021), Connecticut, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington.\nThe Important Stuff\nAlkami Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Alkami is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. 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