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You'll run detection and response, keep our security tooling tuned and effective, and work side by side with engineering to find and fix risk across our cloud, applications, and endpoints.\nWhat You’ll Be Doing:\nThreat detection and incident response: Run security logging, monitoring, and detection (SIEM) across our environments, including oversight of our managed detection and response (MDR) provider. Lead technical investigation and containment during incidents.\n\nVulnerability management: Track, report, and drive remediation of vulnerabilities across cloud infrastructure, endpoints, and applications, partnering with IT on patching.\n\nApplication and product security: Own our SAST, DAST, and SCA tooling, including open-source license compliance. Partner with software and AI product teams on secure-by-design practices, architecture reviews, and risk assessments.\n\nCloud and network security: Manage cloud security posture (CNAPP), network controls such as firewalls, security groups, WAF, and DDoS protection, and secure configuration baselines.\n\nIdentity, encryption, and secrets: Design least-privilege cloud identity and access management, including service accounts and break-glass access, and manage encryption keys and secrets.\n\nPipeline security: Secure our CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and container images.\n\nPenetration testing: Lead penetration test engagements and purple team exercises, and drive findings to closure.\n\nCustomer trust: Provide technical evidence and answers for customer security reviews and audits, in partnership with our Security Analyst.\n\nResilience: Partner with IT on backup and recovery testing.\n\nStay ahead of emerging threats, regulations, and industry best practices, ensuring Uptempo remains compliant and secure.\n\nWhat You’ll Be Doing:\nExperience: 3+ years in information security or related IT security roles.\n\nTechnical expertise: Hands-on experience reviewing code, resolving security vulnerabilities, and tuning security tooling such as SIEM, EDR, and CNAPP.\n\nCloud and infrastructure expertise: Comprehensive understanding of AWS or a similar cloud platform, including infrastructure as code (such as Terraform or CloudFormation), Kubernetes, cloud networking, and IAM.\n\nIncident response: Experience investigating and containing security incidents.\n\nCollaboration: Proven ability to work cross-functionally, communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical teams, and drive initiatives forward.\n\nBonus Points:\nCertifications: CISSP, CISA, CCSP, CSSLP, GIAC, OSCP/OSCP+, or similar.\n\nExperience with container security.\n\nExperience supporting SOC 2 audits or customer security questionnaires.\n\nAble to be the bridge between understanding customer needs, security postures, and our current product solution state.\n\nBackground in marketing technology, analytics, or data-heavy SaaS products.\n\nPrior experience at a PE-backed or venture-backed company through a growth phase.\n\nApplicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.\nLocation: Our office is located in Louisville, Colorado. 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