About the job
Join Kiefer Tech as a Senior Security Engineer, the first dedicated security hire on the Sophea platform. In this pivotal role, you will integrate security as a fundamental engineering capability, enhancing cloud infrastructure, securing AI attack surfaces, and embedding automated security practices throughout the development lifecycle. Your expertise will enable fast and confident deployments, steering clear of compliance and policy writing.
Key Responsibilities:
Perform comprehensive security assessments and create a prioritized remediation roadmap for infrastructure and services.
Enhance security in AWS and Kubernetes environments, focusing on IAM, network policies, workload isolation, and secrets management.
Secure AI-specific attack surfaces by implementing defenses against prompt injection, handling PII in LLM pipelines, and preventing data leakage.
Integrate automated security measures into CI/CD processes, including dependency scanning, container image scanning, code analysis, and secrets detection.
Design secure-by-default communication patterns for services, authentication processes, and data management.
Develop incident response capabilities, including detection, alerting, response workflows, and post-incident reviews.
Collaborate with engineering teams to enhance the security posture while ensuring smooth operations.

