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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # TELECOMMUTE Staff Security Engineer - **Company:** 6 Sense Insights, Inc. - **Location:** United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $231,089.0 - $265,931.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Log Analysis, Runbook, Security Information and Event Management, Cloud Platform System, Software Security, Mitre Att&ck, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response, Vulnerability Analysis - **Published:** July 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/0d7667c5-347a-4498-b7a6-e46d962224bd ## About the Role * 5+ years of experience being part of a Security Operations or similar team * 3+ years of experience developing automation * 2+ years of experience conducting adversary emulation exercises * Experience with security tools and cloud environments (e.g., Vulnerability Scanners, SIEM, SOAR, AWS) * Experience with industry frameworks, regulations, and standards, such as: MITRE ATT&CK, STRIDE, PASTA, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, PCI, SOX, NIST, etc. Preferred Qualifications * Bachelor's degree in a related field * Relevant industry certifications, such as CISSP, CISM, or GIAC, are highly desirable Competencies and Behaviors * Works independently to maintain and improve overall company security posture * Collaborates with cross-functional teams * Translates technical requirements into actionable and time-bound requests * Drives projects and tasks to completion by following up on questions, deadlines, and requests for input * Maintains accuracy of information * Proactive prioritization and escalation to management * Strong communication skills, including verbal, written, and presentation skills ## Description * Execute on milestones for end-to-end SecOps & Threat initiatives in accordance with the Security roadmap * Identify and respond to complex security incidents, including system compromise, intrusion attempts, and/or denial of service attacks by conducting continuous monitoring, vulnerability assessments, and log analysis * Engage vendors, Infrastructure, IT, GRC, Cloud, and Application Security teams as required to validate alerts, ensure incident resolution, and perform root cause analysis * Research emerging threats, publicly disclosed vulnerabilities or attack vectors, and proactively push mitigating controls to products and services * Perform security forensics * Build security tools and advanced automation that enable the 6sense Security Team to operate at speed and scale * Propose, plan, lead, and execute threat exercises based on current security trends, advisories, publications, and academic research * Mentor engineers across Information Security to drive security controls and risk remediation * Communicate risks and mitigations across multiple audiences with varying levels of sensitivity * Execute on quarterly individual Key Results that support team Objectives (OKRs) Performance Measurement * Maintains up-to-date knowledge of 6sense's product, environment, systems, and architecture * Actively prepares for weekly 1:1s with Manager and monthly skip levels * Takes part in the Security Operations on-call rotation * Mitigates security exposures * Drives incidents to closure within established SLAs * Participates in creation of milestones associated with major security projects * Executes on milestones associated with major security projects * Develops and maintains up-to-date handbook pages, runbooks, workflows, and dashboards * Provides project status updates on a weekly basis ## Related Videos - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [Progressive Delivery in Kubernetes](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/949-progressive-delivery-in-kubernetes) - [Technical Documentation - How Can I Write Them Better and Why Should I Care?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/681-technical-documentation-how-can-i-write-them-better-and-why-should-i-care) - [Leveraging Large Language Models for Legacy Code Translation: Challenges and Solutions](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1157-leveraging-large-language-models-for-legacy-code-translation-challenges-and-solutions) - [3 Key Steps for Optimizing DevOps Workflows](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/962-3-key-steps-for-optimizing-devops-workflows) - [What makes Cybersecurity different for critical infrastructure?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/571-what-makes-cybersecurity-different-for-critical-infrastructure) ## Related Articles - [Understanding and Mitigating Common Web Vulnerabilities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/565-understanding-and-mitigating-common-web-vulnerabilities) - [9 Ways to Make Money Hacking](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/333-9-ways-to-make-money-hacking) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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