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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Security Engineer - SecOps & Threats - **Company:** 6 Sense Insights, Inc. - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available) - **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:** May 13, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=9c51559d6e61ff74 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Automation?, Do you have a Bachelor's degree?, * 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 - 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