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# Founding Infrastructure Engineer

- **Company:** ROCKSTAR PARTNERS LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Software System Penetration Testing, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Identity and Access Management, Key Management, Trusted Systems, Software Vulnerability Management, Data Logging, Large Language Models, B2b Software, Kubernetes, Virtual Agents, Terraform
- **Published:** November 13, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/founding-infrastructure-engineer-rockstar-9952234

## About the Role

* 3-6 years of experience in security, infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering
 * Experience working at an early-stage startup, ideally Seed through Series C
 * Hands-on experience securing and operating cloud infrastructure, ideally AWS
 * Strong understanding of IAM, networking, secrets management, encryption, logging, vulnerability management, and cloud security best practices
 * Experience implementing security controls directly, not just defining policies or requirements
 * Experience working with systems that handle sensitive customer or consumer data
 * Strong judgment and ability to prioritize the highest-impact security work without over-engineering
 * Comfortable operating independently in a fast-moving startup environment, * Previous experience in fintech, financial services, AI software, or another regulated B2B software environment
 * DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering background
 * Experience securing AI/LLM applications, agent workflows, or systems that process voice, SMS, or communications data
 * Experience partnering closely with product and engineering teams to design secure systems
 * Familiarity with Terraform or other infrastructure-as-code tooling, Kubernetes, CI/CD security, and cloud-native security tooling
 * Experience helping an early-stage company mature its security program as it moves upmarket

## Description

* Define and continuously improve the company's security and privacy program
 * Implement security best practices across cloud infrastructure, applications, and internal systems
 * Build secure patterns and controls for internal AI agent use cases
 * Own identity, access, secrets, and privileged access controls
 * Lead customer security reviews and compliance efforts, including SOC 2 Type II
 * Manage third-party penetration testing and drive remediation of findings
 * Build technical controls to protect sensitive customer and consumer data across API, voice, and SMS systems