Senior Cloud & Application Security Engineer

AXON Networks delivers a robust AI-driven, analytics-based orchestration platform and a wide portfolio of next-gen high-speed routers that leverage the newest Wi-Fi technologies. Together, these technologies give ISPs the ability to manage and troubleshoot their networks in real time, and to deliver an outstanding customer experience.

AXON Networks is a trusted strategic partner for its customers, helping them evaluate their current technologies and business models, and creating and executing strategies that enable them to innovate faster, accelerate their digital transformations, and strengthen their relationships with consumers.

AXON Networks is headquartered in Irvine, CA USA with Asia HQ in Singapore and also operating in Denmark, Spain and Vietnam.

The Senior Cloud & Application Security Engineer is the primary hands-on technical security engineer within AXON's Information Security organization.

This role partners closely with Software Engineering, Cloud Operations, Platform Engineering, DevOps, QA, and Product teams to identify security weaknesses, design practical controls, validate remediation, improve development security practices, and strengthen AXON's cloud-native platforms.

The ideal candidate is comfortable moving between source code, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes clusters, cloud infrastructure, APIs, identity systems, vulnerability findings, architecture diagrams, and production environments.

This position is not intended to replace Engineering ownership of secure software and infrastructure. Instead, the Security Engineer provides security expertise, technical assurance, tooling, standards, testing, and guidance to help engineering teams build and operate secure systems.

Responsibilities

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in application security, cloud security, security engineering, DevSecOps, penetration testing, platform engineering, or related technical roles.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native application architectures.
• Strong practical knowledge of Kubernetes and containers.
• Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern software development workflows.
• Experience with application security testing tools including SAST, SCA, container scanning, dependency scanning, and secret detection.
• Strong understanding of common application vulnerabilities and secure coding practices.
• Experience evaluating REST APIs, service-to-service communications, authentication, authorization, and secrets handling.
• Experience with at least one major public cloud platform.
• Ability to analyze vulnerabilities and determine realistic exploitability and impact.
• Ability to communicate effectively with developers and infrastructure engineers. 

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with Go, Java, Python, C/C++, or other languages used in cloud-native environments.
• Experience with GitLab Ultimate security functionality.
• Experience with Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes operators, or infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience with Azure, GCP, or OCI.
• Familiarity with service meshes, gRPC, message buses, distributed systems, and microservice architectures.
• Familiarity with OWASP ASVS, OWASP Top 10, CWE, CVSS, EPSS, KEV, and related vulnerability frameworks.
• Experience with security testing tools such as Burp Suite, Nmap, Semgrep, Trivy, or equivalent tools.
• Relevant certifications such as OSCP, CSSLP, CCSP, GIAC, Kubernetes security certifications, or equivalent practical experience.

The role is primarily intended for local candidates, with remote US-based candidates considered. Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Annual salary range: $150,000 - $220,000

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At AXON Networks, we promote equal opportunities in all our recruitment processes, ensuring non-discrimination on the basis of gender, age, origin, disability, or any other personal circumstances. We assess talent based on objective criteria and foster an inclusive and diverse working environment.