What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Engineer position at Automox?
Are you ready to own something big? Automox is turning IT admins into IT heroes by replacing traditional tools with our award winning cloud-native endpoint management platform. Our product works autonomously and so do our teams. We value a ‘one team’ mentality where everyone’s unique skills contribute to an environment that encourages collaboration and ownership. At Automox you’re enabled to do your best work, grow your career, and have an impact that will be noticeable. WE ARE A_TOMOX… all that’s missing is U!
We’re looking for a proactive and organized Security Engineer to support the day-to-day rhythm of our Security team. At Automox, things move quickly—and your role will be essential in keeping operations smooth, priorities clear, and workflows on point. You’ll help drive efficiency, coordinate key processes, and support cross-functional collaboration, all while keeping an eye on the details that matter. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy being the steady hand behind a fast-moving team, we’d love to hear from you.
What You'll Own & Drive
Compensation
$117,000—$130,000 USD
LOCATION
We are a fully distributed company of remote employees.
***Note: We currently don't hire in California or New York metro***
About Automox
Automox is the cloud-native IT operations platform for modern organizations. Our award-winning answer to modern IT operations and best-in-class results earned Automox four straight quarters of record growth. We are now trusted by more than 2,500 leading companies and MSPs worldwide, including NASA, Yale, Xerox, Allbirds, and Unicef. It makes it easy to keep every endpoint automatically configured, patched, and secured – anywhere in the world. The future of IT Operations is cloud-native – and right now. Will you join us?
EMPLOYMENT AT AUTOMOX
✅ Must be able to pass a federal, state, county background check
✅ Complete a local in-person verification
TOTAL REWARDS: Thrive with Us
💵Competitive Salary
📈Equity for Full-Time Employees
🏦 401K Match
🏝Flexible PTO, generous sick time policy
Health & Wellness
🩺 Comprehensive Health Plans with generous employer contributions
🩺100% Company-paid Short Term/Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
🩺 Company HSA Contribution: $100-$200 per month based on tier
Happiness & Well-Being
🎁 $25 per month Lifestyle Spending Account
💻 Internet Reimbursement - $50/month
🗄 $500 Home office stipend
👨👧👦 $10k Adoption Benefit
🤰🏽Comprehensive Family Planning Covered on Meritian Medical Plan
We are committed to an inclusive and diverse company. Automox is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any legally protected status.
We are not able to sponsor work visas at this time.
We’re looking for a proactive and organized Security Engineer to support the day-to-day rhythm of our Security team. At Automox, things move quickly—and your role will be essential in keeping operations smooth, priorities clear, and workflows on point. You’ll help drive efficiency, coordinate key processes, and support cross-functional collaboration, all while keeping an eye on the details that matter. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy being the steady hand behind a fast-moving team, we’d love to hear from you.
What You'll Own & Drive
- Build proactive security automation aimed at decreasing manual remediation work.
- Research new and novel ways to accomplish security work and publish your findings on our blog.
- Participate in a monthly security on-call rotation for critical escalations.
- Build security capabilities utilizing the attacker mindset and other adversary research.
- You have 2 years of experience in a security domain and exposure to SaaS companies.
- You have experience automating tasks in a programming language of your choice (Python, Go, Node.js, etc.).
- You can triage security issues appropriately; accounting for reachability and business impact.
- You have experience participating in a security program at a mid-stage startup where every decision involves balancing competing priorities.
- You enjoy having philosophical discussions about security practices and ways to improve them.
- You want a chance to try something new without much bureaucratic overhead.
Compensation
$117,000—$130,000 USD
LOCATION
We are a fully distributed company of remote employees.
***Note: We currently don't hire in California or New York metro***
About Automox
Automox is the cloud-native IT operations platform for modern organizations. Our award-winning answer to modern IT operations and best-in-class results earned Automox four straight quarters of record growth. We are now trusted by more than 2,500 leading companies and MSPs worldwide, including NASA, Yale, Xerox, Allbirds, and Unicef. It makes it easy to keep every endpoint automatically configured, patched, and secured – anywhere in the world. The future of IT Operations is cloud-native – and right now. Will you join us?
EMPLOYMENT AT AUTOMOX
✅ Must be able to pass a federal, state, county background check
✅ Complete a local in-person verification
TOTAL REWARDS: Thrive with Us
💵Competitive Salary
📈Equity for Full-Time Employees
🏦 401K Match
🏝Flexible PTO, generous sick time policy
Health & Wellness
🩺 Comprehensive Health Plans with generous employer contributions
🩺100% Company-paid Short Term/Long Term Disability and Life Insurance
🩺 Company HSA Contribution: $100-$200 per month based on tier
Happiness & Well-Being
🎁 $25 per month Lifestyle Spending Account
💻 Internet Reimbursement - $50/month
🗄 $500 Home office stipend
👨👧👦 $10k Adoption Benefit
🤰🏽Comprehensive Family Planning Covered on Meritian Medical Plan
We are committed to an inclusive and diverse company. Automox is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any legally protected status.
We are not able to sponsor work visas at this time.
Salary : $100 - $200