Platform Security Engineer - NBC Sports Next

As a Platform Security Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in securing our engineering ecosystem by developing capabilities, services, and automation that balance speed, scalability, and compliance. You’ll lead the DevSecOps roadmap, shaping the future of secure cloud infrastructure and enabling teams to innovate with confidence. This hands-on role emphasizes AWS security, CI/CD security, and security automation, empowering our teams to deliver secure software at scale and quickly remediate issues if they arise. If you’re passionate about architecting scalable, secure cloud solutions and driving security excellence, we want to talk to you! This role is remote and may require some travel.Job DescriptionLead Security Efforts on the Platform: Drive and deliver security solutions across AWS cloud, container security (ECS/Kubernetes), CICD, and secure cloud-native architectures while ensuring compliance with standards such as PCI-DSS, ISO27001, SOC 2, NIST 800-53, and COPPA.Enhance Secure CI/CD: Build and enhance security related platform capabilities, involving CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure, reusable templates, and automation, enabling teams to deploy rapidly and securely at scale.Standardize Secure Patterns: Design and implement reusable patterns that promote security best practices and compliance across all engineering teams.Advance Secure Software Delivery: Promote secure delivery practices by embedding security in the build and design phases, emphasizing fast feedback, observability, and operational excellence.Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with SecOps, platform teams, and engineering teams, fostering knowledge sharing and ensuring alignment on security goals and solutions.Strengthen Security Posture: Assess and improve existing security standards, practices, and controls to reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the organization’s security posture.Drive Compliance Automation: Develop automation strategies to enforce regulatory controls and ensure continuous compliance with industry standards.Support Incident Response: Collaborate on incident monitoring and response, conduct Root Cause Analysis, and recommend measures for future mitigation.

Leverage Key Tools and Skills: Utilize AWS cloud knowledge, Terraform, and Python to develop secure solutions that balance security objectives with developer productivity and business goals.Communicate Effectively: Deliver clear security updates, document solutions thoroughly, demo and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, including engineering teams and executive leadership.