Security Engineer

Security Engineer

About the Role

Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking an ambitious and visionary Security Engineer. You will be at the intersection of engineering and defense — building and securing cloud-native systems that power the Game Warden platform. Our Cybersecurity team safeguards mission-critical infrastructure for the DoD and other government customers by designing, deploying, and automating detection and response capabilities across our multi-cloud environments.

You’ll lead efforts to build and automate Blue Team tooling, improve visibility into system activity, and strengthen our ability to detect, contain, and respond to security threats in real time.

At 2F, we thrive on innovation and purpose, combining a startup’s agility with a clear mission to support national security. You will be at the forefront of driving the DevSecOps strategy behind the deployment and scaling of our revolutionary Game Warden platform—an industry-leading tool that is accelerating the secure adoption of mission-critical SaaS solutions for the U.S. government.

Requirements

• This role requires U.S. citizenship due to government contract requirements.
• Candidates must reside in one of our approved hiring hubs:
• DC/Maryland/Virginia
• Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, NC
• Denver/Colorado Springs, CO
• Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

What You’ll Do

• Design, develop, and deploy security automation and monitoring microservices in Go (Golang).
• Build and maintain security automation and monitoring solutions with a focus on Azure environments, leveraging tools such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Azure Monitor, and Azure AD.
• Enhance and maintain SIEM integrations, log pipelines, and threat detection logic across AWS, Kubernetes, and application layers.
• Build infrastructure as code (IaC) with Pulumi in Go to securely deploy cloud-native services.
• Develop and maintain incident detection and response automation, integrating with tools such as AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector, Wazuh, and others.
• Create and manage dashboards, alerts, and playbooks to support real-time monitoring and Blue Team operations.
• Support threat-hunting initiatives through custom log enrichment, alert tuning, and behavioral detection.
• Work closely with the other Security Engineers and the platform team to assess risk, harden configurations, and evolve security posture.
• Document architectures, detection logic, and operational procedures.