Senior Security Engineer

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Security Engineer to join our security team and lead initiatives across our corporate systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI-enabled environments. You will play a critical role in designing practical security controls, driving complex security projects, and fostering a culture of secure innovation as we scale.

What you’ll do

• Own security initiatives across corporate systems, endpoints, identities, SaaS, cloud, and internal infrastructure.
• Design and implement practical security controls that reduce risk without slowing the business.
• Own the security review and approval process for AI tools, AI-enabled applications, and autonomous agents across the organization.
• Define security requirements and guardrails that enable teams to adopt AI securely.
• Evaluate new technologies, integrations, and architectures and provide clear security recommendations.
• Lead security projects from assessment and design through implementation and ongoing operation.
• Work closely with IT, Infrastructure, DevOps, R&D, Legal, and business teams.
• Investigate security issues and drive remediation.

What you bring

• Strong security mindset with a practical, hands-on approach.
• Ability to take an ambiguous security problem, assess the risk, define a solution, and drive implementation.
• Good understanding of modern enterprise, SaaS, cloud, and AI-enabled environments.
• Ability to balance security requirements with business and engineering needs.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Technical skills

• Identity and access management, SSO, MFA, privileged access, and least privilege.
• Endpoint security, EDR, device hardening, and endpoint privilege management.
• SaaS and cloud security, preferably AWS.
• Network security and Zero Trust principles.
• Security monitoring, logging, and incident investigation.
• Security automation using scripting, APIs, or automation platforms.
• Understanding of AI security risks, including data exposure, permissions, integrations, and autonomous agents.
• Familiarity with application security and CI/CD security is an advantage.

Experience

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, infrastructure security, cloud security, or a related security role.
• Proven experience implementing and operating security controls in production environments.
• Proven experience independently leading complex security initiatives across multiple technical teams.
• Experience working with IT, Infrastructure, DevOps, or engineering teams.
• Experience with SaaS, AI security, or emerging technology assessments is an advantage.

Core attributes

• Ownership and independence.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Practical security judgment.
• Hands-on mentality.
• Secure enablement mindset.
• Strong collaboration and communication.
• Curiosity and continuous learning.
• Focus on execution and measurable security improvement.

About MyHeritage

MyHeritage is the leading global discovery platform for exploring family history. With billions of historical records and family tree profiles, and with sophisticated matching technologies that work across all its assets, MyHeritage gives users the joy of discovering their past and empowering their future. MyHeritage is the most popular DNA test and family history service in Europe. Since 2020, MyHeritage is also home to the world’s most advanced AI technologies for repairing, enhancing, colorizing, and animating historical photos. Learn more at http://www.myheritage.com. See what it’s like to work at MyHeritage on http://www.glassdoor.com.

Benefits at MyHeritage

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits to enhance work-life balance and well-being:

• Hybrid work model
• Modern, beautiful office in Or Yehuda with shuttle service from Tel Aviv and employee parking (for our Or Yehuda employees)
• On-site gym and pilates classes
• Dog-friendly office
• Well-stocked kitchens and a monthly meal allowance
• Fully funded supplemental health insurance

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