Pivotal Health
Staff Security Engineer
Santa Monica, CA · Staff+ · Contract
No sponsorshipDetected 133 days ago
AWSGCPCloud PlatformsTerraformCI/CDPlatform EngineeringLLMsCybersecurityPenetration TestingNetwork SecurityComplianceDesign SystemsFirewallHIPAALeadership
About the role
- This role sits at the intersection of platform engineering, infrastructure, and security architecture.
- This is a high-impact role with meaningful ownership.
- You'll help shape the systems, practices, and architecture that protect the platform as Pivotal continues to scale.
Responsibilities
- Build security directly into the platform: Design and implement automated controls, policies, and tooling that embed security into our infrastructure and engineering workflows rather than relying on manual review processes.
- Own infrastructure security and automation: Expand and strengthen Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform to ensure infrastructure is provisioned securely, consistently, and auditable across environments.
- Lead cloud and network security design: Design secure networking architectures including VPC configuration, private networking, firewall policies, and edge protections that safeguard internal systems and customer data.
- Secure development workflows and CI/CD systems: Establish best practices for secure build pipelines, dependency management, artifact integrity, and secure software delivery.
- Improve monitoring, detection, and operational visibility: Design systems that surface meaningful security signals across infrastructure and services, helping teams detect issues earlier and respond effectively.
- Partner with engineering teams across the company: Operate as a technical partner to engineering teams, helping them design secure systems while preserving speed and developer experience.
- Develop guidelines and protocols for the responsible and secure use of emerging technologies, including AI and LLMs, within both our product and internal workflows.
- Design and implement automated controls, policies, and tooling that embed security into our infrastructure and engineering workflows rather than relying on manual review processes.
- While processes like IDR (Independent Dispute Resolution) were designed to promote fairness, they're often administrative-heavy, time-consuming, and difficult to navigate without the right tools.
Requirements
- Experience participating in or supporting penetration testing, offensive security exercises, or vulnerability remediation efforts.
- You are comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment where you may be both defining the strategy and executing hands-on technical work.
- Experience implementing code scanning or security testing tools (SAST, DAST, dependency scanning)
Nice to have
- 8+ years of experience building and securing cloud infrastructure, platform systems, or developer tooling
- Strong experience designing and operating secure cloud-native systems (AWS or GCP
- Deep hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform
- Strong understanding of cloud networking and secure architecture (VPCs, private networking, routing, firewall policies)
- Experience securing CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery systems
- Experience implementing secrets management and security controls across cloud environments
- Experience contributing to or leading security and compliance audits (SOC 2, HIPAA, ISO, NIST, or similar)
- Strong engineering fundamentals with the ability to explain security architecture and tradeoffs clearly to technical teams
Skills
- Over time, help extend security practices to any hybrid or on-premise infrastructure environments as the platform evolves.
Compensation
- Competitive compensation, including equity
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including equity
- Full health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement savings plan through 401(k)
- Flexible time off
- Pivotal Health is the leading technology platform that helps healthcare providers get paid fairly in an increasingly complex reimbursement landscape.
- Today, many providers face persistent underpayment from health insurance companies, despite delivering high-quality care.
- Pivotal Health combines software, data, and service into a seamlessly integrated, AI-driven platform that simplifies these complex reimbursement workflows.
- We help providers efficiently dispute underpaid claims, reduce administrative burden, and recover the reimbursement they're entitled to; without adding more work to already stretched teams.
- We're building solutions that enable providers to operate with clarity, control, and confidence across the reimbursement journey.
Company info
- Operate as a technical partner to engineering teams, helping them design secure systems while preserving speed and developer experience.
- Serve as a "security champion" within the organization - collaborating with engineering and IT teams to identify vulnerabilities and work together on practical remediation solutions.
- Raise the bar for security engineering at Pivotal: Set technical direction, establish security standards, and mentor engineers as we continue to mature our platform and security posture. Develop guidelines and protocols for the responsible and secure use of emerging technologies, including AI and LLMs, within both our product and internal workflows.
- Strong experience designing and operating secure cloud-native systems (AWS or GCP; GCP preferred)
Equal opportunity
- Pivotal Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.
- Reasonable Accommodations
Visa & Work Authorization
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
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