Senior Security Engineer, Axios
Cloud Infrastructure and AI Security
$150-180k
News media company
Posted today
News media company
501-1000 employees
Posted today
$150-180k
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To get you smarter, faster on what matters.
Role
Who you are
- Deep expertise in cloud and application security, including threat modeling, vulnerability scanning, penetration testing, IAM, secrets management, AI security, and compliance frameworks
- Strong working knowledge of AWS infrastructure and security controls (IAM, KMS, EKS, RDS, S3)
- Experience hardening Kubernetes clusters, runtime security, container scanning, and network policy enforcement
- Proficiency in integrating SAST/DAST and security automation into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
- Solid scripting or programming skills in Python, Go, or Bash for security tooling and automated remediation
- Hands-on experience with SIEM, security logging, automated threat intelligence, and AI-powered monitoring frameworks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or modern SOC tooling)
- Demonstrated leadership in driving security initiatives, defining policy, and guiding engineering teams on security risk
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to effectively balance security requirements and business agility
What the job involves
- As a Senior Security Engineer at Axios, you will architect and implement proactive security strategies to protect the audience, platform, and data assets against evolving threat vectors, including AI-driven attacks. You will define the security roadmap, leverage internal and third-party AI defense tools, and ensure cloud systems remain resilient, secure by default, and capable of automated threat detection and response
- Lead the architectural design and implementation of security controls across cloud infrastructure, platform services, and AI integrations
- Drive vulnerability management, threat modeling, incident response, and proactive security assessments across AWS, Kubernetes, and AI application environments
- Shape, maintain, and execute the company’s long-term security roadmap in close alignment with engineering and executive leadership
- Embed automated security testing, SAST/DAST, and AI-driven compliance checks directly into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code workflows
- Oversee identity and access management (IAM), secrets management, encryption protocols, and zero-trust architecture standards
- Evaluate, deploy, and maintain internal AI security tools and modern third-party defensive solutions to detect, mitigate, and respond to AI-driven threats and sophisticated attack vectors in real time
- Promote a strong security culture across engineering by conducting threat modeling workshops and coaching teams on secure coding and infrastructure practices
- Partner with product, infrastructure, data, and QE teams to ensure security is integrated seamlessly into every stage of the development lifecycle
Our take
Axios is a digital news site covering business, tech, politics, and media trends, with a focus on smart and efficient coverage. Much like rival comparable sites The Economist and Politico, it’s also diversified its media to include podcasts, newsletters, and a mobile app. Whilst it remains a major national and international news outlet, it’s also pursuing a new avenue to help shore up its position: local news.
Local news outlets have been in sharp decline over recent years: it’s too costly, with too little revenue. Axios’ plan is to opt instead for local newsletters. They’re highly advertiser-friendly, and the model itself is exceptionally scalable. So Axios may succeed where traditional efforts by other outlets like The Huffington Post (and countless local outfits) have failed.
Axios was previously held up as an exception to the mergers and acquisitions that other news outlets were enduring to weather the decline of print media. However, in order to fund the expansion into local news, Axios has been acquired by the global conglomerate (and previous investor in the company) Cox Enterprises. This is good news - Cox Enterprises owns and protects local newspapers in Ohio, and looks set to be a hands-off and values-aligned new Axios owner. In 2025, it was announced that OpenAI would be funding Axios's expansion into new US territories, suggesting even more growth on the horizon.
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Insights
60% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Dec 2019
$27m
SERIES C
Nov 2017
$20m
SERIES B
Total funding: $57m
Company benefits
- 401(k) with employer match
- Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
- Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
- Dental and vision coverage
- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
- One mental health day per quarter
- Annual learning and development stipend
- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
- Tele-mental health services through Headspace
- OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
- Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
- Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
- Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
- Virtual company-sponsored social events
- A strong and positive work environment
- A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture
Company HQ
Radnor - Fort Myer Heights, Arlington, VA
Leadership
Jim VandeHei
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously a Reporter for the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post, they then went on to found Politico and serve a decade as its CEO.
Mike Allen
(Co-Founder & Executive Editor)Spent nearly a decade as Politico's Chief White House correspondent before co-founding Axios in 2016.
Roy Schwartz
(Co-Founder & President)CEO of Axios HQ. Spent time as a partner at The Gallup Organization, then as VP and ultimately CRO of Politico.
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