Senior DevSecOps Engineer, Ava Labs
$147-185k
Smart contracts platform for dApps
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Smart contracts platform for dApps
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
$147-185k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance that enables the world to have a more prosperous future.
Role
Who you are
- Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) with a strong understanding of their unique security models, services, and pitfalls
- Expert-level proficiency in modern DevOps tooling (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines)
- Strong background in Linux systems security, including OS-level hardening, patching, and monitoring
- Solid understanding of cloud networking and orchestration across multiple cloud providers
- Experience integrating security testing tools into CI/CD workflows
- Knowledge of network security fundamentals (WAFs, VPNs, IAM, zero trust)
- Ability to collaborate effectively with engineering and product teams, translating security requirements into practical solutions
- Excellent problem-solving and communication skills with a proactive, ownership-driven mindset
- Proven track record of success in rapidly scaling environments
- Experience in development using Python or Go
- Experience with TEEs (SGX, SEV, Nitro) is a plus
- Experience with security compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP is a plus
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Senior DevSecOps Engineer to work closely with our DevOps team and play a critical role in securing and optimizing our cloud infrastructure.
- You will work to ensure that security is embedded into every stage of our development and deployment processes.
- This role requires a strong balance of hands-on technical expertise, a proactive security mindset, and the ability to collaborate across teams to build secure, scalable, and reliable systems
- Design, implement, and continuously improve secure cloud infrastructure in Azure, AWS and GCP
- Apply DevSecOps best practices to CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (Terraform), and containerized workloads (Kubernetes, Docker)
- Lead automation efforts in hardening, access control, monitoring, and threat detection across all environments
- Conduct security assessments, identify vulnerabilities, and implement mitigation strategies
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and best practices for cloud security
- Develop security automation tools to improve efficiency and reduce manual interventions
- Stay ahead of emerging security threats and continuously evaluate new technologies and practices
- Provide strategic guidance on all activities related to infrastructure reliability, scalability and security
Our take
The highly secure and decentralized nature of blockchain technology makes it an attractive prospect for financial projects - but historically, this has come with a compromise on transaction speed and scalability, with Ethereum and Blockchain speeds barely breaking into double digits per second.
Ava Labs’ open-source platform Avalanche enables companies to launch decentralized applications with all the benefits of blockchain, whilst processing a record-smashing 4,500 transactions per second. The company's strategy has been to tailor its blockchain to specific applications, establishing a reputation in the sector through efficient hard-and-fast use cases with low fees. This has allowed it to operate alongside blockchain giants like Ethereum that hoard large amounts of the DeFi market.
In answering the strong appetite for a cheaper and more scalable blockchain consensus, Ava Labs has found a keen audience, and secured the ability to pursue its goal of opening the space up to more users. The Avalanche platform has become the first to partner with Amazon Web Services, becoming part of a project to bring blockchain technology to government and enterprises. The company also partnered with digital identity verification provider Blockpass, to collaborate towards furthering the safety, security and capabilities of the ecosystem.
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Insights
61% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2022
$350m
LATE VC
Sep 2021
$230m
LATE VC
Total funding: $586m
Company benefits
- 401k (non-matching)
- Commuter Benefits
- Comprehensive Insurance
- Short-term/long-term Disability
- Life Insurance
- Happy Hour Fridays
- Team Activities
- Remote-friendly Networking
- Unlimited PTO
- Remote Friendly
- Volunteer Time-Off
Company HQ
Hell's Kitchen, New York, NY
Leadership
Kevin Sekniqi
(COO & Chief Protocol Architect)Former Researcher and Software Engineer at Microsoft and NASA, with a PhD in Computer Science from Cornell.
Emin Gun Sirer
(CEO)Founder of Bloxroute Labs and professor at Cornell for 20 years with a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Washington.
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