Staff Security DevOps Engineer, Fivetran
$196-245k
+ RSU stock grants (May vary by country and worker type)
2 days a week in office (Oakland, CA)
Automated data movement platform
Posted today
Automated data movement platform
1001+ employees
Posted today
$196-245k
+ RSU stock grants (May vary by country and worker type)
2 days a week in office (Oakland, CA)
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make access to data s simple and reliable as electricity.
Role
Who you are
- Deep expertise in Docker image creation, optimization, and vulnerability mitigation, particularly for Java applications
- Experienced in working across all three major cloud providers—AWS, GCP, and Azure—with a deep understanding of their respective services, security models, and deployment patterns
- Extensive experience with Kubernetes: deploying, running, debugging, securing, and performance tuning in production environments
- Senior-level experience with Java codebases: building, running, profiling, and optimizing Java applications in secure environments
- Strong understanding of cloud-native networking, ingress controllers, service meshes, and firewall configurations
- Experience with IaC tools such as Terraform, Helm, or Ansible for managing infrastructure at scale
- Proficiency in scripting or programming languages (e.g., Bash, Python, Go) to automate processes and integrate tools
- Familiarity with Security tooling for CI/CD security, container scanning, dependency analysis, and infrastructure compliance
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to work independently in fast-paced environments
- Strong communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate across engineering, infrastructure, and security teams
- Demonstrates strong curiosity, a sense of urgency, and a hands-on approach to diving deep into complex technical problems to drive timely and effective solutions
What the job involves
- Fivetran is seeking a Staff Security DevOps Engineer to bolster and improve the robustness and security of the Fivetran Platform
- This individual contributor (IC) role is hands-on and execution-focused, requiring deep expertise in container security, Kubernetes infrastructure, secure DevOps practices, and Java application deployment
- You will work closely with engineering teams to build, optimize, and secure our development and deployment pipelines, automate infrastructure processes, and ensure robust, secure, and scalable systems
- Build, optimize, and maintain secure and efficient Docker images, with a strong focus on Java-based applications
- Debug, tune, and secure Java applications across development and production environments, partnering with developers to optimize runtime performance and minimize risk
- Develop and maintain automation scripts and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) configurations to streamline and secure Kubernetes deployments
- Configure, run, and debug Kubernetes clusters across multiple cloud service providers, proactively identifying performance and security improvements
- Collaborate with engineering teams to build scalable, reliable, and secure CI/CD pipelines, integrating automated testing, scanning, and monitoring throughout the development lifecycle
- Perform advanced networking configuration and troubleshooting across cloud environments, implementing least-privilege access and network segmentation policies
- Work directly with developers and infrastructure teams to integrate secure deployment practices and remediate risks in build pipelines and runtime environments
- Contribute to vulnerability and misconfiguration detection in container images, Java application dependencies, and infrastructure components, automating detection and response workflows
- Collaborate with infrastructure and engineering teams to implement consistent security controls, monitoring, and alerting across Fivetran Platform
- Contribute to broader security initiatives, including threat and risk assessments, architecture reviews, incident response, compliance support, and internal tooling improvements
- Stay up to date with container security, Kubernetes advancements, Container trends, and Java application security, applying knowledge to improve operational efficiency and security posture
Our take
Fivetran is a data integration company focused on one simple idea: making data easy to move and use. It provides a fully managed platform that automatically moves data from hundreds of sources into cloud destinations, helping team centralize information without building or maintaining complex pipelines. So, by handling the heavy lifting behind the scenes, Fivetran allows organizations to spend less time managing infrastructure and more time working on their data.
This approach has a real and growing impact, with more than 700 fully managed connectors, Fivetran supports hybrid and multi-cloud environments and keeps data accurate and secure as it flows into analytics and AI systems. Trusted by over 7,600 customers worldwide, the platform helps businesses standardize how data is collected and shared across teams, breaking down silos and making insights more accessible. And the result is a stronger data foundation that supports faster decision-making and innovation.
In 2025, the company's momentum was also recognized with a Microsoft Marketplace Partner of the Year Award and a finalist spot for Microsoft's Americas Emerging Partner of the Year. These milestones reflect its role in helping enterprises modernize data infrastructure on Microsoft Azure and prepare for AI-driven workloads. By continuing to deepen its partnerships and focus on reliable, automated data movement, Fivetran is well positioned to carry this success forward as organizations increasingly rely on data s the backbone of future intelligence.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-2% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Sep 2021
$565m
SERIES D
Jun 2020
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $727.7m
Company HQ
Downtown, Oakland, CA
Leadership
George Fraser
(CEO)George graduated with a PhD in Neurobiology from the University of Pittsburgh.
Taylor Brown
(COO)Taylor studied Business Administration (focusing on design strategy) at California College of the Arts to Masters level.
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