Lead Security Engineer, Internal and IT

The role

This senior individual contributor will own the internal security posture and security-critical parts of the IT environment. You will build systems, controls, and programs to protect the company and work with an IT provider on execution.

What you will do

• Own internal security posture including endpoint, identity, network, email, and cloud security
• Design and run identity strategy across SSO, MFA, conditional access, and privileged access management
• Build and operate vulnerability management program
• Lead incident response for internal security events
• Drive compliance and certification work like SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001
• Build and run the security awareness program
• Set and maintain security policies, standards, and internal documentation
• Own vendor risk and third-party security reviews
• Partner with product security and engineering leadership

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering, IT security, or corporate security
• Real ownership of internal security programs at a top-tier software/tech company
• Deep expertise in identity and access management, endpoint security, cloud security (AWS/GCP/Azure), or SaaS security
• Hands-on experience with SOC 2 and/or ISO 27001 audits
• Strong understanding of modern attacker tradecraft
• Direct experience leading incident response for internal security events
• Familiarity with modern security tooling across EDR, SIEM, IAM, MDM, DLP, email security, and vulnerability management
• Strong systems thinking
• Clear communicator
• Comfort operating with autonomy in an early-stage environment

Nice to have

• Prior experience as the first or founding internal security hire at a startup
• Background as a practitioner in cybersecurity — SOC, threat detection, red team, or product security experience
• Relevant certifications (CISSP, OSCP, GCIA, GCIH, CISA, or equivalent)
• Experience with security operations tooling that Artemis itself sells (SIEM, XDR, detection & response platforms)
• Familiarity with regulated frameworks beyond SOC 2 and ISO (FedRAMP, HIPAA, PCI, GDPR)

About the company

Artemis is building the future of AI-driven cybersecurity. The company uses AI agents to detect, investigate, hunt, and respond to threats at machine speed.