Principal Security Engineer

Department: Engineering - Video
Location: Austin

About Brivo

Brivo and Eagle Eye Networks have come together to create a category-defining, cloud-first platform at the intersection of AI and the physical world. Our mission is to make physical spaces safer, smarter, and more autonomous—from single-site businesses to global enterprises. As the unified global leaders in cloud-based access control and video surveillance, we provide a comprehensive digital foundation for the built environment. By combining Brivo’s pioneering building access platform with Eagle Eye’s AI-powered video management system (VMS), we have created a system of intelligence that protects over 600 million square feet across 90+ countries. With a global footprint spanning headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland, and Austin, Texas, and international offices in Amsterdam, London, Bangalore, and Tokyo, we leverage our open APIs and cyber-secure cloud infrastructure to reshape the future of physical security.

Responsibilities

• Lead Security Architecture & Strategy: Design, implement, and oversee enterprise-wide security architecture.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to embed security by design into the software development life cycle (SDLC) and infrastructure planning.
• Respond to immediate threats: Monitor latest zero day, security threats and drive timely remediations.
• Conduct Advanced Threat Modeling: Continuously evaluate the organization’s technology stack and interconnected systems. Perform comprehensive risk assessments and threat modeling to identify and mitigate complex vulnerabilities before they can be exploited.
• Act as a Strategic Advisor: Serve as the primary liaison between technical engineering teams and executive leadership. Effectively communicate complex cyber risks in terms of business impact, and advocate for necessary security changes.
• Direct Critical Incident Response: Serve as the highest-level technical escalation point for severe security incidents.

Requirements

• Strategic Security Architecture: 8+ years designing, scaling, and maintaining secure SaaS infrastructure in high-availability, cloud-native environments (ideally AWS).
• Security by Design (SDLC): Proven track record of embedding security early in the software development life cycle, establishing threat modeling frameworks, and partnering with engineering/product leadership to enforce secure coding and architectural standards.
• API & Service Mesh Security: Deep technical expertise with edge and internal proxy architectures (Envoy, Nginx), including mTLS, rate limiting, zero-trust network models, and traffic controls for video streaming and data transport.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, vision, and dental plans (including company-offset premiums).
• 401k with company match.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) policy.
• Premium onsite experience featuring communal meals, recurring social events, and fully stocked workspaces.
• Great Place to Work-Certified™ company culture with a focus on in-person collaboration and a "one-team" atmosphere.
• Global impact: Work on essential systems that protect the health, safety, and welfare of people and property worldwide.

Individual compensation packages are based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, training, and market conditions. Brivonians enjoy a robust benefits and perks package tailored to their work location.