The role involves ensuring security in DevOps processes and AWS environments, managing security risks, and automating controls.
About Us.
DroneSense is now part of Versaterm, a global public safety solutions company helping agencies transform how they serve their communities. Together, we are building an ecosystem of intuitive tools designed for public safety agencies! Through purposeful integrations and selective growth, Versaterm is advancing public safety technology to improve workflows, deliver better service, and enable better outcomes. As part of this mission, DroneSense provides a critical drone software platform tailored to the unique needs of public safety. Our comprehensive solution equips First Responders with tools that expand situational awareness, act as a force multiplier, and make drone operations scalable across entire organizations—ultimately leading to more saved lives. Drones are transforming the way First Responders carry out their missions, and DroneSense is driving this evolution within the Versaterm ecosystem.
Our Culture.
Our team is driven by innovation, expertise, and an unwavering commitment to customer success. Our leaders are experienced engineers, pilots, and entrepreneurs. We’re building a diverse, collaborative team where individuals can bring their full selves to work, have fun, and feel a strong sense of belonging. Here, you’ll roll up your sleeves alongside teammates who care deeply about their craft, their communities, and each other. As we continue to grow and expand our impact, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to solutions that enhance community safety and shape the future of public safety technology. If you’re passionate about making a meaningful difference, we’d love to hear from you.
What You Do
- Work alongside DevOps and engineering teams to ensure our platforms, repositories and CI/CD pipelines are secure by default while remaining easy to build, test, and deploy against
- Identify security risks through tools, audits, and monitoring, and drive them to resolution — whether that means changing a policy, updating infrastructure, or improving a pipeline
- Take ownership of the security posture across multiple AWS accounts and continuously improve it over time
- Design and maintain security guardrails around IAM, logging, monitoring, and encryption
- Manage repository-level security scanning (SAST, dependency scanning, secrets detection) using tools such as Aikido or similar, and ensure findings are actionable
- Partner with DevOps teams to secure Kubernetes clusters, with a strong focus on Rancher
- Improve security visibility through monitoring, logging, and reporting
- Automate security controls and validations using Infrastructure as Code and scripting
- Help document security standards, patterns, and operational runbooks
What You Bring
- 5+ years of experience in DevOps, DevSecOps, or Cloud Security roles
- Strong hands-on experience securing AWS in production environments
- Experience working with multi-account AWS setups
- Experience with repository security scanning (SAST, dependency scanning, secrets detection)
- Experience support security and compliance initiatives (e.g., SOC 2, TX-RAMP, or similar)
- Solid understanding of IAM, network security, and secrets management
- 3+ years of experience working with and securing Kubernetes clusters
- Experience using Rancher for Kubernetes cluster management
- Hands-on experience securing CI/CD pipelines (GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, etc.)
- Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform / OpenTofu or CloudFormation
- Experience partnering with security teams or risk stakeholders
Preferred:
- Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, CJIS
- Experience with FedRAMP, TxRAMP or similar
- Background in software development
*DroneSense employs full time US citizens or naturalized citizens from a NATO country, who are current residents in one of the 50 contiguous United States. Though our positions are "remote" we do not work with offshore/near shore individuals or contractors to stay in compliance with our client's requirements.
** A valid LinkedIn profile with photo MUST be included to be considered.
Benefits
-Competitive Base Pay
-Medical, Dental, and Vision, including a medical plan with 100% employee covered premium
-Company paid Life Insurance and Short Term Disability
-Health Savings Account match
-Medical FSA & Dependent Care Account
-401(k) with company match
-Work from home
-Wellness benefits
-Cell phone stipend
-Paid Vacation Time
-Paid Sick Time
-Part 107 Pilot Training & License Paid
Top Skills
Aikido
AWS
Ci/Cd
CloudFormation
Github Actions
Gitlab Ci
Kubernetes
Opentofu
Rancher
Terraform
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