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Expired on April 1, 2026
Head of Security
Job Description
LocalStack is looking for a pragmatic, risk-driven security leader to own and scale our security posture. You will lead incident monitoring, vulnerability management, and compliance frameworks for our local cloud development platform.
Responsibilities
- Ensure robust security posture across emulators, cloud platform, and data warehouse
- Lead initiatives for incident monitoring, intrusion detection, and vulnerability management
- Implement regular security auditing procedures
- Deliver scalable process for vendor risk assessments
- Own documentation of security controls, configurations, and policies
Qualifications
- 7+ years in security engineering or security compliance role
- Experience leading vendor risk assessments and compliance frameworks
- Practical experience with cloud security (AWS preferred)
- Good knowledge of standards like SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR
- Prior engineering experience strongly preferred