# Senior DevOps Engineer (NYC) at Zafran Security

> Hybrid · United States · Senior · DevOps / SRE / Infra · open. Source: https://alderhq.app/jobs/ashby%3Azafran-security%3A440fd260-b06a-42e0-b89e-99e966b317dc (read 2026-11-08).

## Facts (observed)

- Company: [Zafran Security](https://alderhq.app/companies/zafran-security)
- Location text: New York
- Where it can be done from (inferred): Hybrid · United States (evidence: "Location: New York")
- Posted: 2026-09-10 (59 days ago)
- First seen by alder: 2026-11-07 · last verified: 2026-11-08
- Reposted: 0 times · edited: 0 times
- Apply on the employer's site: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zafran-security/440fd260-b06a-42e0-b89e-99e966b317dc
- Skills listed (inferred): Python, Go, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform

## Pay and sponsorship

- Posted pay: not posted
- Market band for similar posted roles (New York, n 29): p25 $187k, median $209k, p75 $220k

## Description (the employer's text)

### Description

Zafran is looking for a Senior DevOps Engineer to own our US-only production environment end-to-end and lead our growing US DevOps presence. This is a hands-on role combining infrastructure ownership, deployment automation, and close collaboration with engineering on application-level investigations. You will be our first DevOps hire on the ground in the US, working alongside our Tel Aviv DevOps team while establishing the US site.

The ideal candidate has a strong development background, thinks like an engineer, and is comfortable moving between Terraform, Kubernetes manifests, and application code to debug a production issue.

### About Zafran

Our Mission: To stop the exploitations of vulnerabilities, everywhere.

What makes us different: In a world where AI-enabled attackers weaponize vulnerabilities within minutes, the old scan-and-patch-everything model no longer holds. Zafran's Exposure Graph continuously maps every vulnerability across your hybrid environment, chains exploitability through real attack paths and proves 90% of "critical" vulnerabilities can't actually reach you. It then neutralizes the real 10% using your compensating controls and safely remediates only where it matters.

​​Who’s behind us: Zafran is backed by Menlo Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Cyberstarts, and a deep belief that cybersecurity should move as fast as attackers do. We’re one of the fastest-growing companies in the industry, scaling to meet demand from the world’s most advanced, security-obsessed organizations.

We’re serious about our mission- so expect work that matters, teammates who challenge and inspire you, and plenty of fun along the way!

### What you will do

Own the prod-us-only environment end-to-end: infrastructure deployment, maintenance, scaling, and reliability

Lead and grow the US-based DevOps as the site expands

Design, implement, and manage scalable, highly available AWS infrastructure

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines that let developers ship safely and quickly

Partner with engineering on investigations into application errors

Operate and improve monitoring, logging, and alerting to ensure availability and performance; lead production incident response

Coordinate with the Tel Aviv DevOps team on shared platform decisions and standards

### Requirements

Must be located in the US, with a strong preference for the New York area; US remote considered- Eastern Time Zone required

Prior experience leading or mentoring a small team

U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status required due to access restrictions for a U.S.-only environment.

5+ years of DevOps / SRE / platform engineering experience

Strong development background in Go, Python, or similar; comfortable reading and contributing to application code

Deep AWS experience across compute, networking, IAM, and data services

Strong Kubernetes and Docker experience in production

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform / Terragrunt

CI/CD pipeline design with GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, or similar

Hands-on with Datadog or equivalent

Experience with disaster recovery and high-availability architectures

Excellent troubleshooting skills across the full stack

### Nice to have

Experience working across distributed teams and time zones

Relevant certifications

At Zafran, people matter! We provide a robust benefits program that includes flexible PTO, health insurance plans (medical, dental, vision), a monthly stipend for phone and internet, 401k, flexible spending account, and a home office stipend when joining!

We also provide access to frontier AI models, including Claude, so every employee can work smarter, move faster, and build an AI-first career from day one.

At Zafran, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe the best teams are built by people who think differently, come from all kinds of backgrounds, and aren’t afraid to challenge the status quo. We welcome everyone across race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, and veteran status, because what matters most is what you bring to the table.

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