[Hiring] SecOps Developer @TextNow, Inc.

Role Description

Join us in our mission to break down barriers to communication and free the flow of conversation for people everywhere. TextNow is looking for a new SecOps team member to secure, monitor, and enable automated response within our infrastructure.

• Ensure Secure & Reliable Systems: Design, implement, and maintain security-focused infrastructure to protect TextNow’s services while ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Security Automation & Infrastructure as Code: Develop and enforce best practices using Terraform, Ansible, Crowdstrike, and AWS security tools, ensuring secure configurations, automated compliance checks, and infrastructure as code.
• Threat Detection & Incident Response: Participate in an on-call rotation to respond to security incidents, investigate vulnerabilities, and implement proactive measures to prevent future threats. Work closely with engineering teams to remediate security risks.
• Monitoring & Logging for Security: Improve observability by implementing security monitoring solutions, logging best practices, and alerting mechanisms to detect anomalies and suspicious activity.
• Access Control & Identity Management: Manage IAM roles, permissions, and policies to ensure least privilege access and enforce security controls across cloud and internal systems.
• Collaboration & Security Advocacy: Work with DevOps, engineering, and compliance teams to integrate security best practices into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and promote a security-first culture.
• Continuous Security Improvement: Identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities, conduct security assessments, and implement automated security scanning and hardening techniques.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Security Operations, Site Reliability Engineering, or DevSecOps, with a strong understanding of cloud security, system reliability, and automation.
• Proficient with AWS security services, GitHub security controls, Terraform for secure infrastructure provisioning, and Ansible for automated security configurations.
• Experienced in handling security incidents, analyzing threats, and implementing remediation strategies to improve system defenses.
• Strong background in logging, monitoring, and anomaly detection using tools like SIEMs, intrusion detection systems (IDS), and cloud-native security solutions.
• Experience working with development teams to integrate security best practices into the SDLC (e.g., static and dynamic code analysis).
• Passionate about working with engineering teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines, enforce security policies, threat modeling, and risk assessments, and drive a security-first mindset across the organization.

Requirements

• Rare opportunity to own a mobile core network at a full MVNO—not just configure someone else’s.
• High-impact role: your work directly affects millions of users’ connectivity.
• Small, senior team where your decisions and leadership shape the platform’s direction.
• Collaborative, low-ego engineering organization.
• Competitive compensation, equity, and comprehensive benefits.

Benefits

• Free phone service.
• Strong work-life blend.
• Employee stock options.
• Unlimited vacation.
• 12 paid holidays per year.
• Competitive pay.
• Health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Short-term & long-term disability.
• $750 annual wellness benefit or healthcare spending account.
• RRSP matching (Canada) | 401(K) (USA).
• Parental leave for eligible employees.
• Learning & Development opportunities.
• Team events, company-wide off-sites, and more.