Join us as we work to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Position Summary: We are looking for a
Senior Security Engineer (Platform Security) to join the athenahealth team in
Bangalore. This role focuses on strengthening platform and application security capabilities by improving the adoption of security automation, orchestration, and Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices across the organization. The ideal candidate will collaborate closely with scrum teams, product managers, security architects, DevOps, and engineering leadership to design and implement secure development practices and scalable security solutions. This role requires strong expertise in application security, cloud security, secure architecture, and modern security tooling.
About the Team: The Platform Security team at athenahealth works on solving complex application and platform security challenges at scale. The team partners with engineering, infrastructure, and security stakeholders to improve secure development practices, strengthen cloud and application security posture, and enable scalable protection across enterprise systems. Team members leverage deep technical expertise, collaboration, and innovation to support healthcare technology solutions that help medical professionals focus on patient care.
Essential Job Responsibilities
- Drive the adoption and execution of Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) and application security best practices across R&D teams
- Contribute to enterprise security standards, patterns, and secure implementation frameworks for product development
- Partner with Information Security teams to deploy and manage applications across public cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Integrate and optimize application security tools such as CNAPP, SCA, and API security testing into development pipelines
- Evaluate, implement, and enhance GenAI security controls across enterprise environments
- Identify architectural and feature-level security weaknesses and recommend mitigation strategies
- Collaborate with DevOps, Platform, Infrastructure, and security leadership teams to build and maintain security-hardened technology stacks
Additional Job Responsibilities
- Track, prioritize, and support remediation of security vulnerabilities and open risks
- Document and automate protection coverage for common attack patterns and abuse cases
- Support secure software design reviews and threat modeling activities
- Promote secure coding practices and security awareness across engineering teams
- Assist in implementing scalable security automation and orchestration initiatives
- Participate in enterprise security reviews, audits, and compliance alignment activities
- Contribute to continuous improvements in platform, cloud, and application security operations
Expected Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field; equivalent experience considered
- Minimum 5 years of software development experience with 3–5 years in security-focused engineering or application security roles
- Strong knowledge of programming languages such as Java, JavaScript (Node.js), C#, Perl, or Python with ability to identify security vulnerabilities in code
- Experience with cloud platforms including Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform
- Hands-on experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
- Knowledge of modern security technologies and protocols including OAuth, SAML, Kubernetes, REST APIs, Service Bus architectures, and JSON
- Familiarity with healthcare and security compliance standards such as HIPAA, HITRUST, and PCI-DSS preferred
About Athenahealth
Our vision:In an industry that becomes more complex by the day, we stand for simplicity. We offer IT solutions and expert services that eliminate the daily hurdles preventing healthcare providers from focusing entirely on their patients — powered by our vision to create a thriving ecosystem that delivers accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all.
Our company culture:Our talentedemployees — or athenistas, as we call ourselves — spark the innovation and passion needed to accomplish our vision. We are a diverse group of dreamers and do-ers with unique knowledge, expertise, backgrounds, and perspectives. We unite as mission-driven problem-solvers with a deep desire to achieve our vision and make our time here count. Our award-winning culture is built around shared values of inclusiveness, accountability, and support.
Our DEI commitment:Our vision of accessible, high-quality, and sustainable healthcare for all requires addressing the inequities that stand in the way. That's one reason we prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion in every aspect of our business, from attracting and sustaining a diverse workforce to maintaining an inclusive environment for athenistas, our partners, customers and the communities where we work and serve.
What We Can Do For You
Along with health and financial benefits, athenistas enjoy perks specific to each location, including commuter support, employee assistance programs, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, and collaborativeworkspaces —
some offices even welcome dogs.
We also encourage a better work-life balance for athenistas with our flexibility. While we know in-office collaboration is critical to our vision, we recognize that not all work needs to be done within an office environment,full-time. With consistent communication and digital collaboration tools, athenahealthenablesemployees to find a balance that feels fulfilling and productive for each individual situation.
In addition to our traditional benefits and perks, we sponsor events throughout the year, including book clubs, external speakers, and hackathons. We provide athenistas with a company culture based on learning, the support of an engaged team, and an inclusive environment where all employees are valued.
Learn more about our culture and benefits here: athenahealth.com/careers
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