About Ovative Group:
Ovative Group is an independent, full-funnel media, measurement, and creative firm transforming how brands grow. We partner with leading names like American Eagle, Best Buy, Domino’s, The Home Depot, Polaris, and UnitedHealth Group to build smarter media and measurement programs that drive real, profitable growth.
We don’t just track performance—we redefine it. Powered by our proprietary intelligence platform, EMRge, and our holistic metric Enterprise Marketing Return (EMR), we help brands connect revenue, customer, and brand outcomes into one clear picture of success. Our approach to full-funnel strategy, buying, and measurement delivers results that matter—and it’s getting noticed. Our work has been recognized by Digiday, Google, USA Today, Inc. 5000, and Search Engine Land.
About the Role:
Ovative Group is seeking a Security Engineer to join our growing Information Security team. Reporting to the Lead Security & Cloud Engineer, this role owns the day-to-day execution of security operations, threat and vulnerability management, and security tooling — and plays a hands-on role in securing our adoption of AI across the business. The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-oriented, and comfortable operating across both cloud-native and enterprise productivity environments (GCP, Azure, M365, AWS).
Responsibilities:
Security Operations and Incident Response
Monitor security tooling and alerts across endpoint, cloud, and network environments; triage and escalate as appropriate
Perform log analysis and investigation to identify and scope the impact of security incidents
Support incident response and business continuity plan execution, including tabletop exercises and post-incident reviews
Support managed detection and response (MDR) partner relationships and act on partner recommendations
Participate in root cause analyses for security findings; identify contributing factors and implement permanent fixes
Threat and Vulnerability Management
Monitor threat intelligence feeds to understand the current threat landscape and turn findings into action for the team
Operate and monitor vulnerability scanning tools; track and remediate findings or document exceptions
Prioritize remediation efforts based on risk scoring and asset criticality
Coordinate with engineering and IT teams to ensure timely patching and hardening of cloud and endpoint systems
Support penetration testing engagements: coordinate logistics, track findings, and drive remediation to closure
AI Security Engineering
Help build,secure and monitor the infrastructure behind our AI adoption, including MCP servers, agent policy and proxy services, and connector integrations
Review, harden, and productionize AI-assisted and internally built applications and automations before they reach production data
Perform the technical side of AI vendor and tool evaluations in partnership with our Security Analyst, including secure configuration, integration review, and onboarding
Implement guardrails and monitoring for AI tools and agents, including logging, data protection, and identity for non-human actors
Stay current on AI security research and practice (OWASP GenAI Security, prompt injection, agentic risks) and recommend tooling and secure design patterns
Provide hands-on guidance and training for teams building and working with AI tools, agents, and frameworks
Security Tooling, Automation, and Cloud Operations
Administer and tune security tools including SIEM, vulnerability scanners, EDR, and cloud security posture management (CSPM) platforms
Build and maintain automation and scripts (Python, Bash, or similar) to streamline security operations and reduce manual toil
Support day-to-day cloud operations and IAM hygiene across GCP and Azure in partnership with our cloud security and infrastructure engineers
Document and provide evidence for the technical controls you operate in support of SOC 2 and client security audits
Evaluate and recommend new security tools in…