• Supports the creation of architecture standards, patterns and reference models. • Conducts technical security assessments for systems, clouds, applications or networks. • Conduct threat analysis and identify common security gaps. • Provides recommend security architecture and improvements aligned with GFT standards and hardening guidelines. • Work with cross-functional teams to clarify design requirements. • Improves and optimizes processes and security standards and hardenings.

• Take ownership of cloud security work across GCP and Azure, from design through day-to-day execution, working closely with infrastructure, platform, data, and application teams. • Run our data security and vulnerability management efforts, including DLP, sensitive data discovery, and remediation tracking across both cloud environments. • Build and maintain security automation using IaC (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines so security controls are consistent, auditable, and easy for engineering teams to adopt. • Own and evolve our cloud security posture tooling (Wiz) tuning policies, investigating real risks, cutting down noise, and driving fixes that actually reduce exposure. • Regularly review cloud configurations, identify gaps, and fix issues before they turn into incidents, while owning infrastructure security controls tied to PCI and SOC 1/2. • Write and maintain clear cloud security standards and runbooks that engineers can actually follow. • Improve detection and response by building practical detections and response playbooks in Chronicle SIEM. • Act as a senior escalation point during incidents, helping teams triage, contain, and resolve cloud security issues. • Mentor other engineers and help raise the overall security bar without creating friction or silos.

Who We Are Political Asylum Lawyers is a Houston-based immigration law firm focused on asylum cases. We help immigrants all over the United States secure their futures here through asylum, combining exceptional standards with deep respect for the human reality behind every case.  The people we represent have already survived the unimaginable. They come to us during the most vulnerable moment of their lives, and we treat that responsibility with the seriousness it deserves.  Our work changes lives. The standards we maintain, the discipline behind our work, and the way we show up every day can determine whether someone is able to stay safe and build a stable future in the United States. That is why we operate with integrity, urgency, and excellence, and why we expect every team member to take full ownership of their role. Everything we do is guided by our core values: integrity, excellence, accountability, teamwork and passion.  Working here means: - High-stakes responsibility: our work is of great consequence for our clients - Deeply meaningful outcomes: our work changes lives for the better - Emotionally demanding moments: resilience and maturity are essential - High standards and constant growth: excellence and continuous improvement are expected - Mission-driven teamwork: we’re passionate about helping immigrants secure their future in the United States through asylum, and we know that meeting our high standards requires each of us to take ownership, communicate proactively, and support one another If you want a career where your skills and hard work create tangible change in the world, this is it. The Role We're seeking a Lead Defensive Attorney (Spanish-speaking) located in Orlando, Dallas or Houston. You will work from home, but must live within an hour’s drive of your city’s  nondetained Immigration Court(s), as you will frequently appear there.  You will serve as lead counsel in Immigration Court proceedings, shape litigation strategy for asylum cases, and provide final review of all defensive work product coming out of the firm. You will supervise junior attorneys, mentoring them to elevate advocacy standards across our team. This leadership position combines hands-on courtroom work with strategic oversight, quality control, and professional development responsibilities that directly impact our clients' safety and future. This position involves significant responsibility. Our work directly affects the safety and future of our clients, often under tight deadlines. We expect a high level of professionalism, leadership, and commitment to excellence. You'll work with Artificial Intelligence, including large language models and other software programs we use to work more efficiently in building the strongest cases possible for our clients. We follow structured workflows, and adherence to these processes is required. At the same time, this role calls for sound judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to craft and strengthen legal arguments. Travel throughout the country is required; you should plan on up to two trips of one or two nights per month. Work hours generally align with a full-time schedule. You will track your time, but there are no billable hour requirements, and we do not promote excessive workweeks typical of many law firms. Responsibilities Your day-to-day responsibilities will vary based on the firm’s needs, but will include a combination of the following: - Lead defensive litigation strategy across removal defense cases, including asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT claims, ensuring each case is positioned for the strongest possible outcome before the Immigration Courts - Represent clients as lead counsel in Master Calendar and Individual Hearings—both virtual and in-person—after preparing clients to testify and ensuring strategic readiness on all procedural and factual issues - Provide final review and clearance of all legal filings in defensive cases, ensuring accuracy, legal soundness, strategic coherence, and compliance with firm standards - Draft and refine legal briefs and other filings, taking ownership of final work product quality while working with documents originated by junior attorneys or paralegals - Mentor and develop attorneys through substantive guidance on legal analysis, persuasive writing, and courtroom advocacy, providing detailed feedback and training that builds their effectiveness before Immigration Courts - Collaborate across legal teams to ensure cases move efficiently through established workflows while maintaining quality standards, working closely with paralegals, legal assistants, and other attorneys - Leverage technology, including AI tools, to enhance work product efficiency and quality, adhering to structured workflows while exercising professional judgment to refine legal arguments and case strategy - Travel to represent clients at Immigration Courts throughout the country, planning for up to two trips of one or two nights per month Support the firm’s affirmative asylum team on a limited, as-needed basis, including through case preparation and virtual representation of clients in interviews with USCIS

Who We Are Political Asylum Lawyers is a Houston-based immigration law firm focused on asylum cases. We help immigrants all over the United States secure their futures here through asylum, combining exceptional standards with deep respect for the human reality behind every case.  The people we represent have already survived the unimaginable. They come to us during the most vulnerable moment of their lives, and we treat that responsibility with the seriousness it deserves.  Our work changes lives. The standards we maintain, the discipline behind our work, and the way we show up every day can determine whether someone is able to stay safe and build a stable future in the United States. That is why we operate with integrity, urgency, and excellence, and why we expect every team member to take full ownership of their role. Everything we do is guided by our core values: integrity, excellence, accountability, teamwork and passion.  Working here means: - High-stakes responsibility: our work is of great consequence for our clients - Deeply meaningful outcomes: our work changes lives for the better - Emotionally demanding moments: resilience and maturity are essential - High standards and constant growth: excellence and continuous improvement are expected - Mission-driven teamwork: we’re passionate about helping immigrants secure their future in the United States through asylum, and we know that meeting our high standards requires each of us to take ownership, communicate proactively, and support one another If you want a career where your skills and hard work create tangible change in the world, this is it. The Role We're seeking a Lead Defensive Attorney (Spanish-speaking) located in Orlando, Dallas or Houston. You will work from home, but must live within an hour’s drive of your city’s  nondetained Immigration Court(s), as you will frequently appear there.  You will serve as lead counsel in Immigration Court proceedings, shape litigation strategy for asylum cases, and provide final review of all defensive work product coming out of the firm. You will supervise junior attorneys, mentoring them to elevate advocacy standards across our team. This leadership position combines hands-on courtroom work with strategic oversight, quality control, and professional development responsibilities that directly impact our clients' safety and future. This position involves significant responsibility. Our work directly affects the safety and future of our clients, often under tight deadlines. We expect a high level of professionalism, leadership, and commitment to excellence. You'll work with Artificial Intelligence, including large language models and other software programs we use to work more efficiently in building the strongest cases possible for our clients. We follow structured workflows, and adherence to these processes is required. At the same time, this role calls for sound judgment, strategic thinking, and the ability to craft and strengthen legal arguments. Travel throughout the country is required; you should plan on up to two trips of one or two nights per month. Work hours generally align with a full-time schedule. You will track your time, but there are no billable hour requirements, and we do not promote excessive workweeks typical of many law firms. Responsibilities Your day-to-day responsibilities will vary based on the firm’s needs, but will include a combination of the following: - Lead defensive litigation strategy across removal defense cases, including asylum, withholding of removal, and CAT claims, ensuring each case is positioned for the strongest possible outcome before the Immigration Courts - Represent clients as lead counsel in Master Calendar and Individual Hearings—both virtual and in-person—after preparing clients to testify and ensuring strategic readiness on all procedural and factual issues - Provide final review and clearance of all legal filings in defensive cases, ensuring accuracy, legal soundness, strategic coherence, and compliance with firm standards - Draft and refine legal briefs and other filings, taking ownership of final work product quality while working with documents originated by junior attorneys or paralegals - Mentor and develop attorneys through substantive guidance on legal analysis, persuasive writing, and courtroom advocacy, providing detailed feedback and training that builds their effectiveness before Immigration Courts - Collaborate across legal teams to ensure cases move efficiently through established workflows while maintaining quality standards, working closely with paralegals, legal assistants, and other attorneys - Leverage technology, including AI tools, to enhance work product efficiency and quality, adhering to structured workflows while exercising professional judgment to refine legal arguments and case strategy - Travel to represent clients at Immigration Courts throughout the country, planning for up to two trips of one or two nights per month Support the firm’s affirmative asylum team on a limited, as-needed basis, including through case preparation and virtual representation of clients in interviews with USCIS