Senior Security Engineer – Cloud Security

• Review infrastructure and tooling configurations to ensure security posture is established, maintained, and continued throughout the Software Development LifeCycle
• Identify internal infrastructure susceptible to known vulnerabilities
• Create solutions and lead programs to remediate identified vulnerabilities
• Develop systems that automatically respond to and remediate known security vulnerabilities or insecure configurations
• Develop systems integrating with Security Operations Center and identity and account management tools
• Review, audit, and assist in writing compliance policies
• Remediate identified compliance gaps
• Design and implement autonomous AI agents for security workflows
• Integrate AI agents into security operations and incident response
• Mentor and lead junior cloud security engineers

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 4–6+ years of experience
• Experience with endpoint security, IDS/IDP, AV/AM, Firewall, and Integrity Monitoring systems
• Experience with Kubernetes environments, monitoring, and security best practices; CKA and CKS preferred
• Experience securing cloud infrastructure and assets in an enterprise-level product
• Experience or desire to work directly with security incidents, security teams, and security researchers
• Knowledge of cloud resource security, cloud configuration hardening, and cloud-native security architecture
• Knowledge of container and cloud-native security best practices
• Knowledge of cloud networking, security groups, NACLs, VPC design, and API security
• Knowledge of cloud IAM policies, RBAC, and privilege escalation prevention
• Knowledge of secrets management and credential security in cloud environments
• Experience with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure
• Experience with AWS Security Services, networking services, IAM, Lambda Functions, and CloudFormation; preferred
• Experience with Azure security services including Microsoft Defender, Azure Policy, and identity management; preferred
• Development experience in Go or Python
• Experience with RESTful APIs and cloud service integrations
• Experience with IaC tools including Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, or ARM templates
• Experience with cloud security automation, orchestration, and compliance-as-code
• Experience building security tools and systems for automated cloud misconfiguration detection and remediation
• Experience with cloud logging, monitoring, and alerting tools including CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and CloudTrail
• Agentic AI experience designing and implementing autonomous AI agents for security workflows
• Expertise in AI security and safety, adversarial testing, prompt injection defense, AI model security, and machine learning supply-chain security
• Ability to write clean, maintainable security code with flow-state development practices
• Familiarity with AWS Well-Architected Framework, Azure Well-Architected Framework, CIS Benchmarks, and cloud FedRAMP/HIPAA
• Knowledge of cloud data security and encryption at rest and in transit
• Experience with multi‑cloud and hybrid cloud security architecture
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and lead junior cloud security engineers
• Experience with cloud security assessment and cloud posture management tools; Wiz preferred
• Understanding of serverless and FaaS security considerations
• Strong communication, coordination, and collaboration skills in worldwide remote settings

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in cloud security architecture, vulnerability remediation, and compliance management, with a strong focus on integrating AI solutions into security workflows. Proficient in developing automated systems for security incident response and maintaining security posture across cloud environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Cloud Security Architecture
• Vulnerability Remediation
• AI Security Solutions
• Kubernetes Security Best Practices
• Cloud Infrastructure Security

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Cloud Security Automation
• Endpoint Security
• Development in Go
• Development in Python
• RESTful APIs
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Cloud Security Assessment
• Security Code Writing
• Cloud Configuration Hardening
• Compliance Management

Soft Skills

• Mentoring Junior Engineers
• Strong Communication Skills
• Coordination Skills
• Collaboration Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)

Industry Keywords

• Software Development LifeCycle
• Compliance Policies
• Cloud Networking
• IAM Policies
• RBAC
• Secrets Management
• Adversarial Testing
• Machine Learning Security
• CIS Benchmarks
• FedRAMP/HIPAA

Tools & Technologies

• Amazon Web Services
• Microsoft Azure
• Terraform
• CloudFormation
• CloudWatch
• Azure Monitor
• CloudTrail
• Wiz
• Security Operations Center Tools
• Identity and Account Management Tools