Job Description
This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Senior Cloud Security Engineer in the United States.
This role offers the opportunity to secure cloud-native SaaS environments while working fully remotely with a global team of security professionals. You will take ownership of designing, implementing, and maintaining robust cloud security controls across AWS, Azure, and PaaS platforms. The position emphasizes collaboration with DevOps and platform teams to embed security into infrastructure-as-code workflows, threat modeling, incident response, and compliance initiatives. The ideal candidate is a hands-on engineer with deep cloud expertise, a proactive mindset, and the ability to balance security, usability, and business agility while protecting rapidly growing customer environments.
Accountabilities
- Design, implement, and maintain secure cloud architectures across AWS, Azure, and PaaS platforms
- Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to integrate security into infrastructure-as-code pipelines (Terraform, Spacelift, CI/CD)
- Lead cloud vulnerability and risk management programs, including threat detection, response, and remediation strategies
- Conduct threat modeling, architectural reviews, and security evaluations for new and existing services
- Own end-to-end cloud security controls, ensuring monitoring, governance, and compliance standards are met
- Partner with cross-functional teams to drive security awareness, best practices, and continuous improvement
- Provide guidance during incidents, including forensic analysis and postmortem evaluation to strengthen platform resilience
- Extensive experience in cloud security engineering, with deep expertise in AWS and/or Azure
- Proven background in securing SaaS platforms and cloud-hosted environments
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Spacelift) and CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, Git)
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or PowerShell for automation, log analysis, and remediation
- Strong understanding of cloud-native security tooling, identity management, logging, and policy enforcement
- Experience with incident response processes, vulnerability management, and threat detection/prevention
- Excellent collaboration, communication, and documentation skills, particularly in remote or distributed teams
- Familiarity with compliance standards and a flexible, risk-based approach to security
- 100% remote work environment with global collaboration
- Competitive salary and annual bonus eligibility
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- Generous paid time off policy, including vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays
- Paid parental leave (12 weeks) and backup care support
- 401(k) plan with 5% company contribution
- Stock options for full-time employees
- Professional development budget, tuition reimbursement, and coaching resources
- $500 one-time reimbursement for home office setup and $75/month digital stipend
When you apply, your profile goes through our AI-powered screening process designed to identify top talent efficiently and fairly.
🔍 Our AI evaluates your CV and LinkedIn profile thoroughly, analyzing your skills, experience, and achievements.
📊 It compares your profile to the job's core requirements and past success factors to determine your match score.
🎯 Based on this analysis, we automatically shortlist the 3 candidates with the highest match to the role.
🧠 When necessary, our human team may perform an additional manual review to ensure no strong profile is missed.
The process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias — focusing solely on your fit for the role. Once the shortlist is completed, we share it directly with the company offering the position. The final decision and next steps (such as interviews or additional assessments) are handled by their internal hiring team.
Thank you for your interest!