Cloud Security Engineer
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This role may be performed fully remotely within the United States., US based working hours, majority of team in East and Central Time Zones.Full-TimeSenior
Salary185,000 - 215,000 USD per year OTE
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Job Details
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience in information security, cloud security, or security engineering roles
- Required Skills
- AWSPythonBashTerraform
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in information security, cloud security, or security engineering roles
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS security services and architecture (IAM, VPC security, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, etc.)
- Strong understanding of cloud-native security principles
- Hands-on experience with Datadog Security or similar cloud-native SIEM/observability platforms
- Proficiency with Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or CDK) and policy-as-code frameworks
- Working knowledge of container and serverless security
- Solid scripting/automation skills in Python, Bash, or similar languages
- Familiarity with common security frameworks (NIST CSF, CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2, ISO 27001)
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain security controls across our AWS environment
- Manage and tune AWS-native security tooling (GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Inspector, etc)
- Develop and enforce infrastructure-as-code (IaC) security policies using tools such as Terraform
- Collaborate with Platform Engineering teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines
- Build and maintain cloud-focused detection rules, alerts, and dashboards within Datadog Security
- Develop automated response playbooks for common cloud and SaaS security events
- Conduct threat modeling exercises for cloud architectures and SaaS integrations
- Support compliance initiatives (e.g., SOC 2) by implementing technical controls
- Track and remediate findings from vulnerability scans and penetration tests
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