Staff Cloud Security Engineer

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JobgetherDigital health technology
Based in the United StatesFull-TimeStaff
Salary$151,000–$178,500 annually; $150,000–$215,000
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Job Details

Experience
At least 8 years of experience in security engineering
Required Skills
AWSPostgreSQLHIPAA

Requirements

  • Have at least 8 years of experience in security engineering, including hands-on responsibility for production cloud environments.
  • Bring deep knowledge of AWS security architecture, including IAM, network security, KMS, logging, threat detection, serverless security, and cloud hardening.
  • Have experience securing PostgreSQL and other stores containing regulated or sensitive information.
  • Understand application security, API protection, secure architecture, and common software vulnerabilities; be able to review code and work with software engineers.
  • Have direct experience leading or owning SOC 2 Type I and/or Type II audits and HIPAA compliance initiatives.
  • Have practical experience with Infrastructure-as-Code security controls using Pulumi, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK, and CI/CD security practices.
  • Have experience securing AI-powered applications and LLM systems, including OWASP LLM Top 10 vulnerabilities, data privacy risks, and model access controls.
  • Have experience identifying, investigating, containing, and resolving security incidents.
  • Be able to work independently, establish priorities, and make risk-based decisions.
  • Familiarity with Vanta, Drata, or Secureframe is advantageous.
  • Experience with WebRTC, HITRUST, ISO 27001, or NIST frameworks is beneficial.
  • Relevant certifications such as AWS Certified Security – Specialty, CISSP, CCSP, or OSCP are advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and improve security across AWS infrastructure, including IAM, networking, encryption, logging, and threat detection.
  • Establish infrastructure security guardrails and policy-as-code, and harden Amazon EKS clusters.
  • Secure application architecture and APIs through authentication, authorization, threat modeling, security testing, and CI/CD controls.
  • Protect video and communication systems, including WebRTC, media transport, session access, recording storage, and encryption.
  • Develop AI usage policies and safeguards for AI/ML applications, sensitive data, and model workflows.
  • Lead SOC 2 compliance efforts and own HIPAA Security Rule compliance, audits, policies, and risk assessments.
  • Maintain security policies, risk registers, vendor risk management, and compliance automation.
  • Partner with IT providers to secure employee devices and manage identity and access controls.
  • Establish monitoring and alerting, lead incident response, and test incident procedures and tabletop exercises.
  • Define the security roadmap, communicate risk and trade-offs, and mentor engineers.
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