Senior Engineer – Cloud Security
First Due
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
Tech Stack
AWSCloudEC2PostgresPrometheusPythonTerraform
About the role
- lead cloud security initiatives across AWS infrastructure
- design and implement secure infrastructure patterns
- collaborate with engineering, product, and compliance teams
- own the cloud security roadmap
- prepare and guide the company through NIST 800-53 readiness
- respond to customer security questionnaires and audits
- develop and maintain security automation and monitoring systems
- establish and enforce least-privilege IAM policies
- improve system observability and reliability
- partner with engineering teams for code reviews and threat modeling
- assist with incident response and post-incident reviews
- mentor peers and promote a culture of security-first engineering
Requirements
- 5–8+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure or DevOps engineering
- strong focus on AWS (EC2, RDS, ElastiCache, IAM, CloudFormation/Terraform, VPC, KMS, etc.)
- proven experience implementing cloud security best practices
- deep familiarity with security frameworks (NIST 800-53, FedRAMP, SOC 2, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks)
- experience responding to customer security assessments
- hands-on experience with monitoring and observability tools (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, etc.) and SIEM/SOC integrations
- strong understanding of PostgreSQL security and database hardening in a cloud environment
- solid scripting or automation skills (Python, Bash, or similar)
- excellent written and verbal communication skills
- a mindset that balances security, performance, and scalability
- strong cross-functional collaboration skills with compliance, legal, product, and customer teams
Benefits
- competitive pay
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- FSA/HSA
- 401(k)
- flexible PTO
- fully remote workplace
- technology stipend
- opportunities for advancement
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Hard skills
cloud securityAWSsecurity automationmonitoring systemsIAM policiesincident responsescriptingdatabase hardeningsecurity best practicesthreat modeling
Soft skills
collaborationmentoringcommunicationsecurity-first mindsetcross-functional collaboration
Certifications
NIST 800-53FedRAMPSOC 2ISO 27001CIS Benchmarks