Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Security

Iambic Therapeutics

Cloud Security Engineer responsible for improving cloud security in AWS environments. Collaborating with teams to integrate security into software development and CI/CD processes.

Posted 7/8/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $168,000 - $210,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudDockerJenkinsKubernetesPythonSDLCTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Improve the security of cloud architecture across our AWS environments.
Embed security into the software development life cycle (SDLC).
Implement and manage security tooling.
Partner with engineering teams to remediate vulnerabilities and reduce risk
Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.
Build automated security checks, policy-as-code, and guardrails.
Enable “shift-left” security practices across engineering teams.
Design, update and enforce least-privilege access models across infrastructure and applications.
Establish logging, monitoring, and alerting for both infrastructure and application layers.
Lead response to cloud and application security incidents.
Conduct root cause analysis and drive systemic improvements.
Ensure systems meet regulatory requirements (ISO 27001).
Define policies for secure development and cloud usage.
Support audits and continuous compliance initiatives.
Mentor engineers on both cloud and application security practices.

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or equivalent experience.
Strong software and cloud skills in Python, Ansible, AWS and Terraform.
Experience with Compliance frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001).
Experience with AWS IAM roles and policy management.
Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI)
Experience with container/orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS).
Ability to address security concerns (drive security solutions or negotiate trade-offs) with a variety of teams including IT, Computational Scientists, Software Developers, Cloud Ops and ML engineers.

Benefits

Comp & perks

company paid healthcare
flexible spending accounts
voluntary life insurance
401K matching
uncapped vacation

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonAnsibleAWSTerraformCI/CD ToolsDockerKubernetesAWS IAM RolesPolicy ManagementSecurity Automation

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringNegotiation