Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Security

Responsibilities

• 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.

• 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 (Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, Git Lab 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.

• Python
• Ansible
• AWS
• Terraform
• CI/CD Tools
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• AWS IAM Roles
• Policy Management
• Security Automation

• Collaboration
• Mentoring
• Negotiation