Sr. Platform Engineer II; Cloud Security

Chicago

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We are looking for an experienced Cloud Security Engineer to define and drive our cloud and edge security strategy from the ground up. This is a greenfield opportunity to architect, implement, and evolve the security posture for our production infrastructure across GCP and Cloudflare. You’ll own security for the systems that underpin our trading infrastructure, mission-critical services that demand high performance, low latency, and 99.95%+ uptime.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in high-stakes environments, embraces Dev Sec Ops  principles, and understands the importance of security automation ’ll work closely with SREs, Platform Engineers, and the Security team to ensure we build secure systems by design.

You’ll be part of the Platform Engineering team, which owns the systems and infrastructure that power Ninja Trader’s trading platform. We run entirely in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and make extensive use of Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern CI/CD pipelines to enable secure and scalable software delivery. While Ninja Trader has a centralized Security team focused on IT, governance, and compliance, this role will focus exclusively on cloud and infrastructure security from within the engineering organization.

• Define and implement cloud and edge security architecture across GCP, Kubernetes, and Cloudflare.
• Lead the creation and enforcement of IAM policies and role-based access controls across infrastructure and services.
• Manage and configure Cloudflare settings including DNS zones, domains, WAF rules, bot protection, DDoS mitigation, and Zero Trust policies.
• Design and integrate Dev Sec Ops  practices into CI/CD pipelines to ensure secure-by-default software delivery.
• Build tooling and…