# Cloud Security Engineer

**Company:** [Intercom](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/intercom)
**Location:** Dublin, Ireland, London, United Kingdom
**Role:** Security Engineering
**Skills:** AWS, Cloud Security, Detection Engineering, Incident Response, Threat Hunting, Infrastructure As Code, Cloud-Native Technologies, Security Monitoring, Security Controls, Python, Ai-Assisted Development Tools, Cnapp, Aws Networking, Aws Iam, Automation
**Posted:** 2026-07-20

> Secures AWS cloud environments and production systems by designing controls, building detection and automation capabilities, and leading incident response. The role requires hands-on cloud security, programming, infrastructure-as-code, and investigation experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Design and implement secure cloud architectures across AWS environments.
- Build and maintain protective and detective controls that improve threat visibility across cloud environments.
- Develop detection engineering capabilities to identify attacker behavior and reduce time to detection and response.
- Lead cloud security investigations and incident response activities with engineering teams.
- Participate in a shared on-call rotation and coordinate containment, remediation, and recovery during security incidents.
- Build automation to improve the scalability, reliability, and effectiveness of security controls.
- Partner with infrastructure teams to embed security into cloud platforms, infrastructure-as-code workflows, and engineering practices.
- Develop and improve cloud security standards, guidance, and best practices.
- Drive security initiatives from problem definition through implementation and measurable outcomes.
- Assess emerging threats to cloud environments and evolve defensive capabilities.
- Help shape an AI-first approach to security, including AI-assisted detection, automated investigations, continuous monitoring, and emerging defensive capabilities.
- Support secure adoption of AI-assisted software development tools and engineering workflows.

## Requirements

- Proven experience in cloud security, security engineering, detection engineering, or a closely related field.
- Strong experience securing and operating production AWS environments.
- Deep understanding of cloud security principles, modern attack techniques, and security best practices.
- Experience building or operating detection, monitoring, or threat detection capabilities.
- Hands-on experience investigating security incidents, leading technical investigations, and driving remediation.
- Experience implementing security controls across cloud platforms and production environments.
- Strong programming skills and experience building automation, tooling, or operational workflows.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code practices and modern cloud-native technologies.
- Comfortable using modern AI-assisted development tools.
- Ability to communicate security concepts clearly and collaborate effectively with engineering teams.
- Pragmatic approach to balancing security, customer impact, and engineering velocity.

## Nice-to-haves

- Experience building detection engineering, threat hunting, or security operations capabilities at scale.
- Experience with cloud-native security platforms, CNAPP technologies, or large-scale cloud security monitoring.
- Experience applying AI to detection, response, threat analysis, or security operations workflows.
- Familiarity with AWS networking, identity, and cloud security patterns.
- Experience working across large-scale SaaS environments and high-growth companies.

## Compensation and Benefits

- Competitive salary and equity in a fast-growing start-up.
- Weekday lunch, snacks, and a fully stocked kitchen.
- Regular compensation reviews.
- Unlimited access to Claude Code and other AI tools.
- Pension scheme with matching up to 4%.
- Life assurance and comprehensive health and dental insurance for employees and dependents.
- Flexible paid time off.
- Paid maternity leave and six weeks of paternity leave.
- Cycle-to-Work Scheme and secure bike storage.
- MacBooks as standard, with Windows available for certain roles.
- Hybrid working with employees expected to work from the office at least three days per week.

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