Senior Security Engineer
New York, NYOnsite6+ YOE
Summary
Senior Security Engineer focused on cloud and data security for a fast-growing SaaS company. Requires 6+ years experience in cloud security, IAM, and hands-on expertise across AWS, GCP, or Azure.
About the role
What You’ll Do
- Partner with infrastructure and engineering teams to embed security into development workflows and promote secure-by-default patterns
- Design, implement, and continuously improve Sigma Cloud Security in all environments - AWS, GCP, Azure
- Conduct cloud threat modeling and security risk assessments for new projects, integrations, and SaaS platforms
- Develop and enforce identity and access management (IAM) best practices, including zero trust models and privileged access controls across IaaS and SaaS environments
- Deploy and manage cloud-native security services (CSPM, CNAPP, DSPM, SIEM, DLP, WAF, Kubernetes, container security)
- Review and apply zero trust principles through strict network segmentation, authentication, and authorization across cloud environments
- Engineer and support solutions for data security, encryption, key management, and secrets management
- Build infrastructure-as-code (IaC) security controls using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar tools
- Partner with DevOps/Engineering to embed DevSecOps practices into CI/CD pipelines and application development
- Proactively identify and remediate misconfigurations and vulnerabilities across cloud workloads
- Develop sophisticated signature and rules for Cloud security and Automate detection and response workflows for cloud security incidents
- Use AI securely and effectively to make the team efficient and scale security practices
- Stay ahead of evolving threats – leverage intelligence, attack simulation, and red/blue team learnings to refine defenses
What We’re Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field. Master's in Cyber Security is a plus
- Deep expertise in AWS, GCP, or Azure security services and architectures
- Proven ability to produce high-quality results in a fast-paced SaaS environment or similar large scale environment
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in fields like Cloud Security, Data Security and IAM
- Advanced understanding of Security Engineering in SaaS and AI-driven environments
- Strong proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Go, PowerShell) for automation, data analysis, and security tooling development
- Strong understanding with container security, orchestration security, and authentication/authorization
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containers, and serverless security
- Deep Hands-on knowledge on security platforms like Wiz, Cloudflare, Netskope
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or AWS Security Specialty
Benefits
- Equity
- Generous health benefits
- Flexible time off policy
- Paid bonding time for all new parents
- Traditional and Roth 401k
- Commuter and FSA benefits
- Lunch Program
- Dog friendly office
Skills
AWSGCPAzurePythonGoPowerShellKubernetesTerraformCloudFormationWizCloudflareNetskopeIAMZero TrustCSPM