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Principal Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Wed, Sep 23, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Building secure-by-default AWS platform patterns, the full-time Principal Cloud Security Engineer will design and implement guardrails across a multi-account environment while collaborating with various teams to enhance cloud security through code-driven practices in a remote setting.

Key responsibilities
  • Design and implement secure AWS account and baseline guardrail patterns across multi-account environments
  • Build and maintain reusable Terraform modules and policy-as-code to enhance security and traceability
  • Collaborate with Platform and Architecture teams to establish centralized logging and security controls
Required qualifications
  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, SRE, infrastructure engineering, or cloud security with a focus on AWS
  • Strong hands-on experience in AWS security engineering within multi-account environments
  • Deep experience with infrastructure-as-code, particularly Terraform, including reusable modules
  • Proficiency in a modern programming language such as C#, Go, Python, Java, or TypeScript
  • Experience with policy-as-code and preventive guardrails for cloud security

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