Senior Security Engineer

Job Summary

To enhance cloud security and incident response, the full-time Senior Security Engineer will work remotely to strengthen AWS environments, lead technical security projects, and mentor junior team members.

Key responsibilities

• Strengthen security across AWS accounts, including implementing least privilege access and building detection and monitoring systems
• Lead technical responses to AWS incidents, conducting investigations, root cause analyses, and post-incident reviews
• Develop and maintain technical security standards, runbooks, and incident response playbooks while collaborating with Engineering and DevOps

Required qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in security engineering or a related technical role, with a minimum of 2 years securing production AWS environments
• Strong practical knowledge of AWS security, including IAM policies, SCPs, and native detection services
• Experience investigating cloud security incidents and making decisions under pressure
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code, preferably Terraform, and automation using Python or similar languages
• Clear written and spoken English skills for explaining technical findings to various stakeholders