Cloud Security Engineer

Post Date

Apr 20, 2023

Location

Mountain View,
California

ZIP/Postal Code

94043
US
Jun 26, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract

Category

Computer Engineering

Req #

SJC-618688

Pay Rate

$56 - $84 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

A cybersecurity company in the bay area is looking for a fully remote Cloud Security Engineer. This engineer will be identifying threats to cloud systems, developing new features to meet security needs, building, maintaining, upgrading, and continuously improving cloud-based systems. The team is looking to automate security best practices in the cloud.

60%-70% of their work day will be building out scripts and working on automation; security guardrails (automat a lot of initial steps, triage, CICD workflows)

- Initial security background

- Building scrips that will handle that

- Over-permissioned access

The other 30-40% of the day will be join meetings and collaborating with the team

Required Skills & Experience

- 4+ years of experience as a Cloud Security Engineer within security/dev ops

- Experience building out scripts and working on automation, preferably in Python

- Background with AWS and Cloud Security

- Knowledge of how to get around a Kubernetes cluster

- Experience working with Terraform

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- Experience with Cloud watch, Cloud Trail, Guard Duty and Security Groups

- Experience with GRC and Audits - SOC2, SOX and others where you are providing evidence, creating diagrams for auditors, and assisting in the GRC process.

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Security Specialty, Azure AZ-500, GCP Profession Cloud Security Engineer, CISSP.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.