Senior Cloud Security Engineer: Infrastructure & Automation

Remotedxb; Dubai; On-site; AED 240,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Quora is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer in Dubai to collaborate with engineering on cloud and compute architecture changes, build threat models, and harden infrastructure. You will develop security logging pipelines, apply AWS/Kubernetes knowledge to remediation roadmaps, and drive security policy conformance.

Responsibilities include automation for threat detection, incident containment, and response, plus coordinating across teams during Pacific Time hours.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering capabilities.
• Expertise in Cloud Infrastructure Security (AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation, IAM, VPC).
• Experience with Automation and Secure Development (CI/CD, SAST, DAST).
• Proficiency in Linux/System Security (Container security, POSIX Capabilities, SECCOMP, eBPF).
• Ability to work during Quora's coordination hours (9am-3pm Pacific Time).

Responsibilities

• Partner with engineering teams to review cloud and compute architecture design changes.
• Establish threat models for cloud and compute paved roads to identify security risks.
• Develop or adopt open-source tools to monitor and harden cloud infrastructure and OS.
• Develop security logging pipelines and detect intrusions.
• Apply expert knowledge of AWS and Kubernetes to inform remediations and control roadmaps.
• Drive the definition and implementation of security policies and monitor conformance.
• Write code for automations supporting threat detection, incident containment, and network access management.
• Conduct initial incident triage and participate in the incident response process.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure security

Linux system security

Security automation

CI/CD security

Threat modeling

Job description

Quora is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer in Dubai to collaborate with engineering on cloud and compute architecture changes, build threat models, and harden infrastructure. You will develop security logging pipelines, apply AWS/Kubernetes knowledge to remediation roadmaps, and drive security policy conformance.

Responsibilities include automation for threat detection, incident containment, and response, plus coordinating across teams during Pacific Time hours.