Cloud Security Engineer

Aikido; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Flexible working hours

Job summary

Aikido is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to build security capabilities for Kubernetes, Linux hosts and cloud environments. You’ll ship end-to-end product features with product and engineering teams, researching cloud concepts and turning them into intuitive security features.

You’ll work directly with customers to understand real-world problems and collaborate across the engineering org to integrate cloud capabilities into the platform.

Qualifications

• Strong Go backend development
• Kubernetes experience and cloud-native architectures
• Hands-on with at least one public cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP)
• Fast-moving startup environment comfort
• Able to own features end-to-end
• Experience building production software across the stack
• Excellent communication with customers

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end features across Aikido’s cloud security products (CSPM, Kubernetes Security, Cloud Inventory, Reachability and more)
• Cover Kubernetes, containers, and IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, and similar)
• Ship production-ready user-facing functionality across the entire stack
• Research AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Kubernetes to turn complex cloud concepts into intuitive security features
• Work directly with customers to understand real-world cloud security problems and help solve them
• Collaborate with the rest of engineering to integrate cloud capabilities into the core Aikido platform
• Take ownership of features from idea to production, including testing, documentation and maintenance

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

AWS/Azure/GCP

Customer communication

Testing & QA

Production software

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

• We’re looking for a Cloud Security Engineer. You’ll build new security capabilities for Kubernetes, Linux hosts and cloud environments, research emerging technologies and attack techniques, and ship end-to-end product features together with the product and engineering teams
• Build end-to-end features across Aikido’s cloud security products (CSPM, Kubernetes Security, Cloud Inventory, Reachability and more)
• Cover Kubernetes, containers, and IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation, and similar)
• Ship production-ready user-facing functionality across the entire stack
• Research AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and Kubernetes to turn complex cloud concepts into intuitive security features
• Work directly with customers to understand real-world cloud security problems and help solve them
• Collaborate with the rest of engineering to integrate cloud capabilities into the core Aikido platform
• Take ownership of features from idea to production, including testing, documentation and maintenance

Benefits

• Remote-friendly
• Flexible working hours

Fluent in English and able to work within the CEST timezoneStrong software engineering experience with Go (or another backend language and willingness to learn Go)Experience with Kubernetes and modern cloud-native architecturesSolid understanding of at least one public cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud)Really comfortable in a fast-moving startup environmentWilling to experiment, iterate quickly, and occasionally throw code awayMid-level to Senior: we’re growing fast and need people who can own features independentlyComfortable discussing technical problems directly with customersCurious enough to research unfamiliar cloud services and quickly turn that knowledge into product featuresExperience building production software, not just operating infrastructureComfortable working across the stack when a feature requires it