Lead Cloud IR & AI Threat Defense Engineer

Insight Global; Raleigh (NC); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Principal Security Engineer to join a globally distributed security team. You will lead incident response, proactively identify threats, and strengthen security in a cloud-first AWS environment.

You will work on modern threat detection, AI-related risk, and provide mentorship to junior engineers while collaborating across a hybrid infrastructure. Join a team focused on secure, scalable cloud adoption.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of experience in cybersecurity or security engineering.
• Proven incident response experience in a commercial enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support incident response efforts across the organization.
• Investigate complex security events with strong analytical mindset.
• Identify root causes and determine where to look next in threat scenarios.
• Secure and monitor a hybrid/cloud-based infrastructure (AWS-heavy).
• Stay ahead of emerging threats including AI and machine learning.
• Contribute to and enhance security practices and processes.
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers.

Skills

Incident response

Cloud security

Threat detection

Scripting (Python)

Scripting (PowerShell)

SOAR/Automation

AI security

Cross-functional collaboration

Global/distributed teams

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

SOAR platforms

Job description

Insight Global is seeking a Principal Security Engineer to join a globally distributed security team. You will lead incident response, proactively identify threats, and strengthen security in a cloud-first AWS environment.

You will work on modern threat detection, AI-related risk, and provide mentorship to junior engineers while collaborating across a hybrid infrastructure. Join a team focused on secure, scalable cloud adoption.