Lead Cloud Security Engineer (Remote)

Primer; Pasadena, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Fertility benefits

Mental health coverage

Gympass+ membership

One Medical

401(k)

Remote stipend

Internet allowance

Job summary

Primer seeks a Staff Security Engineer to drive the security posture across cloud infrastructure. You will own DAST/SAST, manage vulnerability remediation, and lead incident response from detection to resolution.

Collaboration with DevOps, IT, and development teams will be essential to embed security into the SDLC and DevSecOps workflows. You will implement cloud security controls, monitor alerts, and optimize tools like EDR, IAM, and WAF while staying current with threats and industry best

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Security and/or Cloud Operations.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Hands-on experience with AWS.
• Direct experience with intrusion prevention systems.
• Experience with system logging and SIEM technologies.
• Experience with cloud native security tools (e.g., IAM, WAF).
• Experience integrating Okta as an IdP into security processes.
• Knowledge of incident response processes and practices.
• Hands-on experience with vulnerability management tools, technologies, and methods.
• Proven ability to integrate security practices into IT and/or DevOps environments.
• Experience automating security processes.

Responsibilities

• Analyze the organizational security posture and seek improvements on a continuous basis.
• Implement and manage security solutions and controls for cloud-based infrastructure, platforms, and applications.
• Conduct security assessments and audits of cloud environments to identify and remediate security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
• Manage and optimize cloud-based security tools (e.g., EDR solutions).
• Respond to security alerts and conduct root cause analysis.
• Perform incident response and track cyber actions from initial detection to final resolution.
• Work with the IT team to broaden the Zero Trust framework.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including DevOps, IT, and development teams, to integrate security into the SDLC and DevSecOps practices.
• Automate security solutions to drive continuous compliance across the infrastructure.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and recommend security enhancements.

Skills

Security engineering

Cloud operations

AWS

Intrusion prevention

SIEM

Cloud native security tools

Okta IdP

Incident response

Vulnerability management

DevSecOps

Automation

Tools

EDR solutions

IAM

WAF

Logging tools

Job description

Primer seeks a Staff Security Engineer to drive the security posture across cloud infrastructure. You will own DAST/SAST, manage vulnerability remediation, and lead incident response from detection to resolution.

Collaboration with DevOps, IT, and development teams will be essential to embed security into the SDLC and DevSecOps workflows. You will implement cloud security controls, monitor alerts, and optimize tools like EDR, IAM, and WAF while staying current with threats and industry best