Security Automation Engineer — Cloud Platform

Sift Stack, Inc.; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Sift Stack, Inc. is looking for a Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure, to enhance their security protocols for cloud environments. You'll be responsible for defining security architecture and practices and automating compliance for AWS and CI/CD pipelines. Ideal candidates have 4–7+ years of experience in security engineering and a strong proficiency in scripting languages. The position offers a competitive salary range of $170,000 - $220,000 plus equity and benefits.

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years of hands-on experience in security engineering or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Proven track record in shipping production-grade security automation in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred).
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) and implementing security controls.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain tooling for security and compliance controls across AWS environments.
• Develop lightweight internal solutions for security automation.
• Embed security guardrails into infrastructure-as-code and deployment workflows.

Skills

Security engineering

Platform/DevSecOps

Cloud infrastructure

Scripting (Python, Go, Bash)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Kubernetes

Job description

Sift Stack, Inc. is looking for a Software Engineer, Security Infrastructure, to enhance their security protocols for cloud environments. You'll be responsible for defining security architecture and practices and automating compliance for AWS and CI/CD pipelines. Ideal candidates have 4–7+ years of experience in security engineering and a strong proficiency in scripting languages. The position offers a competitive salary range of $170,000 - $220,000 plus equity and benefits.