Security Engineer — Cloud & App Security

Awake Solutions; Stati Uniti; Ibrido; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Remote option

Hybrid options

Cloud credits

Security training and certification

Descrizione del lavoro

Awake Solutions is seeking a mid-to-senior security engineer to protect cloud infrastructure, applications, and ML pipelines. The role blends architectural design, threat modeling, and incident response across cloud and app layers.

You will partner with infrastructure, platform, and ML teams to harden deployments, manage access controls, and implement secure CI/CD practices, while evaluating new security tooling and monitoring.

Competenze

• At least four years of experience in security engineering
• Cloud security primitives knowledge (IAM, VPC, KMS, secure SDLC)
• Experience with threat modeling, coordinating pen tests, and incident response
• Familiarity with modern web application architectures and attack vectors
• Strong cross-functional communication skills

Mansioni

• Perform threat modeling and security reviews for services, including ML workflows.
• Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and least-privilege access controls.
• Lead incident response activities, including triage, containment, and post-incident root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and engineering teams to harden deployments, network boundaries, and data access paths.
• Evaluate and integrate security tooling, scanning, and monitoring across cloud and application environments.

Conoscenze

Threat modeling

Incident response

Cloud security

Security reviews

Communication

Descrizione del lavoro

Role overview

A security engineering position focused on protecting cloud infrastructure, application services, and machine learning pipelines from emerging threats. The role combines architectural design, hands-on threat modeling, and incident response to keep systems resilient and compliant across cloud and application layers. It suits a mid-to-senior engineer who enjoys partnering across infrastructure, platform, and ML teams.

Responsibilities

• Perform threat modeling and security reviews for new and existing services, including ML and data workflows.
• Design, build, and maintain secure CI/CD pipelines, secrets management, and least-privilege access controls.
• Lead incident response activities, including triage, containment, and post-incident root cause analysis.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and engineering teams to harden deployments, network boundaries, and data access paths.
• Evaluate and integrate security tooling, scanning, and monitoring across cloud and application environments.

Requirements

• At least four years of experience in security engineering with a focus on cloud or application security.
• Working knowledge of cloud security primitives such as IAM, VPC design, KMS, and secure development practices.
• Hands-on experience with threat modeling, coordinating penetration tests, and structured incident response.
• Familiarity with modern web application architectures and common attack vectors.
• Strong communication skills for working with cross-functional engineering partners.

Nice to have

• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP or OSCP.
• Experience securing ML pipelines or data engineering workflows.

Benefits and work setup

• Full-time role with remote (global) and hybrid options.
• Compensation described as competitive salary plus equity, with stated range of ₹110k–₹190k INR depending on experience and region.
• Security training and certification support, flexible work policies, and incident compensation.
• Cloud credits allocated for testing and building secure environments.