Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Iterable; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Iterable, Inc. is hiring for a Security Engineer to strengthen our cloud security posture across the product and infrastructure. You will design and implement security controls, automate testing, and drive DevSecOps practices across CI pipelines.

The role leverages Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS security services and IaC tooling to deliver secure, scalable platforms. We value a Growth Mindset and offer a collaborative, remote-enabled environment with global teams.

Qualifications

• Five plus years in Cloud Security, SRE, DevOps, DevSecOps, or Infra Engineering.
• Hands-on with Kubernetes and ecosystem tools (Helm, ArgoCD).
• Production AWS experience including IAM, SCPs, VPCs and CloudTrail.
• Terraform proficiency and IaC discipline.
• Experience creating actions/workflows in Github or Gitlab.
• Tuned for cloud security vulnerabilities defense and best practices.

Responsibilities

• Review designs and implementations to identify security issues and remediate.
• Propose solutions and drive architectural improvements for security.
• Develop and implement cloud/security architecture and roadmap.
• Implement automated security testing tools (posture management, scanners).
• Integrate security into CI pipelines to shift left and raise early concerns.
• Promote DevSecOps and enforce IaC policy with Terraform/AWS CloudFormation.
• Coordinate and participate in cloud service penetration testing.

Skills

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS security services

Python or Go

Github/Gitlab workflows

Security best practices

Tools

ArgoCD

Helm

OPA or Kyverno

Datadog

Job description

Iterable is the AI customer engagement platform, built for enterprise scale, loved by teams, and trusted by global brands like Redfin, SeatGeek, Priceline, Calm, and Box. Our platform empowers organizations to activate customer data from any source, design seamless cross-channel experiences, and optimize engagement with Nova Intelligence, the AI layer of our platform, all with enterprise-grade security and compliance.

Today, nearly 1,200 brands across 50+ countries rely on Iterable to drive growth, deepen customer relationships, and deliver joyful customer experiences.

Our success is powered by extraordinary people who bring our core values to life every day: Be an Owner, Growth Mindset, Run as One, and Transparency. And the market has noticed: G2 recognizes Iterable as a Leader globally, spanning the Americas, EMEA, APAC, ANZ, and Latin America, with category leadership in Personalization, Marketing Automation, Push Notifications, and Mobile Marketing, and a 4.5/5-star rating from hundreds of users.

Gartner named Iterable a Challenger in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Multichannel Marketing in both 2024 and 2025. We’ve also earned TrustRadius Top Rated honors in 2024 and 2025, were named a TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice for 2026, and were featured in Snowflake’s Modern Marketing Data Stack 2026.

With a global presence that includes offices in San Francisco, Denver, London, Sydney, and Lisbon, plus remote employees worldwide, we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Learn more about our story and mission on our Culture and About Us pages. Let’s shape the future of customer engagement together!

How you will make an impact:

Customers trust Iterable with sensitive information, expecting us to safeguard their data. Iterable's Security team leads a cross-functional effort across the company to ensure that all systems remain secure in support of Iterable's core values, and to provide assurance to our customers that we will be good stewards of their valued data. Iterable's Security team actively leads the effort to improve Iterable's security posture in concert with other groups as they develop or launch new features and services. As Engineers, we believe in security through automation, assessments, technical reviews and vulnerability evaluation. Our footprint spans across the entire company at all levels, throughout the complete development lifecycle. We aim to create a compelling, well-documented, and holistically managed security program. We are looking for individuals to join our vibrant Security Engineering team to move the current state of security to the next level. We strive to improve our cloud security capabilities, and support our peers in building an amazing product through creating an environment which fosters security by design. To summarize, we want you to share and be a part of our grand plan! One of our core values is “Growth Mindset,” and Iterable is a company where everyone can grow.

In this role you'll get to:

• Review system designs and implementations, and consult with engineers across the organization to identify and/or avoid security issues through alignment with security standards and best practices, document and ensure security issues are appropriately remediated
• Leverage subject matter expertise of systems and infrastructure to propose solutions and drive architectural improvements which address classes of security vulnerabilities
• Develop and implement cloud and infrastructure security architecture and contribute to overall strategy and roadmap plans
• Participate in the selection, design, development, implementation, and management of automated security testing tools, such as cloud security posture management and image vulnerability scanners
• Implement solutions that integrate into CI pipelines to shift security as far left as possible and raise concerns early to engineering teams.
• Promote DevSecOps principles and implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning and policy enforcement to ensure deployments via Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or similar, are secure and compliant with standards and guidelines
• Coordinate and participate in penetration tests of our cloud services

We are looking for people who have:

• 5+ years hands-on-keyboard in Cloud Security, SRE, DevOps, DevSecOps, or Infra Engineering.
• Strong working knowledge of Kubernetes and ecosystem tools such as helm, ArgoCD.
• Production experience with AWS services, particularly AWS Organizations, AWS Identity (SSO), Identity and Access Management (IAM), Service Control Policies (SCPs), Virtual Private Clouds, Elastic Load Balancers, AWS CloudTrail, and Security Groups.
• Proficiency with Terraform.
• Experience developing custom actions or workflows in Github or Gitlab.
• Solid understanding of cloud security vulnerabilities defense techniques and security best practices, including AWS security practices and present-day threats
• Proficiency in a high level programming language, such as Python or Go
• Familiarity with policy management tools such as OPA or Kyverno

Bonus points:

• Scala or JVM ecosystem experience
• Familiarity with common observability tools such as Datadog, Prometheus/Grafana
• Experience with AWS EKS
• Experience with Panther SIEM
• Hands on work standing up Jupyter notebook instances, using Jupyter operationally.

Iterable is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. Iterable does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, color, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender-identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws or prohibited by Company policy. Iterable also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and other similar state laws and local ordinances, and its internal policy, Iterable will also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.