Senior Cloud Security Engineer

AlphaSense; United States; Remote; USD 161,000 - 221,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Career growth opportunities

Collaborative engineering culture

Job summary

A leading AI-driven market intelligence platform is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to enhance security for cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities include developing automated security controls, maintaining security tooling, and collaborating with engineering and incident-response teams. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in cloud security and containerized environments. Competitive compensation and career growth opportunities are offered in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud security.
• 4+ years of hands-on experience with containerized environments.
• Excellent understanding of AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC solutions.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages.

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate security controls for cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain, integrate, and scale cloud security tooling.
• Investigate and remediate security vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure.
• Build access controls across cloud infrastructure.
• Partner with incident-response teams for security incidents.
• Develop security standards for engineering teams.
• Work with compliance teams on frameworks such as ISO 27001.

Skills

Cloud security

Containerized environments

AWS

Kubernetes

IaC solutions

Programming languages

Cloud security posture management

Job description

Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Join AlphaSense as a Senior Cloud Security Engineer and help secure our cloud environments.

About AlphaSense
AlphaSense is a leading AI‑driven market intelligence platform trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers worldwide. The company is headquartered in New York City with offices across the globe.

Location
USA, Remote

About the Role
As a Sr. Cloud Security Engineer you will drive the design, implementation, and automation of security controls for AlphaSense’s cloud infrastructure. You will work autonomously, prioritizing initiatives that improve security posture, and collaborate with engineering, product, and incident‑response teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and automate security controls for cloud infrastructure.
• Maintain, integrate, and scale cloud security tooling.
• Investigate and remediate security vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure.
• Build access controls across cloud infrastructure.
• Partner with incident‑response teams to build detections and mitigate security incidents.
• Develop security standards for other engineering teams.
• Work with compliance teams to ensure adherence to frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and GDPR.
• Conduct architecture reviews, threat modelling, and code reviews to identify security risks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud security.
• 4+ years of hands‑on experience with containerised environments.
• Excellent understanding of AWS, Kubernetes, and IaC solutions.
• Proficiency in one or more programming languages.
• Experience with cloud security posture management tooling.

• Nice to have: Experience with Azure and GCP.
• Experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows.
• Hands‑on experience with threat modelling and security architecture reviews.
• Hands‑on experience translating compliance requirements into technical controls.
• Contributions to security communities or open‑source projects.
• Relevant security certifications (e.g., CKS).

Why Join Us?

• Work on cutting‑edge security challenges in a fast‑growing company.
• Opportunity to shape and drive product security strategy.
• Collaborative, security‑minded engineering culture.
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and career growth.

Compensation

Base salary: $161,000—$221,000 USD (plus performance bonus, equity, and benefits).

Equal Opportunity Employer

AlphaSense is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. We do not discriminate based on protected characteristics. All employees share responsibility for fulfilling our commitment to equal employment opportunity.

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