Senior Cloud Security Engineer: Incident Response

Primer.ai; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k)

Remote work stipend

Internet allowance

Fertility benefits

Mental health coverage

Gym membership

One Medical membership

Job summary

Primer is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to strengthen and evolve its security posture across cloud environments. You will own DAST/SAST, incident response, and security operations, collaborating with IT and DevOps to embed Zero Trust, automate controls, and improve risk management.

You will drive vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and security architecture with a focus on scalable security in cloud-native systems, reporting to the IT and Security teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Security and/or Cloud Operations.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and 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 software development lifecycle (SDLC) and DevSecOps practices.
• Automate security solutions to drive continuous compliance across the infrastructure.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging threats, and best practices in cloud security, and recommend security enhancements and improvements as needed.

Skills

Incident response

Zero Trust

Security automation

DevSecOps

Vulnerability management

Security architecture

Communication

Cloud operations

Tools

AWS

EDR solutions

Okta IdP integration

Job description

Primer is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to strengthen and evolve its security posture across cloud environments. You will own DAST/SAST, incident response, and security operations, collaborating with IT and DevOps to embed Zero Trust, automate controls, and improve risk management.

You will drive vulnerability management, threat intelligence, and security architecture with a focus on scalable security in cloud-native systems, reporting to the IT and Security teams.