Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Incident Response & IAM

Emploive; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Remote work stipend

Internet allowance

Wellness benefits

Job summary

Primer is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join the IT and Information Security teams in strengthening the organization’s secure cloud posture. You will own DAST/SAST, drive vulnerability management, incident response, and Zero Trust expansion, while collaborating with DevOps and engineering teams to embed security into the SDLC.

You will lead security tooling, monitor alerts, and optimize cloud-native security controls across AWS environments, contributing to mission-critical defenses for

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Security and/or Cloud Operations.
• Hands-on experience with AWS.
• Experience with intrusion prevention systems.
• Experience with SIEM technologies.
• Experience with cloud native security tools (IAM, WAF).
• Experience integrating Okta as an IdP into security processes.
• Knowledge of incident response processes and practices.
• 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 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

AWS

Intrusion prevention

SIEM

IAM/WAF

Okta IdP

Incident response

Automation

DevSecOps

Tools

E DR tools

Job description

Primer is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to join the IT and Information Security teams in strengthening the organization’s secure cloud posture. You will own DAST/SAST, drive vulnerability management, incident response, and Zero Trust expansion, while collaborating with DevOps and engineering teams to embed security into the SDLC.

You will lead security tooling, monitor alerts, and optimize cloud-native security controls across AWS environments, contributing to mission-critical defenses for