Senior Cloud Security Engineer: IR, DAST/SAST & Zero Trust

InvestedintheMission; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Fertility benefits

Mental health support

Gympass membership

One Medical

401(k)

Remote work stipend

Internet allowance

Job summary

Primer is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to join the IT and Information Security teams in protecting sensitive data within cloud environments. You will own DAST/SAST, lead incident response, and drive security improvements across the organization.

You will work with DevOps and IT to integrate security into the SDLC and enable Zero Trust, vulnerability management, and continuous compliance. This role offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in security or cloud operations.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Hands-on experience with AWS.
• Direct experience with intrusion prevention systems.
• Experience with system logging and 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.
• Hands-on experience with vulnerability management tools and methods.
• Proven ability to integrate security practices into IT/DevOps environments.

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 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 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 and recommend security enhancements.

Skills

Security operations

Cloud operations

AWS

Intrusion prevention

SIEM

Okta IdP integration

Incident response

Vulnerability management

DevSecOps

Automation

Tools

EDR solutions

IAM

WAF

Cloud tooling

Job description

Primer is hiring a Staff Security Engineer to join the IT and Information Security teams in protecting sensitive data within cloud environments. You will own DAST/SAST, lead incident response, and drive security improvements across the organization.

You will work with DevOps and IT to integrate security into the SDLC and enable Zero Trust, vulnerability management, and continuous compliance. This role offers competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.