Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Zero Trust Lead (Remote)

Primerai; United States; Remote; USD 175,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Comprehensive benefits

401(k) with match

Wellness days

Fertility benefits

Mental health coverage

Fitness membership

Job summary

primerai is seeking a senior security engineer to own cloud security architecture, detection and response tooling, and the integration of security into IT and DevOps workflows. This role is ideal for someone who can drive a Zero Trust program forward while staying close to hands-on engineering work.

You will lead security across cloud environments, manage security tooling (EDR, IAM, WAF), conduct audits, respond to incidents, and embed security into DevSecOps practices, with a strong emphasis on

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security or cloud operations with strong written and oral communication.
• Hands-on AWS experience and cloud-native security controls such as IAM and WAF.
• Experience operating intrusion prevention systems and managing system logging plus SIEM technologies.
• Practical knowledge of vulnerability management tools, techniques, and remediation processes.
• Proven ability to embed security practices inside IT and DevOps environments, including automation.

Responsibilities

• Continuously analyze and improve the organization's security posture across cloud-based infrastructure, platforms, and applications.
• Conduct security assessments and audits of cloud environments, identifying and remediating vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
• Manage and tune cloud-native security tools such as EDR, IAM, and WAF, and own the DAST and SAST solutions that feed the SDLC.
• Respond to security alerts, perform root cause analysis, and lead incident response from initial detection through final resolution.
• Broaden the Zero Trust framework in partnership with the IT team and integrate security practices into DevSecOps and the broader software development lifecycle.
• Automate security workflows to drive continuous compliance, and track emerging threats to recommend enhancements.

Skills

Cloud security

Incident response

Zero Trust

DevSecOps

Automation

Okta integration

Security architecture

Tools

AWS

IAM

WAF

EDR

SIEM

Python

Golang

Job description

primerai is seeking a senior security engineer to own cloud security architecture, detection and response tooling, and the integration of security into IT and DevOps workflows. This role is ideal for someone who can drive a Zero Trust program forward while staying close to hands-on engineering work.

You will lead security across cloud environments, manage security tooling (EDR, IAM, WAF), conduct audits, respond to incidents, and embed security into DevSecOps practices, with a strong emphasis on