Sr. Cloud and AI Security Engineer

Maxonic Inc.; Dublin (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxonic Inc. seeks a Cloud Security Engineer III to design, implement, and maintain security tools guarding our cloud workloads.

You will identify risks, build controls such as container security, data posture management, and zero trust access, and develop automation scripts for threat remediation.

Collaborate with GRC teams to align security roadmaps with business goals, document architectures, and evangelize security across enterprise IT.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of Information Security experience, including 5+ years in large enterprise environments.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent; cloud security certification preferred.
• Strong knowledge of security threats, detection and response, security analytics, and automation/orchestration tools.
• Ability to work independently and within teams to deliver technical solutions.
• Experience developing security strategies, standards, and architectures aligned with industry frameworks.
• Ability to improve security posture through technical, administrative, and physical controls.
• Experience collaborating with IT teams to design and implement enterprise security solutions.
• Knowledge of identity and access management, Zero Trust principles, and secure access solutions.
• Strong documentation and communication skills to translate security requirements into actionable designs.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security tools to monitor cloud workloads.
• Identify and mitigate cloud-based security risks.
• Develop and implement security controls such as container security and data security posture management.
• Build automation scripts for threat remediation.
• Partner with GRC teams to align roadmaps with business goals.
• Create and maintain technical diagrams and documentation.
• Lead SME across cloud security and related areas.
• Align technical solutions with enterprise objectives while balancing security with business needs.

Skills

Cloud security

Zero Trust

IAM

Security analytics

Automation

Orchestration

Architectures

Documentation

IT collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Cloud security certification

Job description

The Cloud Security Engineer III is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining the security tools to monitor and protect against security threats of company's cloud workloads. This role includes identifying and mitigating potential cloud-based security risks and developing and implementing security controls such as container security, data security posture management, application security posture management, SaaS security posture management and zero trust network. Additionally, this role builds automation scripts for threat remediation and partners with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) teams to align security roadmaps with business goals.

Responsibilities

Implementation and management of posture management systems, general cloud security, log management, cloud-native workload protection, context-aware access policies, secure web gateways, and data security

pipelines for storage, intelligent models, and productivity tools.

Collaborating with the Information Security Governance, Risk, and Compliance team to develop global cloud security technical designs, architecture standards, and maturity roadmaps.

Develop and maintain documentation, technical diagrams, and self-healing automation scripts for security tools, system environments, and cloud operations.

Leads the assessment, evangelization, and adoption of new security tools, applications, and processes, serving as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) across cloud security, posture management, logging and monitoring, secure hybrid access solutions, data pipeline security, and AI posture management.

Understand business objectives, supporting systems, and processes across key business areas, aligning technical solutions with enterprise needs while balancing robust security controls with business compatibility and operational efficiency.

Required Skills/Experience:

Minimum 10 years of Information Security experience, including 5+ years in large enterprise environments.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; cloud security certification preferred.

Strong knowledge of security threats, detection and response, security analytics, and automation/orchestration tools.

Ability to work independently and within teams to deliver technical solutions.

Experience developing security strategies, standards, and architectures aligned with industry frameworks.

Ability to improve security posture through technical, administrative, and physical controls.

Experience collaborating with IT teams to design and implement enterprise security solutions.

Experience selecting, configuring, and implementing security tools aligned with business needs.

Knowledge of identity and access management, Zero Trust principles, and secure access solutions.

Strong documentation and communication skills to translate security requirements into actionable designs.