Staff Security Architect - AI-Driven Cloud & App Security

NextGen Healthcare, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to elevate security posture using automation, AI, and cloud-native tooling.

You will drive security engineering initiatives, author policies via Terraform, and collaborate with DevSecOps to protect cloud workloads and architectures. The role emphasizes threat intelligence, incident response, and secure integration of AI-enabled tools with CNAPP and SIEM, ensuring proactive risk management and rapid remediation.

Qualifications

• Requires 6+ years in systems engineering, software security, or related field.
• Experience with modern source control and ticketing tools (Git, Jira, Confluence).
• Certifications in AWS, GCP, OCSP, CEH, or similar are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain security tooling, guidelines, and standards.
• Collaborate with DevSecOps to author cloud security policies via Terraform and IaC scanning.
• Automate mitigation of vulnerabilities across cloud workloads and systems.
• Create runbooks and incident response documentation for SOC.
• Monitor dashboards in SIEM and alert on thresholds.
• Research AI-driven threats and translate into detections and guidance.
• Connect AI tools to CNAPP, SIEM, and data sources using MCP.

Skills

Python

Terraform

CNAPP

SIEM

Automation

Cloud security

AI security

Git

Jenkins

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Jira

Confluence

SIEM

CNAPP

Job description

NextGen Healthcare, Inc. is seeking a Staff Security Engineer to elevate security posture using automation, AI, and cloud-native tooling.

You will drive security engineering initiatives, author policies via Terraform, and collaborate with DevSecOps to protect cloud workloads and architectures. The role emphasizes threat intelligence, incident response, and secure integration of AI-enabled tools with CNAPP and SIEM, ensuring proactive risk management and rapid remediation.