Cloud Security Specialist

Job Title: Cloud Security Specialist

Location: Minneapolis or New York City (Hybrid 3 days a week onsite)

Pay Range: 100k - 200k Full Time Role

This ideal candidate will directly contribute to our mission by enabling secure innovation and growth in the cloud, safeguarding our data from cyber threats.

• Develop and support the overall cloud security strategy, architecture, and technical framework, including standards, guidelines, procedures, and requirements
• Serve as security subject matter expert for cloud-based initiatives and architecture
• Define and maintain the enterprise security roadmap for cloud environments
• Design and architect secure cloud solutions, considering network security, identity and access management (IAM), encryption, data protection, and other security domains
• Create reusable secure design patterns for common cloud use cases to ensure engineering initiatives can progress swiftly and securely
• Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the effectiveness of the overall cloud security program
• Mentor security engineers and provide technical direction
• Educate and enforce security best practices across teams

• Broad and deep understanding of cloud security concepts, including network security, data protection, identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and threat modeling
• Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (Platform Engineering, Application Development, IT, Compliance) to integrate security practices into cloud deployments and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Strong proficiency in scripting and configuration languages (e.g., Python, Power Shell, Terraform) for automation and security orchestration
• Expert knowledge of Azure, AWS and GCP cloud native services, including best practices, architecture patterns and potential weaknesses
• Proven ability to influence as a cloud security authority, serving as security subject matter expert, guiding and influencing technical teams on secure cloud usage and architecture decisions

• Dev Sec Ops
  
  Experience:
  
  Hands-on experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and a strong understanding of Dev Sec Ops  principles and tooling
• Container Security Specialization:
  Deep expertise in securing container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS)
• Serverless and Edge Computing Security:
  Knowledge and experience securing serverless functions (e.g., AWS Lambda) and/or edge computing deployments

If this is a role that interests you and you’d like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!