Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Summary

Join BigID, a leading data security and privacy tech startup, as a Senior Cloud Security Engineer. You will play a crucial role in enhancing the security posture of our cloud infrastructure. This position demands expertise in cloud security, containerization, and automation. You will design, implement, and maintain security protocols, tools, and infrastructure. BigID offers a people-centric culture, flexible work arrangements, and equity participation. We are committed to diversity and inclusion.

Requirements

• Experience with modern programing languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go) and distributed systems
• Deep expertise with one or more major cloud service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud (GCP), Azure
• Expertise in cloud service architecture and cloud security concepts
• Experience with Kubernetes and container security
• Experienced with building tools and services using Golang, Python or other programming languages
• Familiarity with securing and hardening Linux containers/hosts
• Able to write clear, scalable and clear design documentation

Responsibilities

• Deeply understand and proactively address potential cloud misconfigurations by developing comprehensive guidance and strategies
• Lead the development and maintenance of advanced access mechanisms for BigID products, focusing on "Just In Time" and "Self Service" principles to optimize security and efficiency
• Take a leadership role in the design, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of services and platforms that support our security and engineering teams, ensuring scalability and robustness
• Drive the adoption and utilization of configuration management and "infrastructure as code" practices across all environments for consistency, efficiency, and security
• Establish and maintain a comprehensive alerting, logging, monitoring, and documentation framework that spans a diverse technology landscape
• Architect and implement robust security guardrails to enforce and automate best practices across our cloud environments
• Lead the development and maintenance of "gold" image templates using Terraform, ensuring standardized and secure infrastructure provisioning
• Take charge of deploying, maintaining, and responding to container security tools, including handling alerts and responding to security incidents
• Innovate and develop security products and automation solutions to effectively remediate security risks within our AWS environment
• Design and implement comprehensive security protocols to protect our Cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes deployments at scale
• Serve as the primary escalation point for level 2 and 3 security incidents, demonstrating your expertise in incident response
• Collaborate closely with engineering organizations to architect inherently secure cloud architecture solutions
• Lead the deployment, configuration, and security of security-centric tooling critical to our cloud security strategy
• Develop and maintain all relevant documentation, policies, standards, and processes, ensuring alignment with evolving business needs and security best practices
• Drive the development of advanced security automation workflows to streamline and enhance our security practices

Benefits

• Equity participation - everyone shares in our success
• Flexible work arrangements
• Other compulsory benefits based on country of residence