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Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Chicago💼 Full-time💰 $161,000–$161,000🗓 2026-09-24 → 2026-09-25

Core

Design, develop, and automate security controls for cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP, including containerized environments and Kubernetes.

Role type

Senior Cloud Security Engineer (hands-on IC)

Builds

Cloud security tooling, access controls, and automated security guardrails integrated into CI/CD and GitOps workflows.

Domain

Cloud Security / Multi-cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Cloud security expertise, containerized environments, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Infrastructure as Code, Python scripting, Cloud security posture management

Preferred skills

Multi-cloud experience, CI/CD pipeline security integration, threat modeling, security architecture reviews, compliance technical controls

Technologies

AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Python, CI/CD, GitOps

Responsibilities

Design and automate security controls for cloud infrastructure; Maintain and scale cloud security tooling; Investigate and remediate security vulnerabilities; Design and build access controls applying zero-trust principles; Partner with incident response teams to build detections; Develop security standards and embed them into CI/CD workflows; Conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, and code reviews; Lead security projects independently from scoping to completion.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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