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Senior Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security
- Location
- US
- Work type
- Remote · Full-time
- Salary
- Not listed
- Posted
- (1 day ago)
About the role
This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security based in the United States.
We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Security Engineer to strengthen and scale the security of a complex, cloud-native technology environment. In this role, you will protect critical infrastructure spanning cloud platforms, Kubernetes, networking, identity systems, and development pipelines. You will design and implement security solutions, lead threat investigations, and build intelligent automation to improve security operations and resilience. A key part of your mission will involve developing and maintaining AI-powered security agents that automate architecture reviews, investigations, and threat detection. Working closely with engineering, application security, and incident response teams, you will promote secure-by-design practices and least-privilege access across the organization. This is an opportunity to combine deep technical expertise, innovative security engineering, and AI-driven automation within a collaborative, remote-first environment.
Accountabilities:
Requirements:
At least 5 years of professional experience in security engineering, cloud infrastructure, or site reliability engineering (SRE), including a minimum of 2 years securing AWS environments at organizational scale. At least 1 year of hands-on experience developing AI agents for real engineering workflows, including building agent skills and tools and maintaining their execution environments, configurations, permissions, integrations, evaluations, and cost controls. Strong understanding of AI agent security risks, including prompt injection, excessive tool permissions, unaudited actions, the confused deputy problem, and the lethal trifecta. Ability to validate agent-generated outputs against evidence and determine when human review is necessary. Deep expertise in AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), including IAM Identity Center or equivalent SSO solutions, Service Control Policies (SCPs), permission boundaries, resource and key policies, and cross-account trust relationships. Ability to validate IAM policies and access configurations through policy simulation and evidence-based testing rather than assumptions. Production-level experience securing Kubernetes environments, particularly Amazon EKS or similar platforms, including RBAC, workload identity, network policies, admission controls, and container runtime hardening. Strong knowledge of AWS networking and security architecture, including VPC design, endpoints and endpoint policies, network and DNS firewalls, egress controls, and Web Application Firewalls (WAF). Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, including reusable module development, multi-environment deployments, and security-focused plan reviews. Experience with cloud-native application protection platforms (CNAPP), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems, and runtime security tools. Familiarity with AWS security and monitoring services, including CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and IAM Access Analyzer. Demonstrated experience investigating cloud and infrastructure security events by correlating audit logs, Kubernetes activity, identity events, and network telemetry to establish incident timelines, impact, and root causes. Proven ability to conduct architecture reviews, write technical design proposals, and guide engineering teams toward secure solutions through collaboration and constructive feedback. Strong programming and automation skills in at least one of the following languages: Python, Go, or TypeScript. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical risks and security recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Comfortable working in asynchronous environments, producing clear, evidence-based documentation, findings, and design recommendations that other teams can implement independently. Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, attention to detail, and a proactive approach to identifying and addressing security risks. Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary engineering and security teams.Desirable Qualifications:
Experience applying AI agents to Security Operations Center (SOC) activities or incident response workflows. Familiarity with sandboxed execution environments and technologies such as gVisor, Firecracker, or Kata Containers. Previous offensive security or red-team experience involving cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes environments. Knowledge of policy-as-code frameworks and policy engines such as Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego. Experience supporting security audits, including SOC 2, through automated evidence collection and continuous control monitoring.