Senior Cloud Security Engineer

About this role

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Cloud Security Engineer based in the United States.

We are seeking an experienced cloud security professional to strengthen the security, resilience, and compliance of modern cloud-based healthcare platforms. In this role, you will lead the design and continuous improvement of secure AWS environments while protecting sensitive patient information and supporting advanced AI-driven technologies. You will establish security architectures, implement Zero Trust principles, and integrate automated controls across cloud infrastructure and software delivery pipelines. Working closely with engineering, data science, compliance, and enterprise technology teams, you will address emerging risks associated with machine learning, generative AI, and autonomous AI systems. You will also drive threat detection, incident response, and regulatory readiness while mentoring colleagues and promoting security best practices. This is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact at the intersection of healthcare innovation, cloud engineering, and next-generation AI security in a remote-friendly environment.

### Accountabilities

• Design secure cloud architectures: Lead the design, implementation, and continuous improvement of secure AWS environments, ensuring infrastructure and applications meet organizational security standards.
• Establish security guardrails: Develop and enforce cloud security policies and standards covering identity and access management (IAM), network segmentation, encryption, logging, and other critical controls.
• Implement Zero Trust principles: Apply Zero Trust architecture across cloud-native systems, user endpoints, identity workflows, and access management processes.
• Secure cloud workloads: Protect containerized and serverless environments, including Kubernetes, Docker, Amazon ECS, and AWS Lambda, and assess existing i...