Senior Cloud Security Engineer

About this role

🔐 Senior Cloud Security Engineer — USA | Pax8


Senior Cloud Security Engineer role at Pax8 in the USA — build and secure cloud platforms powering the world’s leading managed intelligence marketplace.


🚀 Why this role matters


This is a high-impact opportunity to own and shape the security posture of Pax8’s cloud and platform ecosystem. You’ll operate at the intersection of security, engineering, and emerging AI-driven technologies — helping protect a fast-scaling global marketplace while growing alongside rapidly evolving cloud and platform capabilities.


🌍 Life at Pax8


Pax8 is redefining how cloud technology is bought, sold, and secured. We’re proud of our inclusive, high-energy culture where curiosity, collaboration, and innovation thrive. As we continue our AI journey, new starters join at a moment of meaningful transformation — learning, experimenting, and building alongside cutting-edge technology that shapes the future of our platform.


🛠️ What you’ll do

• 🔒 Establish and evolve cloud and platform security hardening standards across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and SaaS platforms
• 🧭 Translate infrastructure architecture into clear, actionable security expectations — and validate they work in practice
• 🔑 Define and enforce least-privilege access models across cloud and Kubernetes identity boundaries
• ⚙️ Secure CI/CD systems including federated identity, secrets handling, and environment protections
• 🌐 Validate network security controls and segmentation across the platform estate
• 📊 Track and report platform security posture using meaningful risk-based metrics
• 🧱 Author reference architectures and decision records that engineering teams can operationalize
• 🤝 Partner closely with DevOps, SRE, and Engineering as the primary platform security authority

🎯 Your impact


Your work directly reduces risk, limits blast radius, and enables Pax8 engineers to move fast with confidence. You’ll influence platform design...