Security Engineer, Cloud Security

Location: Remote (USA)

About Trase

Co-founded in 2023 by Joe Laws and Grant Verstandig, Trase Systems is AI, Uncomplicated. Trase empowers enterprise leaders to harness the full potential of AI without the associated complexity and risks. We are an end-to-end solution for deploying, managing, and optimizing AI in the enterprise. Our platform specializes in bridging the “last mile” of AI adoption, unlocking AI's full potential while driving efficiency and significant cost savings. Trase is at the forefront of AI Agent innovation, topping the Hugging Face GAIA Leaderboard for Generalized AI Assistants, ahead of industry giants such as Google, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI. We are leveraging our cutting-edge technologies to develop mission-critical agentic applications in complex industries such as Healthcare, Oil & Gas, and National Security.

About the Role

Are you energized by the challenge of securing complex, multi-cloud environments? Are you passionate about seamlessly integrating security throughout the development lifecycle and cloud operations? If you excel in fast-paced, high-stakes environments, then we have an exciting opportunity for you to join our team.

We’re looking for a skilled Cloud Security Engineer to be a foundational member of our team. In this role, you will play a crucial role in partnering with our product and engineering teams to ensure the security and availability of our Production cloud environments. Leveraging your strong engineering skills and deep understanding of cloud security best practices, you will work cross-functionally to protect our customers’ mission-critical workloads and ensure that our systems are secure by design.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls, architectures, and solutions for our cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Develop and enforce cloud security policies, standards, and best practices
• Build and manage monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions for detecting and responding to security events and incidents affecting our cloud environments
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to embed security best practices throughout the software development lifecycle
• Manage and optimize our cloud infrastructure vulnerability management program, including scanning, analysis, and remediation of security findings
• Implement and enforce Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies to ensure the principle of least privilege is applied to all systems and applications deployed within our cloud environments

Qualifications

• Experience in a cloud security engineering role with hands-on experience securing production environments
• Deep knowledge of cloud security principles and best practices for platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) and scripting for security automation
• Experience with container security and securing container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
• Familiarity with compliance frameworks relevant to cloud environments, such as FedRAMP, SOC 2, or ISO 27001
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work effectively with engineering teams to achieve security goals

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Relevant industry or cloud security certifications (e.g., Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP))
• Certifications from a major cloud provider (e.g., AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure Administrator Associate, GCP Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer)
• Experience with a scripting language like Python for automation
• Experience working in a government or highly regulated environment

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
• Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees' normal pay.
• Unlimited PTO, with management approval.
• Opportunities for professional development and continued learning with educational reimbursements.
• Optional 401K, FSA, and equity incentives available.
• Mental health benefits through TARA Mind.

Some travel is required.

If you want to be on the cutting edge of technology, building AI solutions for the future, and are up for a challenge, let’s talk!