Assured

Staff Cloud Security Engineer

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over 1 year ago
Remote, United StatesStaff+

Base Salary

$190k - $220k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and scale secure AWS environments that balance innovation and compliance.
  • Build and maintain Terraform modules and infrastructure-as-code pipelines for consistent, auditable, and secure deployments.
  • Lead security assessments, vulnerability testing, and incident response efforts.
  • Integrate security controls into CI/CD workflows and product lifecycles with engineering and DevOps teams.
  • Define IAM strategies, network segmentation, encryption standards, and continuous monitoring practices.
  • Detect anomalies, investigate alerts, and respond to evolving threats across cloud environments.
  • Guide peers on secure design and emerging risks while shaping long-term cloud security strategy.

Requirements

  • Deep experience in cloud security engineering with a strong focus on AWS.
  • Mastery of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code principles.
  • Expertise in IAM, encryption, network security, and logging and monitoring practices.
  • Hands-on experience with endpoint protection, including EDR, MDM, and antivirus.
  • Understanding of compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, or HIPAA.
  • Strong scripting and automation skills in Python, Bash, PowerShell, or TypeScript.
  • Excellent communication and problem-solving abilities across technical and non-technical teams.
  • Preferred certifications include AWS Certified Security – Specialty, CISSP, or GIAC Cloud Security Essentials (GCLD).
  • Familiarity with AWS security services, SIEM platforms, container and Kubernetes security, Zero Trust architectures, and modern identity strategies.

Benefits

  • Platinum medical, dental, and vision healthcare plans.
  • Free life insurance with long-term and short-term disability coverage.
  • Unlimited PTO, vacation days, and paid holidays.
  • Maternity and paternity leave.
  • Assured contributes 3% to a 401(k), even if the employee does not contribute.
  • Remote work with lunch provided twice weekly, a monthly phone stipend, and other home-office perks.
  • Health FSAs and HSAs.
  • Team events and offsites.
  • Competitive salary and equity packages are offered, but no base-pay amount is stated.
Assured

About Assured

201-500 employees

Assured builds an AI-driven claims intelligence platform used by insurers to ingest, evaluate, and process claims. Its products include self-service claim filing, data enrichment, fraud detection, and ML-guided decisioning, delivered as enterprise software to large carriers. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Palo Alto, the privately held company focuses on improving insurers’ claims operations and analytics.

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