Cloud DevOps and AI Security Engineer
Renesas ElectronicsBase Salary
$65k - $85k/yr
Responsibilities
- Support security checks, control documentation, tool validation, and risk escalation for AI infrastructure and AI-enabled development workflows.
- Review logs, alerts, system activity, and pipeline outputs to identify, document, and escalate potential vulnerabilities or unusual behavior.
- Provision, configure, and maintain AWS services including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, Docker, and Kubernetes.
- Update and write basic Terraform, Serverless, and AWS CloudFormation templates under senior guidance.
- Help manage user permissions and access controls using AWS IAM and least-privilege principles.
- Collaborate with developers, QA, and operations teams to troubleshoot issues, document findings, and support safe releases.
- Maintain and improve automated CI/CD pipelines for reliable software delivery.
- Create and maintain documentation for architecture diagrams, deployment processes, access controls, and security protocols.
Requirements
- Foundational understanding of AWS, cloud computing, networking, IAM, security groups, and common web infrastructure patterns.
- Basic familiarity with least privilege, access controls, encryption, secrets management, logging, and secure configuration practices.
- Ability to review logs, alerts, system activity, and pipeline outputs, document findings, and escalate potential risks.
- Basic scripting experience with Python or Bash.
- Familiarity with Git workflows, Bitbucket pipelines, pull requests, branching strategies, and change tracking.
- Awareness of responsible use of AI coding assistants and automation tools, including protecting sensitive information, validating outputs, documenting AI-assisted changes, and following approved practices.
- 0–2 years of experience in IT support, systems administration, cloud operations, cybersecurity, software engineering, web operations, or junior DevOps.
- A degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Coursework, internships, graduate research, capstone projects, or hands-on experience in cloud security, DevSecOps, secure software development, application security, AI infrastructure, or responsible AI coding assistant use is highly desirable.
- Relevant entry-level certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner or CompTIA Security+ are helpful but not required.
Benefits
- Competitive benefits package; further details are provided during the hiring process.
- Regular permanent employment.
- On-site role; remote work is not available.
About Renesas Electronics
Renesas is an embedded semiconductor solution provider driven by its Purpose ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’ As the industry’s leading expert in embedded processing with unmatched quality and system-level know-how, we have evolved to provide scalable and comprehensive semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, infrastructure, and IoT industries based on the broadest product portfolio, including High Performance Computing, Embedded Processing, Analog & Connectivity, and Power. With a diverse team of over 21,000 professionals in more than 30 countries, we continue to expand our boundaries to offer enhanced user experiences through digitalization and usher into a new era of innovation. We design and develop sustainable, power-efficient solutions today that help people and communities thrive tomorrow, ‘To Make Our Lives Easier.’