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Copy of Staff Cloud Security Engineer

Aurora
Seattle, Washington
Full Time
Posted December 17, 2025
$220k - $300k
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Job Description

The role involves designing, implementing, and managing security infrastructure and controls within AWS and Kubernetes environments, serving as a technical security leader and advisor to engineering teams to ensure the safety and integrity of Aurora's autonomous driving platform.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement security infrastructure services such as certificate management, secrets management, and authentication/authorization systems.
  • Manage security boundaries, access controls, and enforce least-privilege IAM roles within AWS and Kubernetes environments.
  • Design and implement network security controls including VPC segmentation, Security Groups, Network ACLs, and private connectivity solutions.
  • Develop and maintain security best practices, tooling, and controls within AWS and EKS, including admission controllers and runtime security enforcement.
  • Create and manage systems for continuous security monitoring, reporting, and automated remediation.
  • Conduct threat modeling and translate risks into security requirements and controls.
  • Perform security design reviews for new systems and features, providing actionable security recommendations.
  • Lead the development of security infrastructure, controls, and primitives within AWS and Kubernetes EKS platforms.
  • Define and implement Security as Code using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform.
  • Lead advanced threat modeling exercises and translate risks into security requirements.
  • Automate security remediation processes to eliminate vulnerabilities at the source.

Requirements

  • A minimum of 7 years of progressive experience in software, platform, or security engineering, with at least 3 years focusing exclusively on public cloud security in AWS.
  • Experience in identifying and managing security risk, and the ability to navigate organizational friction to manage these risks.
  • Expert-level, hands-on experience securing and operating complex environments in AWS, including expertise with IAM, VPC Networking, Security Hub, Config, GuardDuty, and KMS.
  • Proven ability to design and implement security controls for Kubernetes EKS, including strong knowledge of authorization models, admission controllers, and security best practices.
  • Expertise in one or more Identity and Access Management (IAM) standards and technologies such as PKI, OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, and commercial solutions like Okta.
  • Strong proficiency in at least one modern programming or scripting language such as Python or Go for building security automation, tools, and remediation services.
  • Experience writing, reviewing, and scaling infrastructure with Terraform.
  • Deep understanding of enterprise-level network security, operating system security (Linux), and application security principles.
  • Experience implementing DevSecOps practices, including integration of security testing (SAST, DAST, SCA) into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitLab, Jenkins).
  • Familiarity with compliance frameworks such as SOX, SOC 2, and ISO 27001.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range: $220,000 - $300,000 per year
Annual bonus
Equity compensation
Benefits (unspecified)

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