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Jobright.ai Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. Jobright is an AI-powered career platform that helps job seekers discover the top opportunities in the US. We are NOT a staffing agency. Jobright does not hire directly for these positions. We connect you with verified openings from employers you can trust. Job Summary: Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management, founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave Duffield. They are seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to guide the security of AWS environments, architect secure infrastructure, and mentor engineers to foster a culture of security-by-design across the organization. Responsibilities: • Guide cloud architecture and network security reviews across Ridgeline’s AWS and third party cloud environments and drive security-by-design practices across multiple teams. • Develop and maintain scalable security tooling that integrates AI capabilities where effective • Design and enforce guardrails and controls in our AWS environments using Service Control Policies (SCPs), IAM boundaries, AWS managed security services, custom-built solutions, and policy-as-code. • Embed runtime detection and alerting into observability tools to safeguard production workloads • Advocate for secure third-party integrations and internal service communication patterns • Integrate security controls directly into CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code pipelines • Drive best practices in access management, key encryption, and least privilege enforcement • Contribute to AI-integrated development and security automation workflows • Mentor and support engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and strategic guidance • Collaborate with engineering, product, and compliance teams to align on secure development strategies Qualifications: Required: • 8+ years of cloud security or platform engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced environments • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience • Effective programming skills in at least one high level programming language (Python preferred, Kotlin or TypeScript a plus) • Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services, including: Identity & Access Management: IAM, Organizations & SCPs, Identity Center; Networking: VPC, Security Groups, Transit Gateway, Load Balancers; Compute: Lambda, ECS/EKS, Fargate; Data Storage & Persistence: S3, Aurora, DynamoDB; Logging & Monitoring: GuardDuty, CloudTrail, CloudWatch • Demonstrated ability to facilitate and deliver on cross-functional security initiatives • Fluency in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred) and DevSecOps practices • Demonstrated success implementing scalable access management and runtime protection strategies • Clear written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative mindset • A growth mindset and the curiosity to explore and learn continuously • An aptitude for problem solving • Genuine interest in enjoying your work and fostering a positive team culture Preferred: • Experience with network security tooling like firewalls, IDS/IPS, or traffic segmentation • Contributions to open-source security tools or published research in cloud security • Familiarity with using LLMs or AI for security engineering use cases • Previous mentorship or leadership experience in security-focused teams Company: Ridgeline is a computer software company that specializes in software development to deliver for the investment management industry. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in Incline Village, Nevada, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage. Ridgeline has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Seniority level

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