About The Role
OpenLoop is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer, remote or Des Moines, IA, to design, implement, and maintain security controls across our cloud environments (AWS, GCP, SaaS). This role partners closely with engineering and business teams to embed secure-by-design and privacy-by-design principles throughout the development lifecycle. You will help protect our platform, data, and clients while enabling scalable, resilient systems and ensuring compliance with healthcare regulations such as HIPAA and HITRUST.
What You’ll Do- Embed security into cloud architecture, application design, and CI/CD pipelines (shift-left).
- Define and maintain cloud security standards, policies, and best practices.
- Secure applications and infrastructure across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
- Implement strong identity and access management (IAM) and configuration management controls.
- Monitor emerging threats, assess risk, and drive remediation efforts.
- Serve as a security advisor to engineering teams and stakeholders.
- Support incident response, vulnerability management, and security assessments.
- Automate security testing and remediation where possible.
- Maintain documentation and evidence for audits and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, NIST).
- Partner with vendors and internal teams to reduce third-party and platform risk.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 3–5 years of cloud security engineering experience; 7+ years in security or systems administration.
- Hands-on experience with AWS and/or GCP cloud environments.
- Strong knowledge of cloud architectures, networking, and security protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, mTLS).
- Experience with DevSecOps, CI/CD pipelines, and automation tools.
- Familiarity with OWASP, CVSS, MITRE ATT&CK, and SDLC security practices.
- Working knowledge of healthcare and financial security frameworks (HIPAA, HITRUST, PCI, NIST, ISO).
- Strong communicator able to translate technical risk for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Self-motivated, organized, and effective in fast-paced environments.
- Healthcare or digital health experience is a plus.
OpenLoop was co-founded by CEO, Dr. Jon Lensing, and COO, Christian Williams, with the vision to bring healing anywhere. Our tele-health support solutions are thoughtfully designed to streamline and simplify go-to-market care delivery for companies offering meaningful virtual support to patients across an expansive array of specialties, in all 50 states.
Our Company Culture
We have a relatively flat organizational structure here at OpenLoop. Everyone is encouraged to bring ideas to the table and make things happen. This fits in well with our core values of Autonomy, Competence and Belonging, as we want everyone to feel empowered and supported to do their best work.
Sound like a good fit? We’d love to meet you.
Top Skills
What We Do
OpenLoop is a health tech leader delivering full-stack, white-labeled clinical support to companies scaling virtual care services across the nation. Founded with the vision to bring healing anywhere, OpenLoop’s solutions are thoughtfully designed to simplify telehealth delivery across an expansive array of specialties, in all 50 states.
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