Top Remote Cloud Security Engineer Jobs

Supports and sustains mission-critical private cloud and virtualized infrastructure for government systems. Responsibilities include production troubleshooting, monitoring, upgrades, patching, lifecycle management, ITIL incident and change processes, automation scripting, technical documentation, cross-functional collaboration, and 24x7 on-call support. The role requires Linux, VMware, enterprise storage, backup, cloud infrastructure, and automation experience, along with an active Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship.

Provides end-to-end cloud services engineering and customer support across hybrid cloud infrastructure. Responsibilities include incident and problem resolution, troubleshooting, capacity and performance management, cloud administration, virtualization, containers, automation, networking, ITSM, security compliance, and solution optimization. The role requires customer communication, collaboration with engineering teams, documentation, mentoring, on-call flexibility, and onsite work at least 25% of the time.

Designs, implements, and manages AWS cloud security policies, architecture, and technologies. The role oversees firewalls, DLP, vulnerability scanning, monitoring, logging, IAM, incident response, compliance, and remediation. It provides security guidance for AWS solutions, supports migrations of mission-critical applications, researches new technologies, documents standards, presents to varied audiences, and mentors less experienced engineers. The position requires strong AWS expertise, infrastructure-as-code proficiency, knowledge of regulated healthcare environments, and experience securing highly available cloud and serverless architectures.

Designs, implements, and operates security controls across OCI, Oracle Cloud Applications, and hybrid environments. Responsibilities include cloud security architecture, workload hardening, identity and access management, vulnerability and compliance programs, threat detection, incident response, SIEM integration, and regulatory alignment. The role also involves security automation, troubleshooting, design and code reviews, cross-functional collaboration, and mentoring junior engineers.

Designs, implements, and operates Azure-native security controls for identity, networking, and workloads. Manages Defender for Cloud and Microsoft Sentinel, implements Conditional Access, MFA, and Zero Trust patterns, embeds security into Infrastructure-as-Code pipelines, monitors cloud posture, supports incident response, drives remediation, and maintains compliance documentation and metrics. Partners with cloud and infrastructure security teams to ensure secure, resilient, and compliant Azure environments.

Designs and operates secure multi-cloud environments across GCP, Azure, and AWS. Responsibilities include cloud and network security architecture, SIEM alert monitoring and optimization, SaaS security, IAM, compliance assessments, incident response, firewall and access reviews, security documentation, and customer presentations. The role also supports security automation, risk remediation, and governance across frameworks including GDPR, SOC 2, ISO 27001, CMMC, and CSA STAR.

Own AWS cloud security posture and vulnerability management using Wiz and AWS-native services. Build Infrastructure as Code guardrails, secure CI/CD pipelines, automate vulnerability workflows, and operate WAF protections. Partner with DevOps and engineering on IAM, network segmentation, containers, secrets, data exposure, telemetry, threat modeling, and application security. Drive projects independently while reducing organizational risk.

Lead cloud security architecture and threat hunting across enterprise cloud environments. Partner with engineering, product, and risk teams to embed secure-by-design controls, conduct threat models and risk assessments, review infrastructure-as-code, develop preventive and detective controls, and operationalize detections with cybersecurity teams. Analyze large datasets, improve alerting and incident-response playbooks, investigate cloud threats, and provide expertise on adversary tradecraft and emerging risks.

Design and implement automated cloud security controls across multi-cloud environments. Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, harden infrastructure and IaC, manage IAM and secrets, advance container and workload security, protect AI/ML systems and data, and support monitoring, detection, and incident response for cloud applications.

Lead global cloud security architecture across AWS, Azure, or GCP, including Zero Trust, IAM, micro-segmentation, encryption, AI/ML security, policy-as-code, CNAPP/CSPM, threat modeling, and automated compliance. Develop security automation and testing within CI/CD pipelines, reduce cloud threat detection times, and advise architecture and executive leadership on security risks and regulatory requirements.

Supports cloud, network, proxy, and SASE/SSE security capabilities in enterprise and federal environments. Investigates and resolves operational tickets, incidents, connectivity issues, and security events; configures proxy policies; analyzes logs, alerts, traffic flows, and packet captures; documents procedures and resolutions; supports testing and implementation of security technologies; and communicates directly with customers and cross-functional engineering teams.

Leads the design, implementation, and maintenance of secure cloud and enterprise infrastructure using Netskope and related SASE/SSE technologies. Develops Zero Trust, ZTNA, network segmentation, DLP, firewall, and DevSecOps capabilities; translates cybersecurity and federal compliance requirements into technical solutions; troubleshoots complex cloud and network security issues; produces architecture and engineering documentation; leads pilots and deployments; and mentors engineers while serving as a customer-facing technical authority.

Monitor and secure federal cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. Perform cloud threat hunting, log analysis, incident response, and develop cloud security playbooks and monitoring use cases. Ensure cloud logs are integrated with SIEM tools, tune detection systems, establish KPIs, support threat information sharing, and assist with cloud SOC tool deployment and proof-of-concept efforts.

Designs, implements, and maintains security controls across enterprise Azure environments. Responsibilities include securing cloud infrastructure, identities, applications, networks, data, and DevOps pipelines; managing Azure security tools and IAM controls; identifying vulnerabilities; developing monitoring and detection capabilities; investigating incidents; reviewing infrastructure-as-code; supporting compliance; automating security processes; and mentoring junior engineers.

As a Cloud Security Engineer, you'll secure cloud infrastructure, manage AWS and Kubernetes security solutions, conduct assessments, and mentor engineers.

Own and improve vulnerability management across cloud, on-premises, network, and endpoint environments. Responsibilities include scanning, triage, risk-based prioritization, remediation coordination, SLA tracking, exception management, closure validation, asset reconciliation, reporting, incident support, on-call participation, and audit documentation. The role partners with Engineering, SRE, IT, and Infrastructure teams and uses security tooling and AI-assisted workflows to reduce exposure and recurring vulnerabilities.

Senior Cloud Security Engineer responsible for hands-on remediation of cloud and infrastructure vulnerabilities, operating vulnerability and CSPM tooling, enforcing secure configurations across Azure environments, embedding security in CI/CD and IaC, supporting compliance/audits and reporting, mentoring engineers, and partnering with cross-functional teams to maintain cloud security posture and policy.

Secure Temporal’s multi-cloud platform across AWS, GCP, and Azure by embedding security into infrastructure and application architecture. Responsibilities include threat modeling, risk assessment, Kubernetes hardening, multi-tenant isolation, gRPC and mTLS security, service mesh configuration, cloud security posture management with Wiz, secrets management, encryption, compliance policy development, engineering partnership, and on-call participation. The role also contributes to responsible AI practices and security for distributed workflow systems.

Lead design and implementation of AI-driven automation for cloud security, architect backend services and observability, guide 2-3 engineers, define roadmap and SDLC/CI/CD practices, build reusable tooling, and mentor peers to deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions.

Lead the design, deployment, and operation of network security infrastructure across hybrid on-premise and multi-cloud environments. Manage firewalls, load balancers, IDS/IPS, IAM controls, monitoring, vulnerability remediation, compliance, and incident response. Partner with architecture, security, and operations teams to improve observability, threat detection, resilience, and operational readiness across hyperscale networks.

Develops and maintains secure, automated cloud CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure using DevSecOps practices. Builds and tests Ansible, Terraform, and Packer automation; supports immutable infrastructure, cloud deployments, automated testing, monitoring, documentation, and root-cause analysis. Collaborates with architecture, security, software delivery, and QA teams to enable cloud adoption, compliance, risk management, and continuous process improvement.

Build, integrate, and operate cloud-native security controls across infrastructure, data platforms, applications, CI/CD pipelines, and enterprise services. Develop CSPM and DLP capabilities, detection logic, automation, and incident-response mechanisms. Integrate controls with SIEM platforms, apply infrastructure-as-code and automated testing practices, and support reliable production operations. Collaborate with platform, application, and product teams to improve cloud security effectiveness and developer adoption.

Leads and develops an engineering team building and operating cloud security controls as software products. Provides technical direction through architecture, design, and code reviews; owns production reliability and continuous improvement; translates security risks into automated, scalable solutions; and coordinates roadmaps and dependencies with product, platform, application, and security teams. The role also drives agile delivery, secure engineering practices, mentoring, and adoption of reusable cloud security patterns across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Lead design, implementation, automation, and operation of enterprise Okta identity services. Drive application onboarding, federation, lifecycle management, resiliency, monitoring, incident response, governance, and platform automation while mentoring engineers and improving security posture.

Design, implement, and maintain scalable cloud security controls for Vercel's platform. Harden infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code and policy enforcement, secure CI/CD pipelines, perform threat modeling and risk analysis, improve monitoring and incident response, and build platform-level security tooling in collaboration with platform and infrastructure teams.