Senior Cloud Security Engineer - Remote

Employment Type: Full-Time - Remote

Position Overview

Second Front Systems (2F) is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to join our Security team. We are a fast-growing entrepreneurial team working at the intersection of technology and national security. This dynamic role will involve a wide range of activities within Security, scaling our Second Front Suite, including our Game Warden platform. Our Cybersecurity team is responsible for ensuring the security of cloud-native tools and services for Second Front business and product teams, with a strong emphasis on automation and customer experience.

As a Sr Cloud Security Engineer at Second Front Systems, you will design, build, and integrate security tools to enable vulnerability detection, mitigation, monitoring, and response. You will automate processes and design/adapt Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Pulumi in Golang, Rust, and other languages. This role requires continuous learning, developing security tools, assessing risk, solving complex problems, contributing your insights, and fostering a culture of diversity, innovation, and excellence. This position is critical to the security of the Game Warden platform and its underlying applications.

Note: This position requires U.S. citizenship due to government contract requirements.

Candidate Location Requirements: Candidates must be located in the following geographic locations: DMV (DC/Maryland/Virginia), Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, Denver/Colorado Springs, and Dallas/Fort Worth.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate activities with the Principal Security Engineer and DevSecOps Engineering Team.
• Design, manage, and update Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Pulumi.
• Design, build, and implement microservices.
• Maintain and adapt SIEM and Security Tooling.
• Document the applications and processes you create.

Skills and Qualifications

Skills You'll Bring to Our Team

• Ability to be a positive influence on the company.
• Comfortable working on complex problems, striving to find unique solutions.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and guidance under tight deadlines.
• Self-starter who can persevere until the job is done.
• Experienced in working in Agile development structures.

Qualifications

• Experience solving complex problems and designing application logic.
• Extensive knowledge of hyperscale cloud security, DevSecOps tools, and software development concepts.
• Ability to create and implement incident response plans.
• Contributed to or created a disaster recovery plan from scratch.
• Established architectures and designs for highly secure environments.
• Kubernetes knowledge and understanding of networking.
• Background in cybersecurity and understanding of vulnerability risk analysis.
• Knowledge of AWS, Azure, and GCP security architecture services (e.g., IAM, Cloudwatch, Cloudtrail, Sentinel Entra ID, and WAF).
• 7+ years of relevant experience.
• Active DoD Secret Clearance.
• Ability to attain 8570 baseline IAT 2 Certification within 6 months of hire date.
• Ability to learn Golang and similar languages.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Department of Defense DevSecOps practices, policies, and security.
• Experience with Docker, Gitlab, Kubernetes.
• Experience with Rust, or the willingness to learn Rust.
• Data Engineering or Science experience is a plus.

Compensation

Salary Range: $200,000 - $228,000 per year

The annual salary range for this position is $200,000 to $228,000. Actual compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Please note that our compensation structure varies by region, and salary ranges may differ accordingly.

Perks & Benefits

This role is full-time. As a public benefit corporation, we are a team of purpose-driven trailblazers transforming the future of U.S. national security. We hire the best to do their best and are committed to providing the perks and benefits you need to be successful—both in and outside the workplace.

We offer:

• Competitive Salary
• 100% Healthcare, Vision, and Dental Coverage
• 401(k) + 3% Company Contribution
• Wellness Perks (Fitness classes, mental health resources)