Security Engineer

• Conduct regular security and vulnerability assessments on cloud-based and mobile workloads
• Monitor and audit implementations to ensure proper functioning
• Identify technical security requirements and review or approve security architecture and controls
• Research security standards and tools
• Develop, update, and review Security Assessment Reports
• Develop and tune automated tests and rules; monitor alerts using AWS Inspector, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Lambda, and Security Hub
• Build, update, and integrate security tooling, including cloud-native services
• Advise project teams on technical security risks and mitigation strategies
• Assist development teams with application threat models and interpretation of security policies, standards, and controls
• Design vulnerability scans for cloud applications and infrastructure; validate findings and assist with mitigations
• Develop security standards and automated self-service capabilities to validate application security and compliance
• Research best practices to secure cloud workloads, containers, and Kubernetes clusters at scale
• Coordinate junior security team members' work
• Develop and deliver developer-focused security training
• Support the SecOps on-call team with incident response

• Bachelor's Degree or 2-4 years experience in IT / security roles
• 3+ years of experience in AWS or other public cloud environments
• Security+ and/or some other security certifications
• Experience with IAC languages such as YAML, Terraform, and/or CDK
• Experience with scripting languages and tools (bash, powershell, etc)
• Experience using a modern programming language such as Python, Node.js
• Experience working with software and app teams throughout the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
• Experience with code-defined infrastructure, configuration management tools, and CI/CD
• AWS security tooling for scanning, monitoring and alerting tools (Inspector, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Lambda, Security Hub)
• Thorough understanding of operational best practices for security in the cloud
• Familiarity with containerization patterns with ECS, EKS, Fargate, Kubernetes, etc.
• Proven experience building security reference architecture for all-in AWS cloud deployments
• Solid understanding of network and web-related protocols, including TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, SSL, HTTP, HTTPS, and routing protocols
• Experience with Cloud Native patterns such as AWS Lambda and API Gateway
• Familiarity with AI tooling such as Claude and ChatGPT
• Current legal authorization to work in the country where the position is located; Caylent cannot sponsor visa or work permit applications
• Preferred: AWS Security Specialty or Professional Level Certification and/or Anthropic certification
• Preferred: Experience in a consultative, client-facing consulting role
• Preferred: Familiarity with RMF, FedRAMP, DoD CC SRG, NIST 800-53, and NIST 800-171
• Preferred: Datadog experience
• Preferred: On-call rotation experience

• 100% remote work
• Medical Insurance for you and eligible dependents
• Generous holidays and flexible PTO
• Competitive phantom equity
• Paid for exams and certifications
• Peer bonus awards
• State of the art laptop and tools
• Equipment & Office Stipend
• Individual professional development plan
• Annual stipend for Learning and Development
• Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture