Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Accylerate is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer who will lead the design and delivery of cloud-focused security capabilities to reduce enterprise risk. This hands-on engineering role involves building and operationalizing security tooling, collaborating with teams across the organization, and enhancing security patterns within AWS environments.

Responsibilities:

• Build and scale cloud security capabilities, 50%
• Design and deliver cloud-native security solutions that enhance visibility, strengthen protection controls, and enable automated detection and remediation across AWS and SaaS environments
• Develop code and infrastructure as code to operationalize security controls using modern tooling and automation frameworks
• Design, deploy, and manage highly available, secure, and scalable cloud security services running in production
• Integrate security capabilities into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows to make secure implementation the default
• Translate security priorities into production systems, 30%
• Partner across and beyond the Information Security organization to turn risk priorities and detection gaps into engineered solutions
• Research, prototype, and validate new approaches, then carry them through architecture, documentation, and full production implementation
• Provide risk assessments and data-driven recommendations that influence engineering and security decisions
• Identify systemic security weaknesses and implement durable, automated fixes that reduce recurring risk
• Improve and evolve security engineering patterns, 20%
• Strengthen reusable cloud security patterns, reference architectures, and automation frameworks to increase consistency and speed
• Operate and continuously improve security tooling and services, including tuning, upgrades, and integrations
• Contribute to forward-looking design within AWS to enhance resilience, observability, and operational maturity
• Evaluate and promote new security standards, tools, and automation approaches that increase scale and effectiveness

Requirements:

• 3 to 5 years of hands-on experience in cyber defense, including threat hunting, detection engineering, or incident response within a cloud or enterprise environment
• Practical experience working in AWS environments, including investigating activity using telemetry such as CloudTrail, IAM logs, VPC Flow Logs, and CloudWatch
• Experience writing and tuning SIEM queries and detections, with a strong understanding of how to improve signal-to-noise and reduce false positives. Experience with Sumo Logic is a plus
• Experience executing structured threat hunts, including forming hypotheses, analyzing data, documenting findings, and recommending actionable improvements
• Experience supporting incident response activities, including log analysis, impact scoping, and clear documentation of findings and remediation steps
• Familiarity with attacker behaviors and frameworks such as MITRE Telecommunication&CK, and the ability to apply them in practical detection and investigation scenarios
• Working knowledge of scripting or automation using tools such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash to improve efficiency in investigations and reporting
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to produce clear investigation summaries and collaborate effectively with technical teams
• A collaborative mindset, curiosity about emerging threats, and a desire to continuously improve detection quality and response effectiveness
• Authorization to work in the United States
• Experience participating in purple team exercises or detection validation activities
• Relevant certifications such as Security+, GCIA, GCIH, or AWS Security Specialty
• Exposure to modern cloud-native architectures such as containers, serverless, or CI/CD pipelines