Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Pax8
$115,000 - $150,000Onsite

About The Position

This is a high-impact opportunity to own and shape the security posture of Pax8’s cloud and platform ecosystem. You’ll operate at the intersection of security, engineering, and emerging AI-driven technologies — helping protect a fast-scaling global marketplace while growing alongside rapidly evolving cloud and platform capabilities. Pax8 is redefining how cloud technology is bought, sold, and secured. We’re proud of our inclusive, high-energy culture where curiosity, collaboration, and innovation thrive. As we continue our AI journey, new starters join at a moment of meaningful transformation — learning, experimenting, and building alongside cutting-edge technology that shapes the future of our platform.

Requirements

  • Substantial experience in cloud, infrastructure, or platform security within modern cloud-native environments
  • Extensive hands-on AWS expertise across identity, compute, networking, data, and logging services
  • Proven operational Kubernetes security knowledge including access controls, network policies, and workload isolation
  • Demonstrated ability securing CI/CD pipelines and cloud-native delivery workflows
  • Strong Infrastructure-as-Code fluency, particularly Terraform, with the ability to review Helm charts
  • Experience producing security architectures and design artifacts that teams actively use
  • Comfort operating independently, influencing outcomes without formal authority, and partnering deeply with engineers
  • Curiosity and exposure to emerging AI and agentic workload security patterns
  • Must hold valid right to work in the United States

Responsibilities

  • Establish and evolve cloud and platform security hardening standards across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and SaaS platforms
  • Translate infrastructure architecture into clear, actionable security expectations — and validate they work in practice
  • Define and enforce least-privilege access models across cloud and Kubernetes identity boundaries
  • Secure CI/CD systems including federated identity, secrets handling, and environment protections
  • Validate network security controls and segmentation across the platform estate
  • Track and report platform security posture using meaningful risk-based metrics
  • Author reference architectures and decision records that engineering teams can operationalize
  • Partner closely with DevOps, SRE, and Engineering as the primary platform security authority

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and annual performance bonus
  • Stock options
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) retirement plan with company contribution
  • Generous paid time off and company holidays
  • Dedicated learning time with LinkedIn Learning access
  • Wellbeing initiatives and employee assistance programs
  • Non-Commissioned Bonus Plans or Variable Commission
  • 401(k) plan with employer match
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Employer Paid Short & Long Term Disability, Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Flexible, Open Vacation
  • Paid Sick Time Off
  • Extended Leave for Life events
  • RTD Eco Pass (For local Colorado Employees)
  • Career Development Programs
  • Stock Option Eligibility
  • Employee-led Resource Groups
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