Senior Cloud Security Engineer

True Anomaly•Long Beach, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

Cloud security at True Anomaly isn't about checking compliance boxes—it's about protecting infrastructure that enables space domain awareness and satellite operations. As our Senior Cloud Security Engineer, you'll build security tooling and implement security controls that enable our engineering teams to ship safely on cloud platforms. You'll implement security controls for our multi-cloud environments, working closely with staff engineers on architecture decisions while securing production workloads across Azure and AWS. Strong Azure security expertise is highly valued; deep AWS knowledge will be increasingly critical as our cloud footprint evolves. Working as part of the Platform Security team, you'll have impact within the security team and partner engineering teams. This is a hands-on role where you'll write production code daily, owning security projects within the cloud domain. You'll implement cloud security solutions and build tooling to enforce security controls. You'll solve complex security problems, taking ownership of projects from design through implementation with guidance on architecture and strategic direction. You'll be working in an AI-native environment where leveraging AI to accelerate your impact is expected. This position requires the ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance.

Requirements

Active security clearance or ability to obtain and maintain security clearance
Experience securing production cloud environments at scale, with strong understanding of cloud security models, attack patterns, and defensive strategies across Azure and AWS
Strong software development skills in Python (preferred) and/or Go with experience building security tooling and automation
Strong software engineering fundamentals: comfortable with data structures, algorithms, API design, debugging production systems, and working across multiple languages
Strong Terraform skills including module design and infrastructure-as-code security best practices
Experience building security tooling or automation used by engineering teams
Strong experience with cloud networking and troubleshooting across AWS and Azure: VPCs/VNets, subnets, NACLs/NSGs, Security Groups, Transit Gateways/Virtual WAN, VPC peering, route tables, and VPN/ExpressConnect—you can debug "why can't X talk to Y" across multi-account/multi-subscription network topologies
Hands-on experience with cloud security tools (CSPM, CWPP, SIEM) and infrastructure-as-code security (Terraform, CloudFormation)
Strong knowledge of IAM, encryption, logging/monitoring, and cloud-native security patterns
DevSecOps mindset with experience embedding security into development and operations workflows
Proven ability to assess risk, prioritize work, and execute complex security projects
Track record of solving complex technical problems
Comfortable diving into unfamiliar codebases and leveraging AI to bridge knowledge gaps
Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams

Nice To Haves

Strong PKI knowledge with hands-on experience working with certificate infrastructure—including certificate lifecycle management, mTLS implementation, certificate-based authentication, and X.509/TLS troubleshooting
Hands-on experience operating HashiCorp Vault in production—including Vault PKI, dynamic secrets engines, and authentication methods. Experience integrating Vault with Kubernetes, AWS, and Azure auth methods is a plus

Responsibilities

Build security tooling, automation, and services for cloud security—implementing secure patterns that engineering teams can adopt
Implement security best practices and provide technical input on cloud security, IAM architecture, network security, and infrastructure-as-code
Implement and maintain security controls that strengthen the security posture of our cloud environments across Azure and AWS
Implement secure-by-default cloud infrastructure including IAM, network architecture (VPCs, subnets, NACLs, Security Groups, Transit Gateways), data protection, encryption, and security monitoring
Operate and maintain PKI infrastructure for cloud environments—including private CA hierarchies (AWS Private CA, AD CS), certificate lifecycle management, mTLS for service-to-service authentication, and load balancer certificate management
Operate and maintain HashiCorp Vault as the central secrets management platform—including Vault PKI engine, dynamic secrets, authentication methods, and policy management. You'll build and maintain this infrastructure, not just configure managed services
Partner with Kubernetes Security Engineer to implement unified PKI infrastructure across cloud and container environments, providing input on design decisions. Collaborate on K8s IAM integration, network policies, node security, and CSI driver security
Design and troubleshoot multi-account and multi-VPC network topologies—diagnosing connectivity issues and security group misconfigurations across cloud environments
Build automation and tooling to enforce security policies, detect misconfigurations, and respond to threats in cloud environments
Execute cloud security posture management (CSPM), threat detection, and incident response projects
Implement security improvements to infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment processes
Partner with engineering teams to implement secure cloud architectures for new capabilities and workloads
Build security testing tools, CLI utilities, and dashboards to continuously validate security controls
Solve complex security challenges in multi-cloud environments
Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and automate security workflows