BigID

Sr. Cloud Security Engineer

17 October 2024
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Deadline date:
£57000 - £106000 / year

Job Description

Who we are:

BigID is an innovative tech startup that focuses on solutions for data security, compliance, privacy, and governance. We’re leading the market in all things data: helping our customers reduce risk, drive business innovation, achieve compliance, build customer trust, make better decisions, and get more value from their data.

We are building a global team passionate about innovation and next-gen technology. BigID has been recognized for: 

  • BigID Named Hot Company in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning at the 2024 Global InfoSec Awards
  • Citizens JMP Cyber 66 List of Hottest Privately Held Cybersecurity Companies
  • CRN 100 list named BIgID as one of the 20 Coolest Identity Access Management And Data Protection Companies Of 2024 (2 years running)
  • DUNS 100 Best Tech Companies to Work For in 2024
  • Top 3 Big Data and AI Vendors to Watch’ in the 2023 BigDATAwire Readers and Editors Choice Awards.

At BigID, our team is the foundation of our success. Join a people-centric culture that is fast-paced and rewarding: you’ll have the opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the industry who value innovation, diversity, integrity, and collaboration.

Who we seek:

As a Senior Cloud Security Engineer at BigID, you will be a pivotal member of our security team, responsible for shaping and enhancing the security posture of our cloud infrastructure. Your role encompasses a wide range of responsibilities to ensure the protection and resilience of our critical assets.

What you’ll do:

  • Misconfiguration Management: Deeply understand and proactively address potential cloud misconfigurations by developing comprehensive guidance and strategies.
  • Access Control Expertise: Lead the development and maintenance of advanced access mechanisms for BigID products, focusing on “Just In Time” and “Self Service” principles to optimize security and efficiency.
  • Service & Platform Design: Take a leadership role in the design, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of services and platforms that support our security and engineering teams, ensuring scalability and robustness.
  • Infrastructure as Code Mastery: Drive the adoption and utilization of configuration management and “infrastructure as code” practices across all environments for consistency, efficiency, and security.
  • Comprehensive Monitoring: Establish and maintain a comprehensive alerting, logging, monitoring, and documentation framework that spans a diverse technology landscape.
  • Security Guardrails Architect: Architect and implement robust security guardrails to enforce and automate best practices across our cloud environments.
  • Infrastructure Templates: Lead the development and maintenance of “gold” image templates using Terraform, ensuring standardized and secure infrastructure provisioning.
  • Container Security Authority: Take charge of deploying, maintaining, and responding to container security tools, including handling alerts and responding to security incidents.
  • Security Product Development: Innovate and develop security products and automation solutions to effectively remediate security risks within our AWS environment.
  • Cloud Security Protocols: Design and implement comprehensive security protocols to protect our Cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes deployments at scale.
  • Incident Escalation: Serve as the primary escalation point for level 2 and 3 security incidents, demonstrating your expertise in incident response.
  • Cloud Security Solutions: Collaborate closely with engineering organizations to architect inherently secure cloud architecture solutions.
  • Tooling Expertise: Lead the deployment, configuration, and security of security-centric tooling critical to our cloud security strategy.
  • Documentation & Policy Governance: Develop and maintain all relevant documentation, policies, standards, and processes, ensuring alignment with evolving business needs and security best practices.
  • Security Automation Excellence: Drive the development of advanced security automation workflows to streamline and enhance our security practices.

What you’ll bring: 

  • Experience with modern programing languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go) and distributed systems
  • Deep expertise with one or more major cloud  service providers like Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud (GCP), Azure
  • Expertise in cloud service architecture and cloud security concepts
  • Experience with Kubernetes and container security
  • Experienced with building tools and services using Golang, Python or other programming languages
  • Familiarity with securing and hardening Linux containers/hosts
  • Able to write clear, scalable and clear design documentation

Our Values:

We look for people who embody our values – Care, Do,Try & Shine.

  • Care – We care about our customers and each other
  • Do – We do what it takes to make a positive impact
  • Try – We try our best and we don’t give up
  • Shine – We shine and make it our mission to always stand out

What’s in it for you?!

Our people are the foundation of our success, and we prioritize offering a wide range of benefits that make our team happier and healthier.

  • Equity participation – everyone shares in our success
  • Flexible work arrangements 
  • Other compulsory benefits based on country of residence

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BigDiversity: We’re committed to creating a culture of inclusion, diversity, and equality – across race, gender, sexuality, disability, and neurodiversity – where innovation and growth thrive, every voice is heard, and everybody belongs. Learn more about us here.

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