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Principal Cloud Security Engineer

United States, Palo Alto 147050.00 - 220800.00 USD / Year · Job Posted February 20, 2026
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The Principal Cloud Security Engineer role is responsible for leading the architecture of public, private and hybrid clouds. This role will lead and advise on advanced secure cloud infrastructure supporting business needs and requires deep technical knowledge of cloud computing architecture, security principles and cybersecurity best practices. The position will design secure infrastructure and applications that align with business and cybersecurity strategy to support a fast-paced environment. This engineer will work in a cross-disciplinary role and plan comprehensive, full-stack security architecture and resilient applications to support the needs of the business. You will provide timely, secure and cost-efficient solutions that elevate the company’s cloud security posture and security rigor.

Job Responsibility

  • Architect and articulate a scalable and resilient vision for secure public, private and hybrid clouds
  • Lead security architecture design with SaaS, PaaS and IaaS
  • Provide guidance and direction on secure design, build, testing and deployment across cloud infrastructure
  • Collaborate with security, architecture and engineering leadership to support business objectives
  • Identify and enforce enterprise standards to support secure, resilient and compliant solutions
  • Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation point of contact for problem resolution, including incident response
  • Able to perform testing and evaluations of security controls and device configuration/security
  • Secure container platforms and workloads from build through runtime
  • Design automated security controls, guardrails, and pipelines (IaC scanning, CI/CD integration, deployment-time policy enforcement)
  • Advise on identity and access management best practices: Azure AD, role-based access control, managed identities, conditional access, and least privilege
  • In coordination with infrastructure peers, define and monitor network segmentation, private connectivity, and secure service-to-service communication patterns
  • Lead architecture reviews for cloud-native applications and infrastructure
  • Monitor, detect, and respond to security incidents affecting cloud and container environments
  • integrate cloud-native logging and SIEM tools
  • Establish configuration management, and hardening standards as applicable
  • Stay current with cybersecurity threats, AI, risks and vulnerabilities with potential impact to services
  • Mentor and coach staff on secure development, cloud security patterns, container security, and operational best practices
  • Evaluate, pilot, and operate cloud security tools and managed services (CNAPP, CSPM, CWPP, vulnerability scanners, WAF, API security)
  • Collaborate on budgeting, procurement, and lifecycle management of cloud security tooling and services

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree preferred
  • Eight years minimum experience securing an enterprise environment
  • Hands-on experience securing Azure and AWS environments
  • Experience securing container platforms and orchestration: container image hardening, runtime security, network policies, and service mesh considerations
  • Experience with cloud-native detection and monitoring: designing logging, alerts, and playbooks
  • working with SIEMs and SOAR
  • Knowledge of application and data protection mechanisms: encryption at rest/in transit, key management, secret management patterns
  • Strong understanding of identity and authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML) and secure API authentication/authorization
  • Experience with vulnerability management for cloud infrastructure and container images
  • patch management strategies
  • Solid scripting/automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash) and familiarity with APIs/SDKs for automation
  • Knowledge and experience in using and managing Unix/Linux
  • Proven track record conducting security architecture reviews
  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to explain technical issues to engineers and non-technical stakeholders
  • Strategic thinker with a pragmatic, risk-based approach to security decisions
  • Self-starter who takes ownership and drives initiatives to completion
  • Comfortable in fast-paced, agile environments and able to balance strategic projects with operational response

Nice to have

  • Experience with CNAPP/CSPM/CWPP tools
  • Experience with Zero Trust architectures and implementing micro-segmentation
  • Strong collaborator and influencer
  • able to build consensus across engineering and product teams

What we offer

  • Highly competitive salary and benefits package
  • discretionary year-end merit bonus based on performance
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