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Pax8

Principal Cloud Security Engineer

Pax8

. Create and evolve security baselines for cloud infrastructure, container platforms, platform tooling, and third-party services .

Posted 9/25/2026full-timeRemote • United States, CanadaLead💰 $170,000 - $193,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in securing cloud infrastructure and platforms, with a strong focus on Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes security, and embedding security controls into engineering workflows. Proven ability to create security standards and governance frameworks while influencing technical decisions across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Amazon Web Services SecurityKubernetes SecuritySecurity Standards DevelopmentInfrastructure as Code ReviewCloud Security Posture Management

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Hard Skills
Cloud Infrastructure SecurityContainer SecurityWorkload IsolationAccess ControlsNetwork ControlsThreat ModellingSecurity Architecture ReviewsPlatform AutomationData Services SecurityEncryption
Soft Skills
Influencing Technical DecisionsRisk ManagementCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
Cloud Security Posture Management ToolsPlatform Governance Tooling
Certifications & Qualifications
Right to Work in USA or Canada
Industry Keywords
Security GovernanceMulti-Tenant EnvironmentsOperational PlanningPlatform Security PracticesEmerging AI Workloads

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Create and evolve security baselines for cloud infrastructure, container platforms, platform tooling, and third-party services
  • Define least-privilege approaches across cloud identities, service accounts, platform access models, and containerized workloads
  • Lead security governance across build and deployment platforms
  • Evaluate network segmentation, cloud connectivity, workload isolation, and platform architecture decisions
  • Create security posture reporting and translate technical findings into business context
  • Develop reference architectures, engineering standards, and decision records
  • Partner with DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and Platform Engineering teams
  • Embed security expertise into architecture reviews, operational planning, and strategic initiatives
  • Shape platform security practices across Pax8’s cloud marketplace

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Extensive experience securing modern cloud and infrastructure platforms
  • Deep practical expertise across Amazon Web Services services including identity, networking, encryption, logging, secrets management, containers, and data services
  • Demonstrated success creating security standards, architectural guidance, and governance frameworks
  • Proven ability to influence technical decisions without reporting-line authority
  • Advanced knowledge of Kubernetes security, workload isolation, access controls, network controls, and container governance
  • Strong understanding of software delivery security, platform automation, and modern deployment pipelines
  • Hands-on experience reviewing infrastructure as code and embedding security controls into engineering workflows
  • Experience assessing SaaS and platform technologies through threat modelling and security architecture reviews
  • Familiarity with cloud security posture management and platform governance tooling
  • Knowledge of security considerations for emerging AI and agent-based workloads
  • Experience operating within multi-tenant environments where scale, availability, and data isolation are critical
  • Ability to balance pragmatism and risk management while advising engineering teams
  • Must hold valid right to work in USA or Canada
  • Successful candidates must complete pre-employment checks, including ID verification, references, and qualification checks

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 401(k) with Company Match
  • Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Employer-Paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability & Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Flexible Open PTO
  • Paid Sick Leave
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • RTD EcoPass (eligible Colorado-based employees)
  • Internal development hub
  • Learning & Development trainers
  • AI powered tools
  • Mentors
  • Cross continent collaboration
  • Career growth opportunities