Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Company Description

Hyperscience is a market leader in hyperautomation and a provider of enterprise AI infrastructure software. The Hyperscience Hypercell platform unlocks the value of an organization’s back office data through the automation of end-to-end processes, and transforms complex documents into LLM and RAG-ready data to power enterprise GenAI experiences. This enables organizations to transform manual, siloed processes into a strategic advantage, resulting in a faster path to decisions, actions, and revenue; positive and engaging customer, public, and patient experiences; and dramatic increases in productivity. 

Leading organizations across the globe rely on Hyperscience to drive their hyperautomation initiatives, including American Express, Charles Schwab, Fidelity, HM Revenue and Customs, Mars, Stryker, The United States Social Security Administration, and The United States Veterans Affairs. The company is funded by top tier investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, Battery, FirstMark, Stripes, and Tiger Global.

We are looking for a cloud-focused security engineer who is excited for the challenge in securing cloud deployments.  As a member of a growing team in a fast-moving startup, this individual will have the opportunity to drive key cornerstones of our cloud security.  If you love to code, have unique ideas in solving security issues, and are motivated by the challenge of securing a product relied on by some of the world’s largest companies, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement comprehensive cloud security architectures, considering all aspects of security including data protection, secrets management, access controls, network security, and encryption.

• Identify vulnerabilities and risks associated to cloud deployments and CI/CD pipelines.

• Collaborate with Engineers and Product Managers to recommend best security practices and help identify security gaps.

• Perform security reviews on pre-production and production infrastructure and workloads.

• Design and implement controls to detect and respond to attacks on our platform.

• Leverage tools and IaC (Infrastructure-as-code) to standardize security across different environments.

• Serve as security incident response commander for cloud workloads and deployments

Qualifications

• Strong experience with Python and Bash scripting.

• Strong understanding of containerization technology such as Docker and Kubernetes, and the ability to deploy hardened configurations using orchestration tools.

• Hands-on experience with infrastructure-as-code technologies, such as Terraform.

• Hands-on experience deploying and using multiple AWS cloud security products, such as Security Hub, GuardDuty, Inspector and WAF.

• Hands-on experience deploying open source security tools to detect and respond to malicious attacks on cloud-based infrastructure and services.

• Experience using configuration management tools, such as AnsibleExperience with CI/CD pipeline tools like Gitlab and CircleCI.

• Demonstrate the ability to manually exploit security flaws on cloud deployments.

• Systematic problem-solving approach, coupled with strong communication skills and a sense of ownership and drive

• Must be able to obtain and maintain US Security Clearance for specific responsibilities related to this role. US Citizenship is a requirement for US Security Clearance

$150,000 - $205,000 a year

The target base compensation range for this role: $150,000 - $205,000.  Actual compensation will be dependent upon the individuals skills, experience, qualifications, geographical location, and our business needs and objectives.  Our overall compensation packages include base salary, equity and the benefits and perks listed below. Our Talent Acquisition team will speak more about our Total Rewards philosophy and approach during the hiring process.

Benefits

- Top-notch healthcare for you and your family

- A 100% 401(k) match for up to 6% of your annual salary

- Flexible PTO with the approval of your manager

- 12 weeks of parental leave and an additional 4 weeks for birthing parents

- Stock options

We are an equal opportunity employer. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

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