Staff Security Engineer – Infrastructure and Cloud Security Engineer

Job Description

Staff Security Engineer – Infrastructure and Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Remote, United States

We are seeking a seasoned Staff Security Engineer – Infrastructure and Cloud Security Engineer with a strong background in cloud security and CI/CD. The ideal candidate will have in-depth experience with AWS, Terraform, Splunk, scripting experience and a proven track record in implementing secure designs. This role will lead our cloud security team and will work closely with engineering, CloudOps and SRE to implement efficient and effective security controls.
 

What you’ll do:

• Partner with cloud platform engineers on securing cloud design patterns
• Drive remediation of high-risk, high-impact vulnerabilities across infrastructure and applications
• Implement "security as code" using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines and enforce with policies
• Develop and execute security controls, defenses, and countermeasures to intercept and prevent internal or external attacks against cloud infrastructure
• Provide thought leadership for DevSecOps automation, tool optimization, vulnerability management and strategies for risk reduction
• Develop and deploy security automation for application and infrastructure scanning
• Participate in architecture reviews for upcoming projects, representing the security team

What you’ll bring

• 8+ years of relevant work experience
• Significant technical experience in cloud computing platforms and automation
• Deep understanding of security automation within DevOps and CI/CD processes including vulnerability identification and management
• Experience working with container technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with automated provisioning scripts such as CloudFormation, Terraform or Ansible
• Strong knowledge of technology and security topics including network and application security, infrastructure hardening, security baselines, web server, and database security
• Comfortable working with existing scripts and code, open-source tools, and APIs to drive improvement and efficiency in scripting languages such as Python, Go, or PowerShell
• Creative, resourceful, and adaptive problem solving
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and ability to work with people at every level
• Ability to work independently and with various other teams across the organization
• Ability to connect tactical activities to longer-term outcomes

Stand Out Qualifications

• Proven experience mentoring and guiding junior team members to develop their technical skills and contribute effectively to team goals
• Familiarity with the OWASP Top 10 CI/CD Security Risks and hardening pipelines
• Experience working with Terraform and building Sentinel Policies to enforce guardrails
• Experience working in AWS with features such as GuardDuty, Inspector, CloudTrail, ECS, EC2, SSM, IAM, WAF and Shield
• Experience with Splunk, Cribl and Gitlab

The pay range for this position is $125,306 to $310,281. The actual pay will vary based on geographic location, job requirements, professional experience, and other factors. In addition, Chegg offers a comprehensive benefits plan for eligible employees, including medical, dental, vision, life and supplemental life insurance, short-and long-term disability, mental health support, parental leave, paid time off, volunteer time off, paid holidays, 401(k) with matching contributions, Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (H.S.A.) options, an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, an Employee Referral Program, Tuition Reimbursement, and other benefits found at: https://www.chegg.com/about/working-at-chegg/benefits/.

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United States Remote: This is a remote position which may be performed anywhere in the United States.