Senior Cloud Security Automation Engineer

Mindlance is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Automation Engineer to design, build, and operate AI-driven automation and agent-based systems for cloud and information security operations. The role develops production-grade services for ingesting, analyzing, and acting on security data, while supporting vulnerability management, remediation workflows, and secure integrations across AWS and Azure environments.

Responsibilities:

• Design and develop cloud security automation and AI agents using Python and Terraform
• Build and maintain scalable data ingestion pipelines from security platforms, including:
• Cloud security posture and configuration tools (e.g., Wiz)
• Endpoint and threat detection platforms (e.g., CrowdStrike)
• SOC tools, alerting systems, and security event sources
• Implement agent workflows using Azure Foundry, AWS Bedrock, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Code, and Agent Core
• Integrate automation and agents into an Agent365 control plane
• Develop logic to support vulnerability detection, prioritization, and remediation workflows
• Deploy, scale, and monitor automation services using AWS-native services
• Integrate and process security data from Microsoft Azure environments as required
• Write clean, testable, and maintainable Python code suitable for production environments
• Use AI-assisted coding tools responsibly within established SDLC and security best practices
• Collaborate with security, platform, and product teams to translate security requirements into automated solutions
• Design, deploy, and integrate MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to provide secure, structured access to external tools, APIs, and security systems

Requirements:

• Required
• Bachelor's or Master's degree and five years of experience in computer science or equivalent
• Strong experience building production systems
• Hands-on experience with Azure/AWS, including deploying and operating backend services
• Familiarity with cloud security concepts, such as:
• Vulnerability management
• Cloud security posture management (CSPM)
• Threat detection and incident response
• Experience integrating with third-party APIs and data collectors and MCP services
• Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including:
• Version control (Git)
• Code reviews
• Testing and CI/CD
• Secure coding practices
• 5+ years of cloud security experience
• 1+ years of AWS security experience
• 3+ year of Azure security experience
• 1+ year of experience with modern agentic development tools (e.g., Claude Code)
• Experience with Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), and spec-driven development
• 3+ years of DevOps experience