Cloud Security Engineer

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. The Senior Cloud Security Engineer will lead the maturation of TRM’s cloud infrastructure and security systems, providing technical guidance, automating security controls, managing GCP security and IAM, identifying vulnerabilities, and supporting cloud audits.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical guidance and leadership as a cybersecurity expert on topics such as architecture, configuration management, and environment design
• Leverage automation tools, configuration management, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions to standardize security across all environments
• Guide relevant stakeholders such as engineering, product, and leadership and ensure alignment with security strategies
• Identify and communicate cloud platform vulnerabilities and mitigation options to stakeholders that balance business agility with security
• Serves as a Cloud Security Subject Matter Expert (SME) by maintaining knowledge of industry-recognized cloud security technologies and concepts; actively engages and assists lines of business to understand their needs and develop secure business solutions
• Drive security improvements in the GCP environment and perform Identity and Access Management (IAM) in GCP to ensure that principles of least privilege and roles-based access control are maintained
• Participate in audits of the cloud environment by working with external auditors and internal resources to ensure we are meeting expectations
• Prioritize Rapid Threat Assessments: Efficiently perform security risk assessments and triage vulnerabilities based on immediate risk to the business, focusing on the most critical issues with minimal delays
• Integrate Security Early in Development: Embed security testing and reviews within our Product Shipping Framework and CI/CD pipelines to ensure that security is automated and runs parallel to the fast-paced development cycle, preventing bottlenecks
• Proactively Educate Developers: Conduct just-in-time security training for developers and engineers, offering real-time advice and code reviews to help them produce secure code without interrupting their workflow
• Optimize Tools for Speed: Leverage lightweight and efficient security tools that can be quickly integrated into development environments without slowing down deployments, ensuring continuous and secure product iterations

Requirements:

• Relevant industry experience in managing cloud security programs, Identity Access Management (IAM), and cloud-native security solutions (e.g., firewalls)
• Expert-level knowledge of cloud infrastructure components, preferably with GCP
• Strong bias for action; ability to juggle multiple priorities and create a sense of urgency in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Ability to audit and provide audit support for security controls within the cloud environment
• Experience with infrastructure vulnerability testing tools, Cloud Application Platforms (Heroku), and Infrastructure as code tools (Terraform)