Staff Cloud Security Engineer

NinjaTrader is hiring a Staff Cloud Security Engineer to set technical direction for securing its GCP cloud platform and edge defenses. The role builds security guardrails, leads architecture reviews and incident response, and partners with engineering, SOC, and compliance teams to strengthen security across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Own the cloud security architecture across our GCP environments, including IAM and least privilege design, VPC Service Controls, Organization Policy, Shared VPC, Workload Identity, KMS/encryption, and Security Command Center
• Design, deploy, and tune edge and application-layer defenses using Cloudflare (WAF, DDoS Protection, Zero Trust/Access, Bot Management, Rate Limiting) and Google Cloud Armor (Security Policies, Adaptive Protection, Rate Limiting, and Global Load Balancer integration)
• Lead threat modeling and security architecture reviews for new services and major platform changes while balancing business velocity with security risk
• Build security guardrails as code through policy-as-code, secure Terraform modules, and CI/CD security controls so secure defaults become the path of least resistance
• Advance cloud detection and response capabilities by partnering with the SOC and Incident Response teams on logging pipelines, Chronicle/SIEM detections, and cloud-native alerting
• Serve as a senior technical responder during security incidents, including investigation, containment, remediation, and post-incident hardening
• Partner with GRC and Compliance teams to translate regulatory requirements such as ISO, SOC 2, SOX, and similar frameworks into scalable technical controls and evidence
• Mentor senior and mid-level engineers while raising the overall security maturity of the engineering organization
• Represent Cloud Security during cross-functional planning, architecture reviews, and strategic initiatives

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience in security engineering, including at least 5 years focused on cloud security in production environments
• Deep hands-on expertise securing Google Cloud Platform environments, including IAM, networking, VPC Service Controls, Security Command Center, KMS, and Organization Policy
• Demonstrated production experience with Cloudflare, including WAF, DDoS Protection, Zero Trust/Access, Bot Management, and Google Cloud Armor
• Strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform and securing CI/CD pipelines
• Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language such as Python or Go for automation and tooling
• Experience securing workloads within regulated industries and familiarity with frameworks such as PCI DSS, SOC 2, ISO, SOX, or similar
• Demonstrated technical leadership and the ability to influence engineering teams without direct authority
• Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, CISSP, GCP Professional Cloud Architect, or similar certifications
• Experience securing GKE/Kubernetes environments and container or software supply chain security
• Multi-cloud experience across AWS and Azure
• Experience building detection engineering or threat hunting programs
• Previous experience in fintech, payments, trading, or other highly regulated financial environments