Staff Cloud Security Engineer

Reports to: Senior Manager, Internal Security Location: Remote US Compensation Range: $165,000 to $193,000 base plus bonus and equity What We Do: Cybercrime is growing, and more businesses are getting hit by threats that used to target only the biggest organizations. That pushes defenders like us to operate at the highest level, and it deepens our need for good people who want to make a meaningful impact. Founded in 2015 by former NSA cyber operators, Huntress is a remote-first team working to make enterprise-grade cybersecurity accessible to businesses of all sizes. We work closely with security teams and service providers protecting complex environments, often without the time or headcount to handle it all. That’s why we build our technology in-house and back it with a 24/7 human-led Security Operations Center (SOC). As a result, our platform is never disconnected from the experts who manage it, ensuring our customers' protection. Huntress now secures more than 5M endpoints and 11M identities worldwide. Those numbers keep growing because more businesses rely on us to help carry the load and operate with more confidence. Every day, you can see that commitment in how we stand with our customers and how we show up for each other. What You’ll Do: Huntress is looking for a highly skilled Staff Cloud Security Engineer to join our fully remote team. You will take on the critical responsibility of securing the cloud-native infrastructure that powers our SaaS platform and internal processes. This role is perfect for a hands-on engineer who is passionate about designing, building, and defending highly scalable and secure cloud environments. You will be a key player in ensuring our platform remains secure and resilient, enabling us to confidently protect the environments of our rapidly growing customer base. Responsibilities: Product Security: Huntress is a B2B SaaS company providing a range of cybersecurity services to our partners and customers. You will be a key member of the internal product security team and help drive effective security detection and response across our production platform. A requirement for this role is having worked at a B2B SaaS company that provides cloud-hosted services to customers. You are right at home interacting with developers who work in SaaS production environments. Secure Cloud Architecture: You will design, evaluate, and implement architectural security standards for our AWS, Azure, and PaaS cloud platforms. You’ll be a key stakeholder when we onboard new technologies or modify existing ones to meet business goals and objectives. DevSecOps Collaboration: Partner directly with internal DevOps and Platform teams to build security into every stage of the infrastructure-as-code lifecycle. You are comfortable engaging via PRs and reviewing IaC/HCL/DSL configurations. Threat Modeling: You are comfortable reviewing architecture and product development pitches, leveraging your extensive security knowledge to ensure security and privacy by design. Platform Vulnerability and Risk Management: You'll manage a robust vulnerability management program specifically tailored to our cloud environments. This entails triaging high-severity alerts and coordinating with internal teams to drive mitigations or remediations. Threat Detection & Response: You will develop strategies to respond to and recover from security incidents affecting the Huntress platform. You'll also implement tools, including runtime and build-level controls, to assist in threat detection and prevention. Own Security Compliance: This role will have the primary responsibility of owning cloud security controls end-to-end, including the design, monitoring, and remediation of control failures. What You Bring To The Team: Flexible Security Mindset: You approach security as a business enabler, with a passion for striking the right balance between security, usability, and agility. You bring a measured, risk-based approach to solving security risks and cha