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Job Summary:
Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management, founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave Duffield. They are seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to guide the security of AWS environments, architect secure infrastructure, and mentor engineers to foster a culture of security-by-design across the organization.
Responsibilities:
• Guide cloud architecture and network security reviews across Ridgeline’s AWS and third party cloud environments and drive security-by-design practices across multiple teams.
• Develop and maintain scalable security tooling that integrates AI capabilities where effective
• Design and enforce guardrails and controls in our AWS environments using Service Control Policies (SCPs), IAM boundaries, AWS managed security services, custom-built solutions, and policy-as-code.
• Embed runtime detection and alerting into observability tools to safeguard production workloads
• Advocate for secure third-party integrations and internal service communication patterns
• Integrate security controls directly into CI/CD and infrastructure-as-code pipelines
• Drive best practices in access management, key encryption, and least privilege enforcement
• Contribute to AI-integrated development and security automation workflows
• Mentor and support engineers through code reviews, design feedback, and strategic guidance
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and compliance teams to align on secure development strategies
Qualifications:
Required:
• 8+ years of cloud security or platform engineering experience, ideally in fast-paced environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Effective programming skills in at least one high level programming language (Python preferred, Kotlin or TypeScript a plus)
• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services, including: Identity & Access Management: IAM, Organizations & SCPs, Identity Center; Networking: VPC, Security Groups, Transit Gateway, Load Balancers; Compute: Lambda, ECS/EKS, Fargate; Data Storage & Persistence: S3, Aurora, DynamoDB; Logging & Monitoring: GuardDuty, CloudTrail, CloudWatch
• Demonstrated ability to facilitate and deliver on cross-functional security initiatives
• Fluency in infrastructure-as-code (Terraform preferred) and DevSecOps practices
• Demonstrated success implementing scalable access management and runtime protection strategies
• Clear written and verbal communication skills with a collaborative mindset
• A growth mindset and the curiosity to explore and learn continuously
• An aptitude for problem solving
• Genuine interest in enjoying your work and fostering a positive team culture
Preferred:
• Experience with network security tooling like firewalls, IDS/IPS, or traffic segmentation
• Contributions to open-source security tools or published research in cloud security
• Familiarity with using LLMs or AI for security engineering use cases
• Previous mentorship or leadership experience in security-focused teams
Company:
Ridgeline is a computer software company that specializes in software development to deliver for the investment management industry. Founded in 2018, the company is headquartered in Incline Village, Nevada, USA, with a team of 201-500 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage. Ridgeline has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.
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