Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Pixieset

$117K — $160K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in software or cloud engineering within a SaaS environment
  • 3+ years in cloud security or infrastructure security roles
  • Strong hands-on experience with AWS security services and IAM
  • Experience securing Kubernetes and container environments
  • Proficient with infrastructure-as-code tools like CloudFormation or Terraform
  • Experience with CNAPP or CSPM platforms like Wiz or Prisma Cloud
  • Familiarity with emerging security risks related to AI systems

Responsibilities

  • Design security guardrails for AWS environments and identity management
  • Implement security standards for Kubernetes, container security, and encryption
  • Enhance edge security controls using Cloudflare
  • Improve security for cloud workloads including AI services
  • Embed security within CI/CD workflows and infrastructure-as-code
  • Manage cloud security posture management, including risk prioritization
  • Strengthen monitoring, threat detection, and incident response capabilities

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment with two in-office days weekly
  • Four weeks of annual vacation and paid time off for holidays
  • RRSP matching program
  • $2,000 annual health and lifestyle spending account
  • $1,000 annual education budget for professional development
  • $1,000 annual charitable donation matching
  • Comprehensive health benefits including long-term disability and life insurance
  • Company-issued MacBook and a budget for home office setup
  • Anniversary rewards and a complimentary Pixieset premium account
  • Team-building activities and company events
Full Job Description
Opportunity Snapshot

We're hiring a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to strengthen and lead cloud security across Pixieset's AWS, Cloudflare, and Kubernetes environments.

In this hands-on role, you'll establish secure infrastructure patterns, embed practical guardrails into how we build and deploy, and help teams identify and address cloud risks effectively. You'll work closely with Security, DevOps, and Engineering to improve our cloud security posture while enabling teams to move quickly and confidently.

If you enjoy solving complex infrastructure security challenges, building scalable solutions, and influencing how security works across an organization, we'd love for you to join our team.

Your Impact
  • Design and improve security guardrails across our AWS organization, accounts, networks, and identity and access management
  • Define and implement security standards for Kubernetes, containers, secrets, credentials, and encryption
  • Own and improve edge security controls across Cloudflare, including DNS, WAF, abuse prevention, and Zero Trust access
  • Define and improve the security of cloud workloads, including AI services, agents, and their access to infrastructure, data, credentials, and internal tools
  • Embed security into infrastructure-as-code workflows and CI/CD pipelines
  • Own and improve our cloud security posture management platform, including triage, risk prioritization, and remediation workflows
  • Strengthen cloud logging, monitoring, threat detection, and incident response readiness
  • Identify and mitigate security risks introduced by AI agents, including permissions, tooling access, credential exposure, and data leakage
  • Develop automation and reusable security controls that make secure infrastructure easier to build and operate
  • Partner with DevOps and Engineering teams to evaluate cloud architecture, resolve risks, and implement secure defaults
  • Help define the cloud security roadmap and communicate priorities and progress to technical stakeholders and leadership

RoleRequirements
  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering, cloud engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, or a related technical role within a SaaS environment
  • 3+ years of experience in cloud security, infrastructure security, or a related engineering role
  • Strong hands-on experience securing production workloads in AWS, including IAM, networking, logging, and native security services
  • Experience securing Kubernetes and containerized environments
  • Experience securing edge infrastructure using Cloudflare or a similar platform, including DNS, WAF, and Zero Trust access
  • Proficiency with CloudFormation, CDK, Terraform or similar, and integrating security controls into infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD workflows
  • Experience operating a CNAPP or CSPM platform such as Wiz, Prisma Cloud, or a comparable tool
  • Experience with cloud threat detection, vulnerability management, incident investigation, and remediation
  • Understanding of emerging security risks in agentic and AI-enabled systems
  • Scripting or programming experience with Python, Go, Bash, or a similar language
  • Strong communicator and collaborator with a growth mindset - quick to learn new technologies, adapt to diverse platforms and codebases, and work effectively across teams
  • Self-motivated with sharp attention to detail and a passion for mentoring, fostering a culture of continuous learning while empowering engineers, developers, and testers to deliver high-quality, secure solutions

What We Offer
  • Hybrid work environment (2 in-office days per week)
  • 4 weeks of annual vacation & paid time off for office holiday closures
  • RRSP matching
  • $2,000 annual health & lifestyle spending account
  • $1,000 annual education budget
  • $1,000 annual charitable donation matching
  • Comprehensive benefits: extended health, critical illness, long-term disability & life insurance
  • Company-issued MacBook & home office budget
  • Anniversary rewards & complimentary Pixieset premium account
  • Team-building activities & company-wide events

The typical salary range for this position is CAD $117,800 - $160,650 annually. Salary offered will be based on skills, experience and market data.

Internal Title: Senior Engineer, Cloud Security

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