At a Glance
• Cloud Engineer role at a high-growth cloud cybersecurity platform — Series B funded
• Build and scale the cloud infrastructure that underpins a production security product used by global enterprises
• Remote-first with East Coast timezone alignment (New York, Boston, Washington DC, or surrounding metros preferred)
• Greenfield opportunity with real architectural ownership from day one
• Base salary $140,000–$175,000 + equity
About Our Client
Ocho People are proud to be partnering with a rapidly scaling cloud cybersecurity business at the cutting edge of the industry. Our client has built a cloud-native security platform that protects enterprise organisations across multi-cloud environments, containerised workloads, and hybrid architectures — giving security teams real-time visibility and automated protection without slowing down engineering velocity. Backed by tier-one investors and trusted by enterprise clients across financial services, technology, and critical infrastructure, the business has achieved significant ARR milestones and is scaling fast. The engineering team is small, senior, and high-calibre — and the Cloud Engineer they hire will have a direct and lasting impact on how the platform is built and operated at scale.
The Role
This is a hands-on Cloud Engineering role for someone who wants to own the infrastructure layer of a production security platform — not inherit someone else’s technical debt. You will work closely with the platform, product, and security engineering teams to design and build the cloud environments, networking, and deployment infrastructure that the product runs on. The role spans everything from cloud architecture and IaC to CI/CD pipeline optimisation and cost efficiency, and you will have a direct voice in how infrastructure decisions are made as the company scales. If you are energised by building reliable systems in a security-first environment and want your engineering decisions to matter, this is the right move.
Key Responsibilities
• Design, build, and operate scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, or Azure to support a production cybersecurity platform
• Own infrastructure-as-code across all environments, driving consistency, repeatability, and auditability using Terraform or Pulumi
• Build and maintain secure, multi-tenant cloud architecture that meets the exacting requirements of enterprise security customers
• Manage and evolve containerised workload infrastructure using Kubernetes, including cluster operations, networking, and scaling
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines that enable fast, safe, and auditable software delivery across engineering teams
• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices — IAM policies, network segmentation, secrets management, and vulnerability remediation
• Build observability and reliability frameworks across the platform, including monitoring, alerting, logging, and incident response runbooks
• Collaborate with security engineers to ensure the platform’s own cloud posture meets the standards the product promises to customers
• Drive cloud cost optimisation without compromising performance, reliability, or security
• Contribute to engineering culture through documentation, knowledge sharing, and participation in architecture reviews
What You’ll Need
Essential
• 4+ years’ experience in a Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, or DevOps role at production scale
• Deep hands-on expertise with at least one major cloud provider — AWS, GCP, or Azure — including networking, IAM, and security controls
• Strong infrastructure-as-code proficiency with Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation
• Solid Kubernetes experience including cluster management, workload orchestration, networking, and day-two operations
• Experience building and maintaining secure, multi-tenant cloud environments
• Familiarity with cloud security fundamentals — network segmentation, least-privilege IAM, secrets management, and compliance frameworks
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language — Python, Bash, or Go
• Right to work in the USA without restriction; East Coast timezone alignment required
Desirable / Nice to Have
• Experience building cloud infrastructure for a cybersecurity or security software product
• Knowledge of eBPF, runtime security tooling, or cloud-native threat detection at the infrastructure layer
• Relevant cloud or security certifications — AWS Security Specialty, CKS, CCSP, or equivalent
• Background at a high-growth Series A–C software or security company
Why Apply?
• Base salary $140,000–$175,000 depending on experience, plus meaningful equity in a fast-growing security business
• Remote-first with East Coast timezone alignment — work from anywhere up and down the East Coast
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) with company match
• Greenfield infrastructure — build it properly from the start rather than inherit someone else’s architecture
• Security-first engineering culture where cloud posture is taken as seriously internally as it is in the product
• Small, senior engineering team where your decisions carry real weight
• Clear progression path into Staff Engineer or Principal Cloud Architect as the team scales
How to Apply
Connect with your Ocho People consultant on LinkedIn or submit your CV via the link below. All applications are treated in the strictest confidence.
