Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, or similar roles
- Proven track record of building and scaling infrastructure at high-growth technology companies
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience securing CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and internal tooling
- Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages
- Bonus: Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and multi-cloud environments
What the job involves
- Perplexity is seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Cloud Security Engineer to join our dynamic security team, revolutionizing the way people search and interact with the internet
- In this role, you’ll lead efforts to build and maintain secure, scalable infrastructure that empowers engineers to innovate quickly and safely
- Partner with infrastructure and engineering teams to embed security into development workflows and promote secure‑by‑default patterns
- Build Terraform modules with built‑in security guardrails, such as logging, encryption, and automated threat detection enablement
- Deploy cloud‑native detection capabilities using AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, and custom detection rules to identify credential compromise, crypto‑mining, and lateral movement
- Maintain SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliance through automated collection of cloud control evidence
- Conduct security audits of cloud resource configurations using tools like AWS Config and Open Policy Agent, and remediate deviations from CIS Benchmarks and our internal security policies
- Secure CI/CD and supply chain pipelines by implementing controls such as artifact signing, secret scanning, and dependency monitoring
- Apply zero trust principles through strict network segmentation, authentication, and authorization across our cloud environments
- Participate in the security on‑call rotation and respond to security alerts and incidents to ensure rapid mitigation and root cause analysis
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in Cloud Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, or similar roles
- Proven track record of building and scaling infrastructure at high-growth technology companies
- Deep understanding of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and distributed systems
- Experience securing CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and internal tooling
- Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages
- Bonus: Experience with AI/ML infrastructure and multi-cloud environments
What the job involves
- Perplexity is seeking a highly experienced and hands-on Cloud Security Engineer to join our dynamic security team, revolutionizing the way people search and interact with the internet
- In this role, you’ll lead efforts to build and maintain secure, scalable infrastructure that empowers engineers to innovate quickly and safely
- Partner with infrastructure and engineering teams to embed security into development workflows and promote secure‑by‑default patterns
- Build Terraform modules with built‑in security guardrails, such as logging, encryption, and automated threat detection enablement
- Deploy cloud‑native detection capabilities using AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, and custom detection rules to identify credential compromise, crypto‑mining, and lateral movement
- Maintain SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 compliance through automated collection of cloud control evidence
- Conduct security audits of cloud resource configurations using tools like AWS Config and Open Policy Agent, and remediate deviations from CIS Benchmarks and our internal security policies
- Secure CI/CD and supply chain pipelines by implementing controls such as artifact signing, secret scanning, and dependency monitoring
- Apply zero trust principles through strict network segmentation, authentication, and authorization across our cloud environments
- Participate in the security on‑call rotation and respond to security alerts and incidents to ensure rapid mitigation and root cause analysis
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