Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Job Description

About AlphaSense: The world s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients own research content. The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 4,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us! About the Role As a Sr. Cloud Security Engineer you ll be working to improve the security of AlphaSense s cloud environments as part of the cloud security team. The team has strong independence to plan, drive and develop security improvements and controls. You will have room to select your focus within the responsibilities of the team. To be successful in this role you should have solid experience on containerised environments, infrastructure as a code and kubernetes. You will have autonomy and are expected to think independently and take ownership of your work. Ideal candidate has strong cloud security background with ability to work hands on with the infrastructure. We also welcome applicants with devops/infrastructure engineering background and keen interest in developing their skills in cloud security space. Responsibilities Develop and automate security controls for cloud infrastructure. Maintain, integrate and scale cloud security tooling. Investigate and remediate security vulnerabilities in cloud infrastructure. Building access controls across the cloud infrastructure. Partner with incident response teams to build detections for cloud infrastructure. Analyze and mitigate security incidents affecting products. Develop security standards for other engineering teams. Work with compliance teams to ensure adherence to frameworks such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, and GDPR. Conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, and code reviews to identify security risks. Collaborate with engineering and product teams. Qualifications Required 5+ years experience in cloud security 3+ years hand-on experience working with containerized environments Excellent understanding of AWS, k8s and IaC solutions Proficiency in one or more programming language Experience working with cloud security posture management tooling Nice to have Experience with Azure and GCP Experience in integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and DevOps workflows. Hands-on experience on threat modeling and security architecture reviews. Hands-on experience of working with compliance requirements and turning them to technical controls. Contributions to security communities, open-source projects, or security research. Relevant security certifications (e.g., CKS). Why Join Us? Work on cutting-edge security challenges in a fast-growing company. Opportunity to shape and drive product security strategy. Collaborative and security-minded engineering culture. Competitive compensation, benefits, and career growth opportunities. If youre a hands-on security leader passionate about building secure products, we d love to hear from you! In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works. Recruiting Scams and Fraud We at AlphaSense have been made aware of fraudulent job postings and individuals impersonating AlphaSense recruiters. These scams may involve fake job offers, requests for sensitive personal information, or demands for payment. Please note: AlphaSense never asks candidates to pay for job applications, equipment, or training. All official communications will come from an @ alpha-sense.com email address. If you re unsure about a job posting or recruiter, verify it on our Careers page . If you believe you ve been targeted by a scam or have any doubts regarding the authenticity of any job listing purportedly from or on behalf of AlphaSense please contact us. Your security and trust matter to us.