Senior Engineer II, Cloud Security

Lila Sciences
Cambridge
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 108,000 - 163,333 annuallyFunction: Solutions Engineering & Sales EngineeringSkills: ["Operational judgment","Translating technical risk","Cross-functional partnership","Hands-on execution","Incident response focus"]

Own cloud and SaaS security posture management for AWS and core SaaS platforms, using CSPM/CNAPP/SSPM tooling to surface and prioritize risk. Build high-fidelity detections across SIEM/EDR/CSPM systems, and lead incident response triage, containment, recovery, and post-incident reviews. Partner with infrastructure, platform, data, DevSecOps, and AI teams to remediate findings and implement policy-as-code guardrails, including security for Kubernetes workloads and MLOps/AI-enabled systems.

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Senior Engineer II, Cloud Security

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Job Summary

Own cloud and SaaS security posture management for AWS and core SaaS platforms, using CSPM/CNAPP/SSPM tooling to surface and prioritize risk. Build high-fidelity detections across SIEM/EDR/CSPM systems, and lead incident response triage, containment, recovery, and post-incident reviews. Partner with infrastructure, platform, data, DevSecOps, and AI teams to remediate findings and implement policy-as-code guardrails, including security for Kubernetes workloads and MLOps/AI-enabled systems.
Location: Cambridge
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Solutions Engineering & Sales Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own cloud and SaaS security posture management across AWS, IaaS/PaaS, and core SaaS platforms.
  • •Configure, operate, and tune CSPM/CNAPP/SSPM tooling to surface and prioritize risk.
  • •Build and tune high-fidelity detections across SIEM, EDR, CSPM, and related security systems.
  • •Lead incident response triage, containment, recovery, and post-incident review for cloud security events.
  • •Design policy-as-code guardrails and partner with infrastructure, platform, AI, and data teams to drive remediation across cloud, SaaS, workload, and MLOps/AI-enabled systems.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 108,000 - 163,333 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceDentalVisionLife InsuranceDisability InsurancePaid ParentalLearning BudgetCommuter Benefits

Key Requirements

  • •Extensive hands-on information security experience with deep cloud and SaaS security ownership.
  • •Strong AWS security knowledge, including IAM, SCPs, VPC/networking, KMS, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and Config.
  • •Hands-on experience with CSPM or CNAPP tooling such as Wiz or comparable platforms.
  • •Experience operating detection and response workflows across SIEM, EDR, CSPM, or related security tooling.
  • •Practical incident response experience covering triage, containment, recovery, and post-incident review.
Skills:Operational judgmentTranslating technical riskCross-functional partnershipHands-on executionIncident response focus
Certifications:CISSPCCSPAWS SecurityAzure SecurityGCIHGCFAGCDAOSCP
Languages:English
Tech Stack:AWSIAMSCPsVPCNetworkingKMSCloudTrailGuardDutySecurity HubConfigCSPMCNAPPSSPMWizSIEMEDRKubernetesHardened AMIsPolicy-as-codeGuardrails

Company Brief

Lila Sciences
Develops AI-driven platforms to accelerate drug discovery and biological research by integrating machine learning with chemical and biological data to predict molecular properties, streamline candidate selection, and enable faster therapeutic development.
Industry: Biotech
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Early Stage Startup
Funding: Seed
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