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Cloud & Application Security Engineer

Design and embed security into cloud platforms and AI applications running in production.

Remote / HybridSecurity, Quality & ReliabilityFull-time

Role Overview

The Cloud & Application Security Engineer is responsible for ensuring Tactical Edge's platforms and customer solutions meet enterprise security, compliance, and risk requirements. The role works closely with engineering, AI, delivery, and partners (including AWS) to embed security into architectures, pipelines, and operations from design through production.

What You'll Do

  • Design and enforce security best practices across cloud infrastructure and applications.
  • Review system architectures for security risks and mitigation strategies.
  • Implement and manage IAM, network security, secrets management, and data protection.
  • Partner with engineering and AI teams to embed security into development workflows.
  • Support security reviews, audits, and customer security questionnaires.
  • Monitor, assess, and respond to security issues and vulnerabilities.
  • Define and improve security standards, policies, and tooling.
  • Ensure security considerations are balanced with delivery speed and usability.

    • What We're Looking For

  • Experience in cloud and application security within production environments.
  • Strong understanding of AWS security services and shared responsibility models.
  • Familiarity with enterprise security controls, compliance standards, and risk frameworks.
  • Ability to collaborate pragmatically with engineering and delivery teams.
  • Hands-on mindset focused on real-world threat mitigation.
  • Clear communication skills for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Bonus: Experience securing AI, data platforms, or ML workflows.

    • How We Work

    Outcome-driven

    Security that enables production, not blocks it

    Enterprise-first

    Governance, compliance, and trust

    Secure by design

    Security embedded early, not bolted on

    Small teams, high ownership

    Autonomy with accountability

    What You'll Get

    • Ownership of security for real, production AI systems
    • Exposure to enterprise-scale cloud and AI architectures
    • Collaboration with product, AI, engineering, and delivery teams
    • Competitive compensation (role/location dependent)
    • Flexible work setup where applicable

    Hiring Process

    1. 1Intro call (context + fit)
    2. 2Security architecture discussion (real-world scenarios)
    3. 3Cross-functional interview (engineering/delivery perspective)
    4. 4Final conversation

    We value pragmatic security, clear judgment, and collaboration over rigid gatekeeping.

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