Security Engineer – Cloud & Infrastructure Security

About this job

Harness is an AI Software Delivery Platform company backed by leading investors that helps teams ship software faster through automation, testing, and application security. As a Security Engineer for Cloud and Infrastructure Security, you will join the Security Engineering team to protect cloud infrastructure, applications, and enterprise environments at scale. On a normal day, you will collaborate with Engineering, Infrastructure, DevOps, and Compliance teams to design and operate security controls, troubleshoot complex issues, build automation, and respond to security incidents. You will work across cloud security, identity and access management, network security, and emerging areas like AI security. This is a hands-on role requiring you to evaluate risks, implement practical solutions, and take ownership of technical problems independently while ensuring compliance and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, operate, and improve security controls across cloud and enterprise environments.
• Partner with Engineering, Infrastructure, and DevOps teams to embed security into system design.
• Work across cloud security, network security, AI security, IAM, and Privileged Access Management.
• Troubleshoot complex security and infrastructure issues across cloud, identity, networking, and Kubernetes.
• Implement and maintain security monitoring, detection, and response capabilities.
• Conduct security reviews, threat assessments, and architecture evaluations.
• Build automation using APIs, scripting, Infrastructure as Code, and AI-assisted workflows.
• Support compliance and audit initiatives by ensuring effective security controls.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in Security Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud System Administration, or a related field.
• Hands-on experience working with public cloud infrastructure like AWS or GCP.
• Understanding of cloud security principles, network security, and modern security architectures.
• Experience with identity, authentication, authorization, SSO, and privileged access controls.
• Experience with security monitoring, logging, detection, or incident response technologies.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tools such as Terraform, Python, or scripting.
• Understanding of containerized and cloud-native environments such as Kubernetes.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.

Good to have

• Experience working in fast-growing SaaS or cloud-native organizations.
• Experience securing large-scale distributed systems and production environments.
• Familiarity with cloud-native security.
• Exposure to security frameworks and compliance standards such as ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, or NIST.

Who should apply

This role suits professionals with a strong background in DevOps, SRE, cloud infrastructure, or security engineering who enjoy hands-on problem-solving and automation. Candidates should be comfortable collaborating across multiple teams, learning new technologies quickly, and taking ownership of complex infrastructure and security issues through to resolution. Please note that freshers are not mentioned as eligible since the position requires at least 3 years of relevant experience.

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