About the job
Join Perplexity as a Senior Cloud Security Engineer and play a pivotal role in transforming how users search and interact with the internet. As a key member of our innovative security team, you will spearhead initiatives to construct and sustain secure and scalable cloud infrastructure, enabling our engineers to innovate swiftly and securely.
Core Responsibilities
Collaborate with infrastructure and engineering teams to embed security measures into development processes and advocate for secure-by-default practices.
Develop Terraform modules that incorporate essential security features, including logging, encryption, and automated threat detection.
Implement cloud-native detection capabilities utilizing AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, and tailor-made detection rules to uncover credential breaches, crypto-mining, and lateral movements.
Ensure compliance with SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 by automating the collection of cloud control evidence.
Conduct security assessments of cloud resource configurations using tools like AWS Config and Open Policy Agent, addressing discrepancies in line with CIS Benchmarks and internal security policies.
Fortify CI/CD and supply chain pipelines through controls such as artifact signing, secret scanning, and dependency monitoring.
Implement zero trust principles via stringent network segmentation, authentication, and authorization across cloud environments.
Engage in security on-call rotation, responding to security alerts and incidents for prompt resolution and root cause analysis.

