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The Staff Cloud Security Engineer is a critical, hands-on technical role responsible for engineering, implementing, and automating robust security controls within our cloud environments (AWS primarily, with GCP considerations). This role is pivotal in maturing our cloud security posture, securing Included Health's product infrastructure, and directly contributing to the prevention of unauthorized PHI exfiltration. You will help design and develop advanced security solutions, often through code (primarily Python and Go) and automation (Terraform), to address critical challenges in access control, development environment security, and infrastructure hardening. This role requires deep technical expertise in cloud security, strong software development skills for building security tools and automation, and a proactive approach to risk mitigation. You will be a key technical peer to our infrastructure software and engineering teams, driving a culture of security by design and helping to implement solutions that reduce HIPAA incidents. This is a remote role reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement a comprehensive authorization framework for cloud resources, addressing user roles, resource-specific restrictions, task-based access, and granular engineering access.
- Lead the technical implementation of Just-In-Time (JIT) access control systems for production environments (systems, secrets, data) to minimize standing privileges for engineering and platform teams.
- Collaborate with engineering to integrate data classification (e.g., safe-harbor annotations) with access control mechanisms, ensuring that data sensitivity directly informs access decisions.
- Develop and maintain security automation scripts, tools, and services in Python or Go to streamline security operations, vulnerability management, compliance checks, and incident response.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code (primarily Python and Go; familiarity with Ruby is a plus) for security automation, building custom security integrations, and developing security-focused tools.
- Implement and champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, specifically using Terraform, for programmatic definition, enforcement, and auditing of security configurations.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of centralized security controls, such as an engineering-owned Web Application Firewall (WAF), to manage rate limiting, IP blocking, input validation, and request filtering.
- Partner with engineering teams to establish and implement secure practices for managing the development toolchain (code generation utilities, linters, browser extensions, CLI tools, IDE plugins) to mitigate supply chain risks.
- Design and help implement a secure, "blessed" mechanism for webhook testing in local development environments, blocking unauthorized tunneling tools.
- Define, implement, and enforce container security hardening standards (e.g., least privilege, no unnecessary utilities, limited internet access) in collaboration with engineering teams.
- Drive the remediation of legacy cloud environments, particularly in GCP, by inventorying, assessing, and improving security controls.
- Design and implement solutions for granular data access control in cloud environments, particularly addressing compliance requirements for handling sensitive data.
- Collaborate closely with infrastructure software, engineering, DevOps, and product teams to co-design and integrate robust, automated security controls into systems, architectures, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Act as a subject matter expert on cloud security (AWS, GCP), providing guidance, code reviews (Python, Go), and technical expertise on secure cloud adoption, secure software development, and access control best practices.
- Support organizational change management efforts related to new security controls and practices by providing technical rationale and assisting in the development of new workflows.
- Conduct security assessments, threat modeling, and contribute to incident response, developing automation for prevention and faster response.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for security architectures, controls, automation scripts, and incident response playbooks.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in cloud security, with a strong emphasis on designing, developing (primarily in Python and Go), and implementing security solutions in AWS.
- Proven hands-on software development experience, particularly in Python and Go, for security automation, building security tools, and infrastructure management.
- Demonstrable experience designing and implementing robust authorization and access control frameworks (e.g., RBAC, ABAC, policy-as-code) and Just-In-Time (JIT) access solutions.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with deep proficiency in writing and maintaining Terraform modules for security.
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS), including hands-on experience hardening containerized environments.
- Experience with SDLC security, CI/CD pipeline security integration, and secure software development practices.
- Experience with security logging, monitoring, alerting tools (e.g., SIEM, AWS CloudTrail, CloudWatch, GuardDuty), and scripting against their APIs (Python, Go).
- Experience with cloud security frameworks (especially HIPAA), regulations, and standards.
PAY
The United States new hire base salary target ranges for this full-time position are:
- Zone A: $174,320 - $246,230 + equity + benefits
- Zone B: $191,752 - $270,853 + equity + benefits
- Zone C: $209,184 - $295,476 + equity + benefits
- Zone D: $226,616 - $320,099 + equity + benefits
This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for candidates based on their respective Zone. Below is additional information on Included Health's commitment to maintaining transparent and equitable compensation practices across our distinct geographic zones.
Starting base salary for you will depend on several job-related factors, unique to each candidate, which may include education; training; skills; years and depth of experience; certifications and licensure; our needs; internal peer equity; organizational considerations; and understanding of geographic and market data. Compensation structures and ranges are tailored to each zone's unique market conditions to ensure that all employees receive fair and great compensation package based on their roles and locations. Your Recruiter can share your geographic zone upon inquiry.
BENEFITS & PERKS
In addition to receiving a great compensation package, the compensation package may include, depending on the role, the following and more:
- Remote-first culture
- 401(k) savings plan through Fidelity
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage through multiple medical plan options (including disability insurance)
- Paid Time Off ("PTO") and Discretionary Time Off ("DTO")
- 12 weeks of 100% Paid Parental leave
- Family Building & Compassionate Leave: Fertility coverage, $25,000 for surrogacy/adoption, and paid leave for failed treatments, adoption or pregnancies.
- Work-From-Home reimbursement to support team collaboration home office work
- Your recruiter will share more about the salary range and benefits package for your role during the hiring process.
ABOUT INCLUDED HEALTH
Included Health is a new kind of healthcare company, delivering integrated virtual care and navigation. We’re on a mission to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone. We break down barriers to provide high-quality care for every person in every community — no matter where they are in their health journey or what type of care they need, from acute to chronic, behavioral to physical. We offer our members care guidance, advocacy, and access to personalized virtual and in-person care for everyday and urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. It’s all included. Learn more at includedhealth.com.
Included Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Included Health considers all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and California law. Included Health uses AI-assisted tools at select stages of the hiring process to enhance efficiency, consistency, and communication. AI does not make hiring decisions—final decisions are made exclusively by our recruiting and hiring teams.
INTRODUCTION
The Staff Cloud Security Engineer is a critical, hands-on technical role responsible for engineering, implementing, and automating robust security controls within our cloud environments (AWS primarily, with GCP considerations). This role is pivotal in maturing our cloud security posture, securing Included Health's product infrastructure, and directly contributing to the prevention of unauthorized PHI exfiltration. You will help design and develop advanced security solutions, often through code (primarily Python and Go) and automation (Terraform), to address critical challenges in access control, development environment security, and infrastructure hardening. This role requires deep technical expertise in cloud security, strong software development skills for building security tools and automation, and a proactive approach to risk mitigation. You will be a key technical peer to our infrastructure software and engineering teams, driving a culture of security by design and helping to implement solutions that reduce HIPAA incidents. This is a remote role reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer.
Responsibilities
- Design, develop, and implement a comprehensive authorization framework for cloud resources, addressing user roles, resource-specific restrictions, task-based access, and granular engineering access.
- Lead the technical implementation of Just-In-Time (JIT) access control systems for production environments (systems, secrets, data) to minimize standing privileges for engineering and platform teams.
- Collaborate with engineering to integrate data classification (e.g., safe-harbor annotations) with access control mechanisms, ensuring that data sensitivity directly informs access decisions.
- Develop and maintain security automation scripts, tools, and services in Python or Go to streamline security operations, vulnerability management, compliance checks, and incident response.
- Write clean, maintainable, and testable code (primarily Python and Go; familiarity with Ruby is a plus) for security automation, building custom security integrations, and developing security-focused tools.
- Implement and champion Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, specifically using Terraform, for programmatic definition, enforcement, and auditing of security configurations.
- Contribute to the design and implementation of centralized security controls, such as an engineering-owned Web Application Firewall (WAF), to manage rate limiting, IP blocking, input validation, and request filtering.
- Partner with engineering teams to establish and implement secure practices for managing the development toolchain (code generation utilities, linters, browser extensions, CLI tools, IDE plugins) to mitigate supply chain risks.
- Design and help implement a secure, "blessed" mechanism for webhook testing in local development environments, blocking unauthorized tunneling tools.
- Define, implement, and enforce container security hardening standards (e.g., least privilege, no unnecessary utilities, limited internet access) in collaboration with engineering teams.
- Drive the remediation of legacy cloud environments, particularly in GCP, by inventorying, assessing, and improving security controls.
- Design and implement solutions for granular data access control in cloud environments, particularly addressing compliance requirements for handling sensitive data.
- Collaborate closely with infrastructure software, engineering, DevOps, and product teams to co-design and integrate robust, automated security controls into systems, architectures, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Act as a subject matter expert on cloud security (AWS, GCP), providing guidance, code reviews (Python, Go), and technical expertise on secure cloud adoption, secure software development, and access control best practices.
- Support organizational change management efforts related to new security controls and practices by providing technical rationale and assisting in the development of new workflows.
- Conduct security assessments, threat modeling, and contribute to incident response, developing automation for prevention and faster response.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive documentation for security architectures, controls, automation scripts, and incident response playbooks.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in cloud security, with a strong emphasis on designing, developing (primarily in Python and Go), and implementing security solutions in AWS.
- Proven hands-on software development experience, particularly in Python and Go, for security automation, building security tools, and infrastructure management.
- Demonstrable experience designing and implementing robust authorization and access control frameworks (e.g., RBAC, ABAC, policy-as-code) and Just-In-Time (JIT) access solutions.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with deep proficiency in writing and maintaining Terraform modules for security.
- Experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes/EKS), including hands-on experience hardening containerized environments.
- Experience with SDLC security, CI/CD pipeline security integration, and secure software development practices.
- Experience with security logging, monitoring, alerting tools (e.g., SIEM, AWS CloudTrail, CloudWatch, GuardDuty), and scripting against their APIs (Python, Go).
- Experience with cloud security frameworks (especially HIPAA), regulations, and standards.
PAY
The United States new hire base salary target ranges for this full-time position are:
- Zone A: $174,320 - $246,230 + equity + benefits
- Zone B: $191,752 - $270,853 + equity + benefits
- Zone C: $209,184 - $295,476 + equity + benefits
- Zone D: $226,616 - $320,099 + equity + benefits
This range reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for candidates based on their respective Zone. Below is additional information on Included Health's commitment to maintaining transparent and equitable compensation practices across our distinct geographic zones.
Starting base salary for you will depend on several job-related factors, unique to each candidate, which may include education; training; skills; years and depth of experience; certifications and licensure; our needs; internal peer equity; organizational considerations; and understanding of geographic and market data. Compensation structures and ranges are tailored to each zone's unique market conditions to ensure that all employees receive fair and great compensation package based on their roles and locations. Your Recruiter can share your geographic zone upon inquiry.
BENEFITS & PERKS
In addition to receiving a great compensation package, the compensation package may include, depending on the role, the following and more:
- Remote-first culture
- 401(k) savings plan through Fidelity
- Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage through multiple medical plan options (including disability insurance)
- Paid Time Off ("PTO") and Discretionary Time Off ("DTO")
- 12 weeks of 100% Paid Parental leave
- Family Building & Compassionate Leave: Fertility coverage, $25,000 for surrogacy/adoption, and paid leave for failed treatments, adoption or pregnancies.
- Work-From-Home reimbursement to support team collaboration home office work
- Your recruiter will share more about the salary range and benefits package for your role during the hiring process.
ABOUT INCLUDED HEALTH
Included Health is a new kind of healthcare company, delivering integrated virtual care and navigation. We’re on a mission to raise the standard of healthcare for everyone. We break down barriers to provide high-quality care for every person in every community — no matter where they are in their health journey or what type of care they need, from acute to chronic, behavioral to physical. We offer our members care guidance, advocacy, and access to personalized virtual and in-person care for everyday and urgent care, primary care, behavioral health, and specialty care. It’s all included. Learn more at includedhealth.com.
Included Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. Included Health considers all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and California law. Included Health uses AI-assisted tools at select stages of the hiring process to enhance efficiency, consistency, and communication. AI does not make hiring decisions—final decisions are made exclusively by our recruiting and hiring teams.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship as a Cloud Security Engineer
Align your credentials to specialty occupation standards
Cloud security roles typically require a degree in computer science, information security, or a related field. Document specific technical competencies like IAM, SIEM, and cloud compliance frameworks before approaching host employers, since designated sponsors review your qualifications when issuing the DS-2019.
Target host employers with existing J-1 infrastructure
Not every employer knows how to coordinate with a designated sponsor. Focus on technology companies, research institutions, and federal contractors that have hosted J-1 exchange visitors before, since they already understand the training plan requirements and host responsibilities.
Use Migrate Mate to find J-1-aligned roles
Generic job boards don't filter for exchange visitor compatibility. Use Migrate Mate to identify U.S. Cloud Security Engineer positions at employers who actively work with international candidates and understand J-1 hosting obligations.
Build a detailed training plan before the offer stage
Designated sponsors like CIEE or Cultural Vistas require a structured Training Plan (DS-7002) that maps your cloud security learning objectives to specific tasks. Draft this document early so it's ready when your host employer and sponsor begin coordination.
Verify your program category fits your career stage
The Trainee category suits professionals with a degree plus at least one year of experience, while Research Scholar applies to those conducting substantive security research at universities or labs. Placing yourself in the wrong category can delay or invalidate your DS-2019 issuance.
Confirm the two-year home residency requirement upfront
Some J-1 Cloud Security Engineers are subject to a two-year home-country residency requirement after their program ends, particularly if funded by their government or if their occupation appears on the exchange visitor skills list. Confirm your status with the designated sponsor before accepting an offer.
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Find Cloud Security Engineer JobsCloud Security Engineer J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category applies to Cloud Security Engineers?
It depends on your career stage. If you're a current student or recent graduate completing practical training, the Intern category may apply. If you have a degree plus at least one year of relevant professional experience in cloud security, the Trainee category is the standard fit. Researchers developing security frameworks at universities or labs typically qualify under Research Scholar.
Who actually sponsors the J-1 visa for a Cloud Security Engineer role?
The visa sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, not your employer. Organizations like CIEE, Cultural Vistas, or AIPT issue the DS-2019 form, approve your training plan, and monitor program compliance. Your employer acts as the host organization, providing the position and workspace, but the designated sponsor holds the legal responsibility for the exchange program.
How do I find Cloud Security Engineer roles where the host employer is open to J-1 coordination?
Most general job listings don't specify J-1 compatibility. Migrate Mate lets you search for Cloud Security Engineer positions at U.S. employers that work with international candidates and understand exchange visitor hosting requirements, which saves you from pitching the J-1 structure from scratch to employers unfamiliar with it.
Can the two-year home residency requirement affect my ability to stay in the U.S. after a J-1 Cloud Security Engineer placement?
Yes. If you received government funding from your home country, your occupation is on the exchange visitor skills list, or your J-1 program was financed by the U.S. government, you may be subject to a two-year home residency requirement before you can change to most other visa statuses or apply for a green card. Review your DS-2019 and consult with your designated sponsor early.
What does the training plan for a J-1 Cloud Security Engineer position typically include?
The DS-7002 Training Plan must outline specific learning objectives tied to cloud security tasks, such as vulnerability assessments, identity and access management configuration, or security information and event management (SIEM) operations. It should break the program into phases with measurable goals, identify supervisors responsible for evaluation, and specify how the training advances your professional development beyond your existing experience.
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