cloud security engineer

📋 Job Overview

CRED is an exclusive community for India’s most trustworthy and CREDitworthy individuals, where members are rewarded for good financial behavior. We are seeking an Information Security Engineer to work across a diverse information security domain, with a strong focus on cloud, infrastructure, and data security.

🏢 About CRED

CRED was born out of a need to bring back the focus on trust, creating a community centered around this virtue. Our team consists of incredibly passionate and driven individuals working towards making this vision a reality.

🎯 The Role

You will work across a diverse information security domain, with a strong focus on cloud, infrastructure, and data security. You will identify security issues, work with stakeholders on mitigation, and design/implement solutions for complex security problems in AWS-based systems.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Work across a diverse information security domain, with a strong focus on cloud, infrastructure, and data security
• Identify security issues (internal and external), work with stakeholders on mitigation, and design/implement solutions for complex security problems in AWS-based systems
• Own and continuously improve the cloud security posture management (CSPM) program aligned with standards like NIST 800-53 and ISO 27001
• Own the cloud workload protection program, including alert investigation and triage
• Drive the data security charter, including data classification, masking, and securing large-scale data stores
• Automate infrastructure security and build security tooling to reduce manual effort
• Conduct security design, infrastructure, and architecture reviews
• Build, operate, and maintain cloud security platforms to enhance prevention, detection, and response
• Translate product requirements into threat models and identify security risks
• Build in-house security frameworks to strengthen security culture across tech teams
• Enable compliance across teams (PCI DSS, ISO 27001, DPDPA) and promote best practices
• Drive security awareness and engineering maturity across the organization

📌 Required Qualifications

• 2–6 years of experience in information security
• Solid fundamentals on computer networks, operating systems (Linux), containers, and secure cloud architecture
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or Bash
• Solid understanding of cloud security with hands-on experience in AWS / GCP / Azure
• Experience building and automating custom security tools
• Understanding of microservices, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and securing containerized workloads
• Strong grasp of core security principles like least privilege, defense-in-depth, and zero trust
• A data-driven mindset with the ability to influence stakeholders
• Security projects on GitHub or technical blogs
• Strong communication skills and the ability to be a go-to security partner for engineers and product teams
• A proactive approach to staying updated on security threats, breaches, tools, and research
• Basic understanding of LLMs, MCP, and AI agents and interest in building AI-driven security workflows
• Familiarity with vulnerability management, patching cycles, and CVSS

🎁 Benefits

Working at CRED would instantly make you realize one thing: you are working with the best talent around you. CRED guarantees a good company with talented individuals. The environment includes a stacked, in-house pantry, with lunch and dinner provided for all team members, paid sick leaves, and comprehensive health insurance. There are no work timings, and your work should speak for itself. All employees get their salaries before their joining date, showcasing trust in the community.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

No specific visa or eligibility information provided.