Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Adobe

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Work type
On-site
Location
Lehi, UTSeattle, WASan Jose, CA
Salary
$168,200–$310,100 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $239k
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This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $149,837–$208,800 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $239k versus about $179k for comparable roles.

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About Adobe

Adobe Inc. is a global software company known for creative and multimedia software products including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat, and its cloud-based Creative Cloud and Document Cloud suites. Industry: Creative & Digital Experience Software

Adobe currently has 206 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Sr Cloud Security Engineer The Sr Cloud Security Engineer joins the Security Engineering team to define, build, and scale cloud security capabilities across AWS, Azure, GCP, and private cloud environments. This role involves owning specific domains such as infrastructure security, identity and access management, threat detection, and security automation. The engineer will develop multi-quarter roadmaps, assess complex architectures, and translate ambiguous challenges into actionable projects while influencing technical direction across multiple engineering organizations. Day-to-day responsibilities include building tools for risk identification, developing infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code capabilities, and creating automated workflows to improve operational efficiency. Required skills include expertise in cloud-native services, Kubernetes, containerized applications, CI/CD pipelines, and serverless technologies. Technical proficiency is required in Terraform, CloudFormation, and programming languages such as Python, Go, or Rust to solve complex security problems within a large enterprise environment.

What you'll do

  • Own and evolve specific cloud security domains including infrastructure, identity management, and threat detection across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Develop and execute multi-quarter roadmaps that align cloud security initiatives with Adobe’s business objectives.
  • Assess and improve cloud security architectures to balance protection requirements with developer experience and scalability.
  • Translate complex security challenges into actionable projects while coordinating stakeholders across engineering and infrastructure teams.
  • Improve cloud-native threat detection, visibility, and logging strategies to enhance overall security monitoring.
  • Develop automation tools, prototypes, and "policy-as-code" scripts to improve operational efficiency and compliance.
  • Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers to improve the organization's collective technical effectiveness.

What we're looking for

  • Significant experience securing cloud environments in Azure, AWS, GCP, or a combination of major providers.
  • Deep understanding of cloud security architecture, identity and access management, logging, threat detection, and governance.
  • Experience securing modern workloads including Kubernetes platforms, containerized applications, CI/CD pipelines, and serverless technologies.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
  • Experience building automation using languages like Python, Go, Rust, or similar technologies.
  • Strong understanding of software development, cloud infrastructure, and security engineering principles.
  • Knowledge of security tooling, operating systems, networking, and distributed systems.
  • Proven ability to influence technical direction and lead cross-functional initiatives without formal authority.

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