Tripadvisor
Cloud Security Engineer II
About this role
Tripadvisor is hiring a Cloud Security Engineer II to design and automate security controls across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. You'll embed security into CI/CD pipelines, manage cloud posture, and partner with engineering teams to build secure-by-default infrastructure in a remote-friendly role based in Needham, MA.
What you'll do
- Design and deploy scalable cloud security controls, IAM policies, and encryption standards across multi-account AWS environments
- Integrate automated security scanning tools (IaC, SAST, secret detection) into CI/CD pipelines to prevent vulnerabilities before deployment
- Develop automated detection and remediation workflows using Python, Bash, or Go with Infrastructure as Code tools
- Implement container and Kubernetes/EKS security practices, including serverless architecture protections
- Manage CSPM/CNAPP platforms, investigate high-priority alerts, and perform risk scoring and alert tuning
- Conduct architectural security reviews, threat modeling, and serve as escalation point for cloud security incidents
What they're looking for
- AWS security services (IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub, KMS, CloudTrail, Organizations)
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
- Scripting languages (Python, Go, or Bash)
- Kubernetes/EKS and CI/CD security (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
- Cloud networking (VPCs, Transit Gateways, WAF, DNS) and identity management (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML)
- Compliance frameworks (CIS Benchmarks, NIST CSF, SOC 2)
- Container and containerized workload security
- Incident response and forensic analysis
Benefits
- Competitive base salary and annual bonuses
- Remote-friendly work arrangement with flexible on-site options
- Flexible schedule with emphasis on work-life balance
- Annual lifestyle benefit for travel, wellness, or personal use
- Tuition assistance and professional development support
- Health benefits, donation matching, and employee assistance program
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Tripadvisor
Tripadvisor builds and maintains complex financial systems integrations, particularly around Workday platforms that connect multiple data sources. The company is hiring engineers and systems specialists to architect solutions, design technical implementations, and manage enterprise financial data infrastructure.
View all jobs at TripadvisorLikely interview questions
- Walk us through your experience designing IAM policies and implementing least-privilege access across multi-account AWS environments.
- Describe a time you embedded security scanning tools into a CI/CD pipeline—what tools did you use and how did you handle false positives?