Sr. Cloud Security Engineer at Talent Connection
Pleasanton, CA
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Jul 31, 2026
Pleasanton, CA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior individual-contributor role focused on designing and operating cloud security controls across public and hybrid cloud environments. The engineer will lead CSPM, CWPP, DSPM, and SSPM implementations, build security automation and infrastructure-as-code solutions, and embed security into CI/CD pipelines and container platforms. The position suits a seasoned cloud security practitioner comfortable shaping architecture standards and collaborating across engineering, DevOps, and GRC teams.
Senior level · 10+ years
“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $132,021 (middle half $99,961–$167,095).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 2, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (8)
The posting is placed by a staffing/recruiting firm (Talent Connection) on behalf of an unnamed enterprise client; employment type and compensation are not disclosed.
The cloud platform requirement ('AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform') is framed as an OR — the candidate needs deep experience in at least one. All three are captured as required with each other listed as alternatives.
The scripting requirement ('PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar') is similarly an OR gate; all three named languages are captured as required with the others as alternatives.
A Bachelor's degree is explicitly described as 'preferred', not required, so the degree requirement is set to None.
Cloud and security certifications are noted as 'highly desirable' — no specific certifications are named, so none are emitted as skills.
Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, CI/CD Security, and CloudFormation appear only under the 'Preferred Technical Skills' / 'Additional Information' section and are marked accordingly.
The alt SOC (15-1252 Software Developers) is noted because the role has a substantial infrastructure-as-code and security automation engineering component alongside its security analysis duties.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Zero Trust Architecture.
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