Datavant
Connecting the world’s health data to improve patient outcomes.
Senior Cloud Security Engineer – WAF Specialist
Location
United States
Posted
21 hours ago
Salary
$184K - $230K / year
EnglishCloud
Job Description
• Define and evolve the enterprise Edge Defense architecture across cloud-native, CDN-layer, and hybrid environments.
• Lead cross-vertical rollout of standardized WAAP patterns, replacing fragmented or manually managed implementations with automated, enforceable models.
• Drive vendor evaluation, integration, and lifecycle governance for WAAP technologies.
• Establish infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code frameworks that make secure edge protection the default path for Engineering teams.
• Partner deeply with Platform and Product Engineering during system design to prevent downstream security debt.
• Define and track program-level KPIs for edge protection, including coverage, enforcement maturity, drift reduction, onboarding velocity, and detection quality.
• Mentor and elevate other security engineers in edge and cloud security domains.
Job Requirements
- Deep experience designing and operating WAAP or WAF controls at scale across multi-account and multi-environment deployments.
- Proven ability to architect security programs, including governance models, automation strategy, lifecycle management, and cross-team alignment.
- Strong infrastructure-as-code expertise and experience building reusable modules and guardrails adopted across teams.
- Demonstrated success serving as a trusted, customer-oriented security partner to Engineering leadership.
- Ability to influence without authority and navigate competing priorities across verticals.
- Strong operational instincts and experience designing for long-term maintainability and response integration.
- Comfort operating in regulated environments and designing controls that scale across commercial and compliance-constrained systems.
- Active use of AI-assisted development tools to accelerate infrastructure and security engineering work, with appropriate validation discipline.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Remote work options
