Staff Cloud Security Engineer
SentinelOne · United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time
- $235,000 / year
- United States
Job highlights
- Lead cloud security engagements and reviews.
- Triage and validate cloud security findings.
- Conduct deep cloud IAM and network reviews.
- Discover and document cloud-native attack paths.
- Defend findings to senior customer stakeholders.
About the role
Staff Cloud Security Engineer
At SentinelOne, we are driven by a clear purpose: to give the advantage to those who secure our future. As AI reshapes how organizations build, operate, and innovate, the responsibility to protect them becomes more critical than ever. When you join SentinelOne, your work helps protect global enterprises, critical infrastructure, and the technologies shaping tomorrow. If you are motivated by meaningful challenges and want your impact to be real, measurable, and global, you will find purpose here.
About Us
SentinelOne is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Our AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems to deliver autonomous detection and response with clarity and speed. By combining real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and a unified data foundation, we reduce noise, simplify complexity, and empower security teams to focus on what truly matters.
Our teams are builders, problem-solvers, and innovators committed to shaping the future of security. If you are excited to solve hard problems alongside talented, mission-driven people, we invite you to help us build a safer future for humanity.
What Are We Looking For?
We’re looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes.
As a Staff Cloud Security Engineer, you will be tasked with becoming the trusted advisor customers turn to when mass-deletion, ransom, or full-tenant takeover scenarios are on the table. You'll work directly on top of the output of our agentic code scanning pipeline, validate cloud exposures with human judgment, reconstruct cloud-native attack paths from logs / deployment methodologies, and present collateral to customers.
What Will You Do?
- Lead Wayfinder Frontier AI Services cloud-domain workstreams end-to-end across customer engagements, proactive reviews, compromise assessments, and post-incident hardening.
- Review and triage cloud security findings from our agentic scanning pipeline, validate true positives, eliminate noise, ground exploitability in the customer's actual cloud environment, and ensure every finding that reaches the customer is a decision they can act on.
- Conduct deep IAM, network, and identity reviews across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Lead cloud-native attack path discovery and document exposures and remediation.
- Demonstrated ability to defend findings under pressure with senior customer stakeholders, excellent written and verbal communication is non-negotiable for this role.
- Maintain continuous awareness of cloud-native attack techniques, pure-cloud ransomware, Entra, K8s attacks, OAuth-app abuse, etc.
What Skills And Knowledge Will You Bring?
- 7+ years in cloud security or cloud-focused application/infrastructure security, with a hands-on engineering background.
- Proven track record translating complex findings into technical and executive-level debriefs. Excellent written and verbal communication is essential.
- Deep AWS expertise; IAM, STS, Organizations, SCP, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, EKS, IRSA, and demonstrated ability to map cross-account attack paths.
- Azure expertise; Entra ID, Conditional Access, RBAC, Activity Logs, Defender for Cloud, AKS, Workload Identity, including cross-tenant and hybrid-identity attack patterns.
- Working knowledge in GCP, IAM, Org Policy, Audit Logs, GKE Workload Identity.
- Working knowledge of cloud-native runtime security, eBPF telemetry, container runtime behavior, and how to spot a workload doing something it shouldn't.
- Kubernetes security at depth (RBAC, admission control, OPA/Gatekeeper, PSS) and IaC review across Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation, and Bicep.
- Comfortable triaging output from AI-assisted cloud-posture and attack-path tools, able to separate risk from noise.
- Cloud incident response and log forensics experience across at least two major cloud providers.
Why SentinelOne?
AI is redefining how the world operates and rewriting the rules of security in real time, and SentinelOne was built for this moment. From day one, we architected an AI-native platform designed to operate at machine speed, not as an add-on to legacy systems but as the foundation itself. If you want to build where innovation and impact move together, this is that place.
We invest in our Sentinels with comprehensive, competitive benefits designed to support you and your family:
Equity & Rewards
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
Time Off & Wellbeing
- Flexible time off
- Paid company holidays and paid sick time
- Gender-neutral parental leave
- Grandparent leave
Insurance & Financial Security
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Life and disability insurance
- Health and dependent care FSA
- Voluntary benefits (hospital, accident, critical illness)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- ARAG pre-paid legal
- Nationwide pet insurance
- Cancer Care program
- Global business travel medical insurance
Work Perks & Flexibility
- Home office allowance
- Mobile phone reimbursement
Wellness & Lifestyle
- Wellness coach
- Wellness/gym reimbursement
- Fertility coverage
- Adoption & surrogacy reimbursement
This U.S. role has a base pay range that will vary based on the location of the candidate. For some locations, a different pay range may apply. If so, this range will be provided to you during the recruiting process. You can also reach out to the recruiter with any questions.
Base Salary Range
$184,000—$235,000 USD
SentinelOne is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
SentinelOne participates in the E-Verify Program for all U.S. based roles.
Key skills/competency
- Staff Cloud Security Engineer
- Cloud Security
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Cybersecurity
- Incident Response
- Kubernetes Security
- IaC
- AI in Security
Skills & topics
- Staff Cloud Security Engineer
- Cloud Security
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Cybersecurity
- Incident Response
- Kubernetes Security
- IaC
- AI in Security
- Security Engineering
How to get hired
- Tailor your resume: Highlight 7+ years in cloud security, specific cloud provider expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP), and incident response experience.
- Showcase communication skills: Emphasize your ability to translate complex findings for technical and executive audiences.
- Prepare for technical deep dives: Be ready to discuss specific cloud security services, attack vectors, and IaC tools.
- Demonstrate AI fluency: Showcase any experience with AI-assisted security tools or concepts relevant to cloud security.
- Understand SentinelOne's mission: Align your application with their purpose of securing the future with AI-driven cybersecurity.
Technical preparation
Behavioral questions
Frequently asked questions
- What are the primary cloud platforms experience required for the Staff Cloud Security Engineer role at SentinelOne?
- The Staff Cloud Security Engineer role at SentinelOne requires deep expertise in AWS, with a strong working knowledge of Azure and GCP. This includes familiarity with their respective IAM, security, and container services.
- How important is communication for a Staff Cloud Security Engineer at SentinelOne?
- Excellent written and verbal communication is non-negotiable for this role. You will be expected to defend findings under pressure with senior customer stakeholders and translate complex security issues for both technical and executive audiences.
- What kind of security findings will a Staff Cloud Security Engineer be triaging at SentinelOne?
- You will be triaging cloud security findings from an AI-assisted scanning pipeline, validating true positives, eliminating noise, and grounding exploitability within the customer's actual cloud environment. This includes areas like IAM, network security, and identity management.
- Does SentinelOne expect experience with AI tools for their Staff Cloud Security Engineer role?
- Yes, SentinelOne is at the intersection of AI and security. The role involves working with output from agentic code scanning pipelines and AI-assisted cloud-posture tools, so familiarity with AI in security is beneficial.
- What level of Kubernetes security knowledge is needed for this Staff Cloud Security Engineer position?
- The role requires security at depth for Kubernetes, including RBAC, admission control, OPA/Gatekeeper, and Pod Security Standards (PSS). Experience with IaC tools like Terraform and Helm for Kubernetes is also important.
- What are the key cloud attack paths a Staff Cloud Security Engineer should be aware of at SentinelOne?
- You should maintain awareness of cloud-native attack techniques such as pure-cloud ransomware, Entra ID attacks, Kubernetes attacks, and OAuth-app abuse. The role also involves reconstructing cloud-native attack paths from logs and deployment methodologies.
- Is incident response experience a requirement for the Staff Cloud Security Engineer role at SentinelOne?
- Yes, cloud incident response and log forensics experience across at least two major cloud providers is a required skill for this Staff Cloud Security Engineer position.
- What is the base salary range for a Staff Cloud Security Engineer at SentinelOne in the U.S.?
- The base salary range for this U.S. role is $184,000 to $235,000 USD, though this may vary based on candidate location. Specific ranges will be provided during the recruiting process.