Gusto, Inc.
Staff Security Engineer, Cloud Security
Job Summary
The role involves designing and implementing secure, scalable AWS cloud security strategies for Gusto, with a focus on multi-account architectures, IAM, network security, encryption, and security automation. The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in cloud security, deep expertise in AWS services, and strong network and encryption knowledge. They will lead efforts to enforce security best practices, monitor environments, and respond to incidents. The position emphasizes collaboration, communication, and a commitment to securing sensitive customer data within a dynamic environment.
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About Gusto
Gusto is a modern, online people platform that helps small businesses take care of their teams. On top of full-service payroll, Gusto offers health insurance, 401(k)s, expert HR, and team management tools. Today, Gusto offices in Denver, San Francisco, and New York serve more than 400,000 businesses nationwide.
Our mission is to create a world where work empowers a better life, and it starts right here at Gusto. That’s why we’re committed to building a collaborative and inclusive workplace, both physically and virtually. Learn more about our Total Rewards philosophy.
About the Role:
We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Staff Cloud Security Engineer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of AWS security best practices and a proven track record of designing and implementing secure cloud architectures You will be a key player in shaping the future of our AWS cloud security posture and will have the opportunity to work on a varity of challenging and rewarding projects.
About the Team:
Gusto's Cloud Security team is a dedicated group within the company that focuses on protecting sensitive customer data and the platform itself. Their work is integrated across various aspects of the company's operations, with a strong emphasis on proactive security measures and a culture of shared responsibility.
Here’s what you’ll do day-to-day:
- Design and implement secure and scalable multi-account AWS strategies, including the automation of account creation and security baseline enforcement.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive IAM strategy for a multi-account ecosystem, focusing on least privilege and role-based access control (RBAC).
- Lead the architectural design and rollout of permissions, ensuring a seamless and secure experience for our developers and operations teams.
- Take ownership of the security of our AWS environment, including the implementation of security controls, monitoring, and incident response.
- Leveraging your deep knowledge of AWS networking services such as VPC, Network Firewall, NAT Gateway, NACLs, Shield, CloudFront, and Cloud WAN.
- Implement and manage encryption standards across all AWS services, including KMS, CloudHSM, Secrets Manager, EBS encryption, and S3 encryption.
- Develop and implement a comprehensive tagging strategy for security and cost management purposes.
- Familiarity with AWS Service control policies (SCPs)
- Familiarity with AWS Config and best practice implementations of security tooling
- Implementation of detections and alerting based on AWS Cloudtrail logs
Here’s what we're looking for:
- 10+ years of experience in a hands-on cloud security role.
- Expert-level knowledge of AWS security best practices and services.
- Proven experience designing and implementing secure multi-account AWS strategies.
- Deep understanding of IAM and experience with implementing least privilege and RBAC in a complex environment.
- Strong network architecture skills and a detailed knowledge of all major AWS network-oriented services.
- Expertise in encryption standards and key management, including KMS, CloudHSM, and Secrets Manager.
- CI/CD expertise.
- IaC (infrastructure as code) expertise.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Our cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $190,000/yr to $210,000/yr in Denver & most remote locations, and $225,000/yr to $245,000/yr in New York, Seattle & San Francisco Bay Area. Stock equity is additional. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience and expertise and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Gusto has physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week (or more depending on role). The same office expectations apply to all Symmetry roles, Gusto's subsidiary, whose physical office is in Scottsdale.
Note: The San Francisco office expectations encompass both the San Francisco and San Jose metro areas.
When approved to work from a location other than a Gusto office, a secure, reliable, and consistent internet connection is required.
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Gusto.
Gusto is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Gusto considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Gusto is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. We want to see our candidates perform to the best of their ability. If you require a medical or religious accommodation at any time throughout your candidate journey, please fill out this form and a member of our team will get in touch with you.
Gusto takes security and protection of your personal information very seriously. Please review our Fraudulent Activity Disclaimer.
Personal information collected and processed as part of your Gusto application will be subject to Gusto's Applicant Privacy Notice.
Gusto, Inc.
A platform offering payroll, benefits, and HR management services tailored for small and medium-sized businesses.
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