Security Engineer (L5) - Cloud Architecture, Tooling and Security at Netflix

Department: Engineering

Compensation

$400,000 – $680,000/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: New York, New York
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 17, 2026

Description

Netflix is hiring a Cloud Security Engineer to design and implement secure cloud access patterns, security boundaries, and identity and access management solutions across AWS and GCP. The role partners with software engineering teams, develops security tooling and data analysis capabilities, performs threat assessments, and helps manage cloud resources and operational security. GCP expertise, cloud security fundamentals, cross-functional collaboration, and experience securing third-party cloud infrastructure are required; the role offers an annual salary of $400,000 to $680,000 and comprehensive benefits.

Required Skills

AWS
GCP
IAM
CloudSec
Security Architecture
Identity Governance
Data Analysis
Threat Assessment

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Experience collaborating with product and engineering teams to design security solutions
Experience securing challenging third-party cloud infrastructure access patterns and vendor integrations
Experience defining metrics to gauge and guide cloud security posture
Preferred Qualifications: Broad and deep understanding of cloud security fundamentals, CloudSec operations, AWS account management, and security architecture
GCP expertise in organization-wide security guardrails and identity governance
Ability to define secure-by-default GCP blueprints, service account management, and foundational security tooling
Strong verbal and written communication skills for cross-functional technical communication
Pragmatic security approach with transparent risk tradeoff analysis
Ability to identify high-leverage work and drive it independently
Ability to build tooling, scripting, and data analysis tools