Cloud Security Software Engineer

The role

You will translate complex systems requirements into autonomous, production-ready AI tools. You will build agent-driven workflows for platforms like a FedRAMP High Cloud-Native SIEM and Tier 1 Agentic SOC.

What you will do

• Integrate the Cloud Security Plane of solutions
• Build agent-driven workflows for FedRAMP High Cloud-Native SIEM and Tier 1 Agentic SOC
• Build around AWS Well-Architected Framework and NIST security controls
• Engineer Triage Agents to ingest, enrich, deduplicate, and disposition data
• Engineer Investigation Agents to execute multi-step investigations and assemble evidence bundles
• Engineer Reporting & Threat Intel Agents to fetch, normalize, and draft operational reporting

Required qualifications

• U.S. citizenship required
• Active Secret clearance required or previously held Secret clearance with eligibility to obtain/reinstate US Secret
• Strong programming foundation in Python, Go, or TypeScript
• Demonstrated AI/LLM experience, including autonomous agents, local model frameworks, or advanced coding-assistant workflows
• Ability to translate complex systems requirements into functional autonomous AI tools
• Understanding of cloud-native security concepts, including identity, logging pipelines, least-privilege design, and secure API interaction
• Familiarity with agentic patterns, including tool-use orchestration, multi-step reasoning, prompt-injection resilience, and autonomous workflow design
• Strong reasoning and debugging skills for benchmarking agent precision and validating autonomous behavior
• Comfort operating in high-velocity, high-accountability environments
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• Ability to obtain Security+ within the first year
• Demonstrated skills with FedRAMP iridium baseline FedRAMP-I

Nice to have

• Exposure to cloud security frameworks: NIST SP 800-53, NIST SP 800-318, NIST SP 800-171, FedRAMP High, SOC 2, Type II and Type IV, CIS Benchmarks, OWASP
• Experience with AWS security and observability tooling
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible) or cloud-native automation pipelines
• Familiarity with SIEM/SOC workflows, log ingestion patterns, enrichment pipelines, and evidence-bundle generation
• Experience designing or consuming secure tool interfaces
• Contributions to open-source AI projects, personal agentic labs, or published research
• Understanding of Zero Trust, secure software development practices, and cloud-native threat modeling

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision coverage
• FSA/HSA
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Fully remote workplace
• Technology stipend

Before you apply

• U.S. citizenship required
• Active Secret clearance required or previously held Secret clearance with eligibility to obtain/reinstate US Secret
• Must be authorized to work for any US employer in the United States
• Locality Media LLC is unable to sponsor or transition sponsorship ownership of employment visas
• Hiring is contingent upon candidates successfully passing a criminal background check

About the company

First Due’s mission is to prevent first responder injury or death by providing fire and EMS agencies with transformative, end-to-end software solutions.