Senior Cloud Engineer - Governance

Location: U.S. Remote

Salary: $145K–$160K per year, plus equity and bonus.

Company

hirify.global provides an identity security platform for controlling and auditing access by AI agents, humans, and machines across on-premises, multi-cloud, and ephemeral infrastructure.

What you will do

• Develop, implement, monitor, and enforce cloud governance frameworks and policies aligned with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Secure cloud infrastructure through compliance controls, security assessments, audits, IAM policies, hardware security keys, and Zero Trust practices.
• Monitor cloud usage and costs, optimize spending, and report cost and usage trends to senior leadership and Finance.
• Automate repetitive cloud management operations and develop CI/CD pipelines for policy and cloud service provider management.
• Partner with development and security teams to integrate governance into workflows while minimizing unnecessary restrictions.
• Provide training and guidance to development teams and respond to governance incidents, including root cause analysis.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.
• Proven ability to manage an enterprise-scale Entra environment and implement Zero Trust strategies protecting identities, endpoints, data, applications, and infrastructure.
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, or Bash and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Azure Resource Manager templates, and/or CloudFormation Templates.
• Experience managing large-scale cloud service provider accounts and vendor relationships.
• Proven ability to align cloud environments with GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, FedRAMP, and NIST compliance standards.
• Expertise in IAM, with strong experience in SAML, OIDC, and just-in-time privilege elevation.
• Experience with cloud cost management tools, cost analysis, and reporting.
• Excellent communication, teamwork, collaboration, analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to explain complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders and prioritize multiple tasks.
• Previous experience in a similar cloud governance role.

Nice to have

• Relevant cloud certifications, such as Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, self-motivated, and innovation-focused work environment guided by the values of spiritedness, trust, respect, ownership, nimbleness, and global collaboration.
• Competitive salary, meaningful bonus program, and equity.
• Healthcare insurance, pension or retirement matching, comprehensive life insurance, employee assistance program, time off plans, and paid company holidays.
• Employment is subject to a comprehensive criminal background check and verification of education and employment; publicly posted social media may also be reviewed.