Senior Cloud Security Engineer (Remote)
Progressive Leasing is a leading provider of in-store and e-commerce lease-to-own solutions. As an almost 20+ year old FinTech company that has gone from start-up to industry leader, we know how to innovate, simplify, and value all people. We are a company founded on our grit and we are constantly looking to the future. As an ever-evolving group of entrepreneurs and technologists, we strive to do the right thing period in all aspects of our work. We are a subsidiary of PROG Holdings (NYSE: PRG), an exciting FinTech holding company, with three business segments including Progressive, Vive Financial, and Four, a Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) platform.
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to drive the development, implementation, and management of cloud security strategies. You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust security controls across our cloud environments (AWS, Azure). You’ll collaborate with DevOps, Engineering, and Compliance teams to build secure-by-design solutions and continuously improve our cloud security. If you thrive in both strategic planning and hands-on execution, we want to hear from you!
This role is a work from home position and can be performed remotely anywhere in the continental US or in our corporate headquarters in Utah.
Your Day-to-day
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to drive the development, implementation, and management of cloud security strategies. You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust security controls across our cloud environments (AWS, Azure). You’ll collaborate with DevOps, Engineering, and Compliance teams to build secure-by-design solutions and continuously improve our cloud security. If you thrive in both strategic planning and hands-on execution, we want to hear from you!
This role is a work from home position and can be performed remotely anywhere in the continental US or in our corporate headquarters in Utah.
Your Day-to-day
- Support the development and enforcement of cloud security policies, standards, and governance processes.
- Create solutions and processes to identify, resolve and mitigate cloud security risk.
- Lead the implementation of cloud security controls, ensuring compliance with best practices and industry standards.
- Ensure comprehensive logging, monitoring, and alerting coverage for cloud-based workloads and services.
- Evaluate and support both 3rd party and cloud native security capabilities to enhance visibility and protection.
- Collaborate with Security Operations on cloud incident response efforts and threat detection tuning.
- Perform threat modeling and security reviews for new and existing cloud services.
- Monitor and assess cloud security risks, ensuring adherence to compliance standards (NIST, SOC 2, PCI DSS).
- Work cross-functionally with IT to enhance cloud security.
- Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate automation of security controls into CI/CD pipelines (DevSecOps).
- Design cloud security metrics, dashboards, and reporting for senior leadership.
- Advocate for cloud security best practices across the organization.
- 5+ years of experience in cloud security, infrastructure security, or a related field.
- Deep expertise with AWS preferred.
- Strong understanding of automation tools and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.).
- Hands-on experience with CNAPP and other related 3rd party cloud security capabilities.
- Familiarity with cloud-native security services (e.g., AWS GuardDuty, Azure Defender).
- Strong knowledge of IAM, network security, encryption, data protection, and logging and monitoring best practices in AWS and Azure.
- Experience with container security (Kubernetes, Docker, EKS).
- Exposure to governance and policy development aligned with standards like NIST, SOC 2, PCI DSS, or CIS Benchmarks.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to lead cloud security initiatives independently.
- Excellent communication skills to present cloud security insights to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Enterprise Impact – Partnering to develop cloud security strategy and influence security at scale.
- Collaborative Culture – Join a team that offers the opportunity to collaborate with outstanding people, while promoting innovation and security best practices.
- Gain well rounded experience - Progressive Leasing offers a diverse and dynamic environment where you will get the chance to work across multiple areas of the business.
- Fully Remote
- Competitive Compensation
- Full Health Benefits; Medical/Dental/Vision/Lif Insurance + Paid Parental Leave
- Company Matched 401k
- Paid Time Off + Paid Holidays + Paid Volunteer Hours
- Employee Resource Groups (Black Inclusion Group, Women in Leadership, PRIDE, Adelante)
- Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Charitable Gift Matching