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Security Engineer

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Caylent is hiring a Security Engineer to strengthen security and compliance across AWS and SaaS environments. The role covers vulnerability management, cloud security assessments, security architecture reviews, automated controls, incident-response support, and developer security training. Candidates need hands-on AWS security tooling, infrastructure as code, scripting, cloud-native security, networking, containers, and secure SDLC practices. This is a fully remote role located in Argentina, working within a global cloud-services organization.
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Argentina
Salary
Undisclosed
Department
Cybersecurity
Employment
Full Time
Experience
Entry-Level, Junior
Published
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8 Dec 2026
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About this role.

Caylent is an AI-first cloud services company that helps organizations turn ambitious ideas into meaningful business impact. As an AWS Premier Tier Services Partner and a charter member of Anthropic’s Claude Partner Network, we combine deep expertise in AWS, artificial intelligence, and Anthropic’s Claude platform to help customers modernize their technology, build intelligent products, and move AI from experimentation into production.

Our capabilities span generative and agentic AI, cloud migration and modernization, cloud-native application development, data and analytics, DevOps, managed services, security and compliance, and customer experience transformation. At Caylent, our people always come first.

We are a fully remote global company with employees in Canada, the United States and Latin America. We celebrate the culture of each of our team members and foster a community of technological curiosity. Come talk to us to learn more about what it means to be a Caylien!

The Mission

We are seeking a talented Security Engineer to join our growing Security team. The right candidate is someone who has a mix of AWS skills, networking familiarity, curiosity in emerging AI technologies, and a knack for tying it all together securely. … Your mission will be helping improve Caylent’s security and compliance posture across AWS and various SaaS environments, improving our vulnerability management processes, and keeping Caylent safe against an onslaught of ever-evolving actors and tactics.

Your Assignment

  • Review or conduct regular security and vulnerability assessments leveraging automated and non-automated methods on cloud-based and mobile workloads.
  • Periodically monitor/audit implementations and ensure they are functioning properly.
  • Identify and advise on technical security requirements, review and approve security architecture and control implementations
  • Research security standards/tools
  • Develop, update, and/or review Security Assessment Reports
  • Develop and tune automated tests and rules, and monitor alerts and alarms for deviations from security standards, particularly using AWS tools such as Inspector, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Lambda, and Security Hub.
  • Identifying, engineering, and building/updating/integrating new and existing security tooling, including cloud-native services
  • Advise project teams on current and projected technical security risks, and recommend mitigation strategies to control risk.
  • Assist internal development teams in defining and updating application threat models and in interpreting security policies, standards, and control requirements.
  • Design vulnerability scans of cloud-based and mobile applications and infrastructure to identify weaknesses, coordinate with app teams to confirm validity of findings, and recommend and assist with mitigations as needed.
  • Work with the security governance team to develop and interpret security standards, and build automated and self-service capabilities that validate application security and compliance status against these standards
  • Research and identify best practices to harden and secure cloud workloads including cloud native, containers, and Kubernetes clusters at scale
  • Coordinate the work of junior team members performing routine and non-routine tasks within the security program.
  • Develop and perform developer-focused training in support of security program goals
  • Support the SecOps on call team for incident response

Your Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree or 2-4 years experience in IT / security roles
  • 3+ years of experience in AWS or other public cloud environments
  • Security+ and/or some other security certifications
  • Experience with IAC languages such as YAML, Terraform, and/or CDK.
  • Experience with scripting languages and tools (bash, powershell, etc)
  • Experience using a modern programming language such as Python, Node.js (preferredD)
    • Others (optional): Typescript, GoLang, Java, C#, Rust, etc
  • Experience working with software and app teams throughout the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
  • Experience with code-defined infrastructure, configuration management tools, and CI/CD
  • AWS security tooling for scanning, monitoring and alerting tools (Inspector, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Lambda, Security Hub)
  • A thorough understanding of operational best practices for security in the cloud
  • Familiarity with containerization patterns with services like ECS, EKS, Fargate, Kubernetes, etc.
  • Proven experience building security reference architecture for all-in AWS cloud deployments
  • A solid understanding of network and web-related protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, UDP, IPSEC, SSL, HTTP, HTTPS, routing protocols)
  • You are comfortable working independently as well as in a collaborative team environment as situation demands
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience with Cloud Native patterns with services like AWS Lambda, API Gateway, etc.
  • Familiarity with and day-to-day knowledge of AI tooling such as Claude and Chatgpt.

Preferred Qualifications

  • AWS Security Specialty or Professional Level Certification and/or an Anthropic certification.
  • Ability to explain/showcase how AI has transformed workloads / processes for you.
  • Experience in a consultative, client-facing consulting role
  • Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
  • Experience and a familiarity of application frameworks such as (RMF, FedRAMP, DoD CC SRG, NIST 800-53, NIST 800-171)
  • Previous experience providing training in RMF or explaining cyber security concepts to others in a training like environment
  • Datadog experience
  • Experience with being on-call / part of an on-call rotation

Benefits

  • Pay in USD
  • 100% remote work
  • Generous holidays and flexible PTO
  • Competitive phantom equity
  • Paid for exams and certifications
  • Peer bonus awards
  • State of the art laptop and tools
  • Equipment & Office Stipend
  • Individual professional development plan
  • Annual stipend for Learning and Development
  • Work with an amazing worldwide team and in an incredible corporate culture

NOTE: This position requires current legal authorization to work in the country where this position is located. Caylent is not able to sponsor visa or work permit applications at this time.

At Caylent, we are committed to fair, transparent, and inclusive hiring practices. As part of our recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools or automated systems to assist with the screening and evaluation of applications to help match candidate qualifications with job requirements.
These tools are designed to support — not replace — human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are always made by our trained recruitment professionals.
If an AI or automated tool is used during your application process, it will only be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations, and your information will be handled in a secure and confidential manner.
If you have any questions, please contact talent@caylent.com

Caylent is a place where everyone belongs. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Our approach helps us to build a winning team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and abilities. So, regardless of how your diversity expresses itself, you can find a home here at Caylent.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. If you would like to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at hr@caylent.com.

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Role DNA

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Job Complexity

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4/5
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Autonomy Level

4/5
GuidedFull ownership

Communication Load

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AI insightThe position combines hands-on AWS security engineering with vulnerability management, cloud architecture, automation, compliance frameworks, and incident-response responsibilities. It also requires advising delivery teams and coordinating junior staff, demanding strong technical judgment and communication.

Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles.

Estimated job median (per year)Highly competitive
$55,000
US market range (per year)$40k–$70k
AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. Caylent does not disclose base salary; it only states that pay is in USD. Annual compensation is inferred as the conventional cadence for a full-time Security Engineer role. The displayed USD market estimate is an AI estimate for a remote Argentina-based cloud security engineer and is not verified employer compensation.

Core skills

Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity.

Sample interview questions
How would you build a scalable vulnerability-management process for AWS workloads?

I would inventory assets and owners, automate discovery and scanning through services such as Amazon Inspector and container scanning, prioritize findings by exploitability and business impact, and route validated issues to accountable teams. I would define remediation SLAs, exceptions, and dashboards, then regularly tune detections to reduce false positives and measure closure trends.

How have you used AWS-native services to detect and investigate security events?

I would centralize CloudTrail, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and relevant application logs into a monitored environment. GuardDuty and Security Hub findings can trigger EventBridge and Lambda workflows for enrichment, ticketing, or containment, while CloudTrail provides the audit trail needed to investigate identity, configuration, and API activity.

What security controls would you prioritize for an EKS-based application platform?

I would enforce least-privilege IAM and workload identities, restrict network paths with security groups and Kubernetes network policies, scan images and enforce admission controls, protect secrets, and centralize audit and runtime logging. I would also establish secure cluster baselines, patching processes, and continuous configuration checks.

How do you help application teams adopt security requirements without slowing delivery?

I translate policies into reusable templates, automated CI/CD checks, clear severity criteria, and self-service guidance. Early threat modeling and reference architectures help teams address risks before implementation, while pragmatic remediation advice and risk-based exceptions prevent security from becoming a late-stage blocker.

Describe your approach to responding to a suspected compromised AWS credential.

I would immediately validate the alert and scope the credential's activity through CloudTrail and related logs. I would revoke or rotate the credential, contain affected resources, identify persistence or lateral movement, preserve evidence, and coordinate communication with the incident team. After recovery, I would document root cause and implement preventive controls such as stronger IAM policies, detection rules, and credential-management improvements.

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