Senior Cloud Security Engineer - WAF Specialist
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Job description
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to architect and operationalize Datavant's enterprise Edge Defense strategy within the Secure Product & Infrastructure program.
This role is accountable for defining long-term WAAP architecture, standardizing protection patterns across verticals, and ensuring scalable, automated coverage for all internet-facing workloads.
You will operate at a systems level and serve as a senior security partner to Engineering teams-shaping architectural direction, influencing roadmap decisions, and ensuring edge protection scales with the business.
We are looking for a true senior-level engineer who can own program-level outcomes, not just implement controls.
What You Will Do
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Define and evolve the enterprise Edge Defense architecture across cloud-native, CDN-layer, and hybrid environments.
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Lead cross-vertical rollout of standardized WAAP patterns, replacing fragmented or manually managed implementations with automated, enforceable models.
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Drive vendor evaluation, integration, and lifecycle governance for WAAP technologies.
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Establish infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code frameworks that make secure edge protection the default path for Engineering teams.
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Partner deeply with Platform and Product Engineering during system design to prevent downstream security debt.
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Define and track program-level KPIs for edge protection, including coverage, enforcement maturity, drift reduction, onboarding velocity, and detection quality.
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Mentor and elevate other security engineers in edge and cloud security domains.
Requirements
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Deep experience designing and operating WAAP or WAF controls at scale across multi-account and multi-environment deployments.
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Proven ability to architect security programs, including governance models, automation strategy, lifecycle management, and cross-team alignment.
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Strong infrastructure-as-code expertise and experience building reusable modules and guardrails adopted across teams.
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Demonstrated success serving as a trusted, customer-oriented security partner to Engineering leadership.
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Ability to influence without authority and navigate competing priorities across verticals.
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Strong operational instincts and experience designing for long-term maintainability and response integration.
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Comfort operating in regulated environments and designing controls that scale across commercial and compliance-constrained systems.
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Active use of AI-assisted development tools to accelerate infrastructure and security engineering work, with appropriate validation discipline.
What Helps You Stand Out
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You have architected or materially transformed a WAAP or edge protection program across multiple engineering verticals.
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You have led vendor migrations or platform consolidations in the edge protection space.
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You have authored Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) that shaped long-term security architecture and influenced senior engineering leadership.
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You have defined measurable security KPIs that guided roadmap investment and engineering alignment.
Benefits & conditions
- You are known for reducing architectural complexity while increasing automation, coverage, and engineering confidence.
We are committed to building a diverse team of Datavanters who are all responsible for stewarding a high-performance culture in which all Datavanters belong and thrive. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected status.
At Datavant our total rewards strategy powers a high-growth, high-performance, health technology company that rewards our employees for transforming health care through creating industry-defining data logistics products and services.
The range posted is for a given job title, which can include multiple levels. Individual rates for the same job title may differ based on their level, responsibilities, skills, and experience for a specific job.
The estimated total cash compensation range for this role is:
$184,000-$230,000 USD
To ensure the safety of patients and staff, many of our clients require post-offer health screenings and proof and/or completion of various vaccinations such as the flu shot, Tdap, COVID-19, etc. Any requests to be exempted from these requirements will be reviewed by Datavant Human Resources and determined on a case-by-case basis. Depending on the state in which you will be working, exemptions may be available on the basis of disability, medical contraindications to the vaccine or any of its components, pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions, and/or religion.
