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Cloud Security Engineer

120k – 145kUnited StatesSecurity EngineeringRemote5+ YOE
Summary

Cloud Security Engineer leads secure cloud configurations in AWS (primary), Azure, and GCP, owning governance, IAM, vulnerability management, and secure-by-default patterns for engineering teams. Requires 5+ years experience with deep AWS security expertise and Terraform proficiency.

About the role

Responsibilities

Cloud Governance & Guardrails

  • Lead deployment and optimization of AWS Control Tower, Security Hub, and AWS WAF for secure multi-account strategy.

Cloud Security Platform Ownership

  • Own security outcomes across AWS (primary), Azure (secondary), and limited GCP, including landing zone standards, guardrails-as-code, detection, and remediation automation.

Secure-by-Default Engineering

  • Design reusable secure cloud patterns, hardened Terraform modules, reference architectures, and baseline configurations.

Container Security

  • Secure EKS and ECS environments with runtime protection, image scanning, and least-privilege orchestration.

Security Assessment & Roadmap

  • Perform baseline assessments, identify gaps, and provide prioritized recommendations.

Identity & Access Management

  • Design and enforce least-privilege IAM across AWS accounts and workloads.

Operational Excellence

  • Develop secure configuration standards, documentation, and procedures.

Detection & Telemetry Ownership

  • Ensure complete, centralized security telemetry (CloudTrail, GuardDuty, VPC Flow logs).

Cloud Security & Compliance Alignment

  • Align configurations with ISO 27001, SOC 2; automate evidence collection.

Third-Party Integration

  • Manage secure access for security vendor tools.

Incident Response

  • Participate in on-call rotation; serve as SME for cloud security incidents.

Vulnerability & Exposure Management

  • Build cloud vulnerability program with SLAs, scanning, and patch workflows (AWS Inspector, ECR).

Cloud Security Tooling Ownership

  • Onboard and tune CSPM and MDR integrations.

Secrets, Keys, and Credential Hygiene

  • Implement secure secrets management (Secrets Manager, Parameter Store, Vault), KMS strategy.

CI/CD and Supply Chain Security

  • Secure software delivery pipeline with policy-as-code, artifact integrity.

Cloud Incident Readiness & Exercises

  • Build playbooks and run tabletop exercises.

Multi-Cloud & Hybrid Baselines

  • Establish security baselines for Azure, GCP, hybrid connectivity.

Security Metrics & Continuous Improvement

  • Define and report key metrics.

Leadership and Execution

  • Mentor engineers and provide enablement.

Requirements

  • 5–8+ years in Information Security, 3+ years AWS Cloud Security.
  • Deep AWS experience: IAM, VPC, S3, KMS, GuardDuty, Inspector, Config.
  • Strong Terraform for IaC.
  • Experience securing EKS/ECS.
  • Basic Azure security knowledge.
  • Consultative mindset, collaborative, automation-focused.
  • Bachelor’s degree in CS, InfoSec, or equivalent.
  • Desirable: AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Azure security certs.
Skills
AWSTerraformIAMGuardDutyAWS InspectorEKSECSAzureKubernetesCloudTrailSecurity HubAWS WAFSecrets ManagerKMSCSPM
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