Cloud Security Engineer

Job Description

As a Cloud Security Automation Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, deploying, and maintaining secure cloud infrastructure on AWS while specializing in the creation of security automation solutions and integrations between security tools. Your role combines traditional cloud engineering responsibilities with advanced security automation development, ensuring that security processes are streamlined, scalable, and seamlessly integrated across the environment.

You will design and implement automated security workflows, create custom integrations between security tools, and develop solutions that enhance security posture while reducing manual overhead. In addition to your automation focus, you will perform standard cloud engineering duties including infrastructure provisioning, system administration, performance optimization, and troubleshooting across AWS services.

With 5 years of experience in cloud engineering and security automation, you will possess the technical expertise to build robust, automated security solutions while maintaining and optimizing cloud infrastructure at scale. Your role requires strong programming and automation skills, deep understanding of AWS services, and the ability to create seamless integrations between disparate security tools and platforms. You will collaborate with security, infrastructure, and development teams to ensure that automated security solutions meet business requirements while maintaining operational excellence.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:   Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Security Automation Development:
  • Design and develop custom automation solutions for security processes using Python, Go, or PowerShell
  • Create automated workflows for vulnerability management, compliance checking, and incident response
  • Build serverless automation solutions using AWS Lambda, Step Functions, and EventBridge
  • Develop custom scripts and tools to automate repetitive security tasks and processes

• Security Tool Integration:
  • Design and implement integrations between security tools (SIEM, vulnerability scanners, endpoint protection, etc.)
  • Create API integrations and data pipelines between security platforms and AWS services
  • Develop custom connectors and webhooks for security tool orchestration
  • Implement single sign-on (SSO) and identity federation across security platforms

• Cloud Infrastructure Management:
  • Design, deploy, and maintain AWS cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • Manage and optimize AWS services including EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, Lambda, and container services
  • Perform system administration tasks, performance tuning, and capacity planning
  • Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and provide technical support for cloud environments

• Security Monitoring & Response Automation:
  • Implement automated security monitoring using AWS CloudWatch, GuardDuty, and Security Hub
  • Develop automated incident response playbooks and orchestration workflows
  • Create custom alerting and notification systems for security events
  • Build automated remediation solutions for common security findings and vulnerabilities

• Cloud Security Architecture:
  • Design secure cloud architectures and implement security best practices across AWS services
  • Implement and maintain security controls including IAM policies, Security Groups, and encryption
  • Conduct security assessments and implement automated compliance checking
  • Develop and maintain security standards and documentation for cloud infrastructure

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Five (5) years' experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, or security engineering with at least 3+ years focused on AWS cloud environments and security automation
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
• On-call availability for critical security incidents and infrastructure issues
• Ability to travel 10% of the time
• Ability to clear required background check

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Cloud Engineering & Infrastructure:

• Strong experience with AWS services including EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFormation, and Systems Manager
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK)
• Experience with Linux and Windows system administration and troubleshooting