Cloud Security Engineer

Brmi

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

BRMi is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer who will serve as a subject matter expert with hands-on experience in cloud technologies, tools, and methodologies, particularly focusing on Microsoft Azure. This role is ideal for an experienced Cloud Engineer with a solid understanding of enterprise security, tasked with building tool sets and processes to support our Cloud program. The Cloud Organization at BRMi promotes a collaborative environment and is dedicated to developing a best-in-class Cloud program that safeguards information and cloud computing environments. The position allows for 100% remote work in various states including TX, NJ, NC, WV, AL, VA, MD, MO, DC, GA, or FL. The successful candidate will contribute to the vision and strategy for integrated security controls across Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) within the Navy's Azure environment. They will demonstrate a clear understanding of current risks and threats to Cloud infrastructure, effectively communicating these to both technical and managerial audiences. The role involves driving Identity and Access Management (IAM), configuration management, and monitoring strategies for Azure, as well as providing security consultancy and engineering support for cloud security solutions. This includes analyzing and developing Azure and other security solutions, ensuring architecture assurance on Cloud security initiatives, and maintaining compliance with existing security standards while interfacing with infrastructure and development teams. Additionally, the Cloud Security Engineer will be responsible for maintaining security infrastructure tools built on the Cloud platform, supporting the development and delivery of a comprehensive Information Security Program (ISP) for the organization, and documenting all security products, tools, technologies, and processes. They will also participate in Information Security Incident Response activities, respond to security vulnerabilities identified through audits and assessments, manage remediation efforts for any gaps reported, and actively monitor new and emerging cloud security technologies and trends to assess their applicability to the cloud strategy.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the vision, strategy, and execution for integrated security controls across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS for Navy's Azure environment.
• Demonstrate understanding of current risks and threats to Cloud infrastructure for technical and managerial audiences.
• Drive Identity and Access Management (IAM), configuration management, and monitoring strategy for Azure.
• Provide security consultancy and engineering support for cloud security solutions, including analysis and development of Azure and other security solutions.
• Provide architecture assurance on Cloud security initiatives and compliance with existing security standards.
• Maintain security infrastructure tools built on the Cloud platform, ensuring stability and adherence to policies and procedures.
• Support the development and delivery of a comprehensive ISP for the organization.
• Develop and maintain documentation of all Security products, including tools, technologies, and processes.
• Participate in Information Security Incident Response activities for the NFCU's environment.
• Respond to security vulnerabilities identified through audits and assessments of Cloud services.
• Manage remediation efforts for gaps reported in audits or recommended process improvements.
• Monitor new and emerging cloud security technologies, trends, issues, and solutions.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Access control technologies such as Azure AD B2C; SAML SSO, oAuth 2.0 configuration, set-up and operations management.
• Experience with certificate management for IaaS and PaaS elements.
• Experience with Azure AD, Azure Resource Management Templates, and Azure policies.
• Experience with Azure Key Vault integration and key management.
• Experience with VSTS release management for Azure Key Vault and other IaaS and PaaS elements.
• Hands-on development and scripting skills in PowerShell.
• 7+ years' experience working in a technical role with a minimum of 3 years focused on information security and access control.
• Strong knowledge of information security and access controls.
• Industry certification (CISSP, CISA, CISM, CEH) is of high interest.
• Financial industry experience preferred.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with CheckPoint Next Generation Firewall and Threat Prevention Suite.