Cloud Security Engineer

Aliron International - Newark, NJ

Full-time

Newark, NJ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Cloud Security Engineer is responsible for designing, building, and implementing enterprise-class security solutions and controls in production cloud environments, specifically focusing on AWS and Azure technologies. This role requires a strong foundation in cloud security, the ability to communicate security concepts effectively, and the development of deployable solutions that align business and information security requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop guidelines and review security configurations related to AWS / Azure Cloud deployments and common web application frameworks
• Design, plan, and implement security tools, controls, policies, and processes
• Utilize experiences in AWS, Azure cloud environments to assist developer teams in maintaining the security of environments throughout deployment
• Support the administration and management of native cloud security services and other solutions deployed to secure cloud infrastructure
• Serve as an escalation path for team members to troubleshoot security-related inquiries
• Deep experience with AWS: VPCs, IAM, security groups, EC2, EBS, Lambda, Cloud Watch Events, etc.
• Experience and knowledge integrating enterprise scale security solutions in AWS and/or Azure, including user, security, and networking configurations
• Experience integrating marketplace leading vulnerability management, threat management, monitoring, and data protection processes and platform tools
• Experience building and operating automated security operations, including scripting configuration automation
• A history of delivering and understanding security controls in federal environments
• Experience with CI/CD - Deployment pipelines, and automated build and configuration tools such as Jenkins and Terraform
• Strong knowledge of industry trends in security technology
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to partner and collaborate with both engineers and business users on architecture vision and security model
• Action-oriented with a high standard for quality and performance
• Proactive at finding solutions to complex problems

Requirements

• Strong foundation across Amazon Web Services technology stack and AWS security offerings
• Ability to communicate security and risk-related concepts
• Experience in AWS, Azure cloud environments
• Experience with CI/CD - Deployment pipelines, and automated build and configuration tools such as Jenkins and Terraform
• Excellent communication skills
• Proactive problem-solving skills

Nice-to-haves

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional