Cloud Security Engineer -

$125,000 - $125,000/Yr

Unclassified - Bethesda, MD

Full-time

Bethesda, MD

About the position

The Cloud Security Engineer position at a Computer Software company in Bethesda, MD, is focused on providing hands-on technical engineering and ownership of the cloud security program across multiple providers. The role involves collaborating with the R&D group and the Threat Research Team to build secure and robust systems that serve customers. The engineer will be responsible for secure design and architecture of complex web services, enhancing incident detection and response capabilities in the cloud, conducting risk-based security assessments, and developing security tools for cloud instances.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and operate controls to secure cloud-based systems
• Utilize cloud-based APIs to write network/system-level tools for securing cloud environments
• Recognize, adopt, utilize and teach best practices in cloud security engineering
• Promote security throughout projects and build relationships within the team and organization
• Tailor the company’s security policies and standards for cloud environments
• Define, assess, and communicate security risk to product owners
• Develop reference architectures and proof of concept implementations of cloud security environments

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience rationalizing, implementing, operating and maintaining security controls in cloud and hybrid cloud environments
• 3-5 years of experience with security engineering: secure development, cryptography, network security, security operations, systems security, policy, and incident response
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) security, focusing on building highly resilient, multi-region infrastructures
• Strong understanding of AWS services catalog and architecture
• Experience with Shell, C, Perl, Python and developing API clients

Benefits

• Great Pay up to $125K
• Great benefits