Senior Cloud Security and Automation Engineer

Organon - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Jersey City, NJ

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Cloud Security and Automation Engineer will be responsible for defining, building, and implementing security capabilities in a multi-cloud environment. This role involves enhancing the cloud security posture through automation of security controls and remediation. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure the security and compliance of cloud-based systems and services, requiring a blend of technical expertise, strategic thinking, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate and implement security tools and technologies to enhance cloud security capabilities and manage their lifecycle.
• Oversee day-to-day security operations in the cloud, including threat detection, incident response, and vulnerability management in IaC and Containers.
• Lead the response to security incidents and breaches in cloud systems, coordinating with cross-platform teams and leveraging cloud security, SIEM and cloud-native tools.
• Provide training and professional development opportunities to cross-platform engineering and operations team members and democratize cloud security.
• Exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining best results implementing security practices.
• Work under minimal supervision with general guidance from Technical Manager and provide direction and guidance on Cloud Security to cross functional teams.

Requirements

• BS Degree in Computer Science or related field.
• At least five years functional and technical experience with Cloud technologies, three plus years experience in cloud security and a minimum of 2 years in DevOps and Container technologies.
• Fluent in English, in both verbal and written communication.
• Strong understanding of enterprise security solutions such as Wiz, Microsoft Defender, CrowdStrike, Splunk, Taegis, and Cloud Native tools.
• Strong experience building and implementing auto remediation frameworks in AWS and Azure, building playbooks to remediate cloud resources.
• Strong experience automating provisioning of cloud resources using AWS Service Management Connector, CloudFormation, Terraform, Azure Resource Manager and implementing pipeline-based deployment.
• Technical understanding and experience with cloud networking within AWS/Azure cloud environments.
• Understanding of Cloud Security Frameworks like FedRamp, NIST, ISO, etc., and Well-Architected Cloud Frameworks.
• Strong ability to review architectural patterns for security in both AWS and Azure.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree preferred
• Awareness of developments in AI/ML Technologies within AWS and Azure.
• Understanding operating systems and hardware/software platforms, including VDI infrastructure.
• An understanding of network security, architecture and segmentation.
• An understanding of encryption technologies and best practices.
• Operational support and/or incident response experience.
• Exceptional ability to prioritize work within a dynamic and ever-changing threat and technology landscape.
• Proficiency with platform reliability engineering.
• Ability to mentor, inspire, influence and motivate junior staff.
• Experience in managing vendors and managed service partners.

Benefits

• Retirement savings plan
• Paid vacation and holiday time
• Paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• Health benefits including medical, prescription drug, dental, and vision coverage