AWS Cloud Security Engineer
Core
Design, implement, and maintain security controls across AWS cloud environments, ensuring compliance with industry standards and embedding security into infrastructure layers.
Role type
Senior AWS Cloud Security Engineer
Builds
Secure AWS architectures, CI/CD pipelines, and automated compliance checks
Domain
Cloud Security / AWS Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, IAM), Cloud security frameworks (CIS, NIST, HIPAA, FedRAMP), Threat modeling, Vulnerability scanning, Penetration testing, Incident response, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation), CI/CD integration (GitHub Actions, CodeBuild, ArgoCD), Python, Bash
Preferred skills
AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, CISSP, CISM, GIAC
Technologies
AWS (IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, Config, Sentry, Datadog), Terraform, CloudFormation, GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, ArgoCD, Helm, Docker
Responsibilities
Design and implement secure architectures within AWS; Implement centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting solutions; Automate security controls and compliance checks with IaC; Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines; Support incident detection, investigation, and response; Assist in account handoff validation and deployment pipeline monitoring.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
