Cloud Security Operations Specialist
Core
Lead technical engagements for cloud security reviews, incident response, and remediation across customer AWS environments while serving as the technical authority for a global SOC.
Role type
Senior IC Cloud Security Operations Specialist
Builds
Detective controls, security guardrails, incident response playbooks, and automated remediation pipelines for client AWS estates.
Domain
Cloud Security (AWS)
Required skills
AWS security (GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, Inspector, CloudTrail), Wiz, Datadog, Python/boto3, Terraform/CDK, IAM/SCPs/permission boundaries, cross-account federation, KMS, AWS Organizations/Control Tower/LZA, PCI DSS/HIPAA mapping
Preferred skills
MSSP/security consultancy background, 24/7 SOC collaboration, EventBridge auto-remediation, CI/CD security gates, network security architecture (Transit Gateway, Network Firewall), SOC 2/ISO 27001/NIST/FedRAMP mapping, AWS Security Specialty or Solutions Architect Professional Certification
Technologies
AWS, Wiz, Datadog, Terraform, CDK, Python, boto3, EventBridge
Responsibilities
Lead executive/developer security reviews and build prioritized remediation roadmaps; deploy and tune AWS native tools and Wiz; serve as escalation authority for the SOC team; lead investigations and develop reusable Python/boto3 scripts; architect security guardrails using Terraform or CDK.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
