Principal Cloud Security Engineer
Core
Design, implement, and maintain security controls for hybrid cloud environments, automate security operations, and provide statistical risk analyses to business partners.
Role type
Principal Cloud Security Engineer (hands-on IC)
Builds
Secure cloud infrastructure, automated security pipelines, and compliance frameworks for a space company
Domain
Space industry + Cloud Security
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
Cloud security architecture, scripting (Bash, PowerShell, Python), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Puppet), cloud security tools (AWS Security Hub, Azure Security Center, GCP Security Command Center), vulnerability management (Tenable, Trivy, OpenSCAP), IAM, DevSecOps/MLOps integration, data analytics (PowerBI, Jupyter, Cloud Custodian, Panther), networking, encryption, version control (Git)
Preferred skills
AWS GovCloud/Azure GCC High experience, CI/CD pipeline security, SAST/DAST testing, secrets management, log aggregation (ELK, Splunk, Graylog)
Technologies
AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Tenable, Trivy, OpenSCAP, PowerBI, Jupyter, Cloud Custodian, Panther, Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, PostgreSQL, SQLite, Parquet, Arrow
Responsibilities
Design and implement security controls for hybrid cloud environments; develop custom automation for cyber team objectives; conduct security assessments and risk analyses; manage IAM solutions; integrate security best practices into SDLC/DevOps/MLOps; maintain systems for emerging threats; support incident response and compliance audits
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic risk analysis
