Position title : Cloud Security Engineer
Location : Charlotte NC
Duration : 12+ Months
Interview Process : 1 round - virtual
Possibility for Extension
: Yes
*Work Location: Hybrid (3 days remote, 2 days in office)
Candidate location - Candidates local to South Carolina are required. Candidates local to Georgia or North Carolina will be considered if they are willing to relocate to South Carolina at their own expense. *
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
The Senior Cloud Security Engineer will collaborate with Product Owners, Applications Owners, Network and
Security teams to design and deliver optimal solutions for large-scale app and infrastructure cloud solutions.
Candidates should possess proficiency in both public and hybrid cloud models. Exceptional consulting skills
and the ability to clearly derive desired states from customer requests are essential. The role also requires the
ability to work with delivery teams. Importantly, this role is hands-on in delivery, requiring active involvement
in the implementation and execution of security solutions. This is not a developer role.
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DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
* Design and deploy highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure and apps with a focus on AWS and Azure Cloud.
* Design and develop automation to build cloud security accelerators and IP.
* Experience with Security Operations teams to build and maintain SIEM, SOAR and XDR technology.
* Analyze and resolve configuration issues in development, test, and production environments.
* Familiar with major security compliance frameworks and building effective monitoring, logging, and auditing of production systems to ensure compliance with mandated compliance policies (e.g., NIST, HIPAA, PII, SOX, PCI, CMMC, CUI, etc.).
* Experience implementing secure (zero trust) infrastructure in cloud.
* Security experience with state and local government customers
* Open to Travel as needed to customer engagements
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
* 5-10 YEARS' EXPERIENCE IN INFORMATION SECURITY AND ENGINEERING
* EXPERIENCE DESIGNING AND MAINTAINING INFRASTRUCTURE IN AWS/AZURE
* CLOUD SECURITY DESIGN, OPERATIONS, AND AUTOMATION EXPERIENCE
* EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS, BOTH WRITTEN AND VERBAL
* DOCUMENTATION OF SECURITY TOOLS, DEPLOYMENT CONFIGURATION, INCIDENT REPORTS, ETC.
PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
EXPERIENCE DEPLOYING, CONFIGURING AND MAINTAINING CLOUD VM SERIES PALO ALTO FIREWALLS IN AWS AND AZURE PRISMA CLOUD FORESCOUT CISCO UMBRELLA PALO ALTO FIREWALLS F5 LOAD BALANCING/FIREWALL
REQUIRED EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS:
* BACHELOR’S DEGREE OR EQUIVALENT EXPERIENCE.
* MUST HOLD AWS OR AZURE CERTIFICATION
PREFERRED CERTIFICATIONS : CISSP - CERTIFIED
INFORMATION SYSTEMS SECURITY PROFESSIONAL
SC100 - MICROSOFT CYBERSECURITY ARCHITECT
AWS CERTIFIED CLOUD SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT,
PRISMA CERTIFIED CLOUD SECURITY ENGINEER,
PCNSA, PCNSE