Sr. Cloud Security Engineer

Duties & Responsibilities:
Vulnerability Remediation & Security Operations
Perform hands-on remediation of infrastructure and cloud vulnerabilities, driving issues to closure within established SLAs and policy requirements
Operate and administer vulnerability management and cloud security posture management (CSPM/DSPM) tooling - managing scan coverage, remediating findings, and reporting on SLA adherence
Identify , prioritize, and remediate cloud misconfigurations and security posture gaps across the organization's Azure subscriptions and infrastructure
Implement and validate security controls across cloud-native services, IaaS, PaaS, and container-based workloads
Maintain and enforce secure configurations across firewalls, network security components, application delivery infrastructure, and compute platforms in partnership with the Security Team
When needed, assist with privileged credential hygiene, certificate lifecycle, and secrets governance across the environment
Support the hardening of Windows and Linux server environments through configuration management and compliance-as-code practices
Maintain awareness of known and emerging vulnerabilities across the full technology stack - cloud services, OS platforms, network components, and application runtimes

Compliance, Policy & Reporting
Monitor and report the organization's compliance posture against established security policies, baselines, and regulatory frameworks
Partner with the Security team to define, author, and maintain cloud and infrastructure security policies - keeping pace with evolving industry trends and regulatory requirements
Review and update existing policies on a regular cadence to reflect changes in the cloud environment and threat landscape
Produce accurate , timely compliance posture reports for leadership - covering baseline adherence, vulnerability SLA performance, and remediation progress
Coordinate and assist in evidence collection and audit maintenance for internal and external organizational assessments, including regulatory audits and third-party risk reviews
Respond to findings from audits, security questionnaires, and internal/external scanning or penetration testing

CI/CD Pipeline & Infrastructure Security
Partner with Software E ngineering and App Security teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and deployment workflows - including secret scanning, least-privilege deployment identities, and secrets management integration
Review and advise on Infrastructure-as-Code ( IaC ) implementations from a security perspective, ensuring patterns align with security baselines and organizational standards
Support secure configuration management across server and cloud environments
Ensure PKI and certificate management practices are maintained across the environment - including TLS/SSL lifecycle, renewal processes, and certificate inventory

Technical Leadership & Mentorship
Serve as an informal technical leader and security subject matter expert across Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering, and adjacent teams
Mentor engineers on security best practices, secure design patterns, and compliance requirements - elevating security competency across the department without direct people management responsibilities
Contribute to architecture and design reviews, providing a security lens on cloud platform decisions in partnership with the Cloud Architect

Cross-Team Collaboration
Cloud Engineering & Platform Engineering - consult on secure architecture, container platform hardening, network segmentation, and pipeline security practices
Identity & Access Management (IAM) - partner on identity governance, privileged access management, and access control policy enforcement
Incident Response / Vulnerability Management - collaborate with the Security Detection & Response team on vulnerability prioritization, SLA tracking, remediation coordination, and incident response activities
Audits & Assessments - provide technical support for evidence gathering, compliance posture reporting, and audit response
Application Development Teams - consult on security requirements for cloud-native application platforms, ensuring developer environments are built securely from the ground up

Additional Requirements:
As part of the evaluation process, candidates who progress beyond the initial screening will be required to complete a formal technical assessment to validate coding proficiency and technical competency.
Preferred Qualifications
Education & Experience
10+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure, or security engineering - with demonstrated hands-on security work, not just advisory
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science , Software/Computing Engineering, Information Security, or related field - or equivalent experience
Technical certifications preferred: AZ-500, SC-100, SC-200, AZ-104, or equivalent cloud/security certifications
Experience working in regulated industries (Financial Services, Insurance, or Health-Tech preferred)
Familiarity with compliance frameworks: NIST, HIPAA, PCI and Minimum Security Baselines (MSBs)

Skills & Abilities
Hands-on experience or significant exposure to the following services and concepts:
Cloud Platform - Azure
Networking & Security: Virtual Networks (VNETs) and peering, NSGs, UDRs, Private Endpoints, Azure Firewall, Application Gateways (including WAF - OWASP ruleset configuration, Detection vs. Prevention mode), ExpressRoute, VPN Gateways, and Azure Bastion
Compute & Containers: Virtual Machines, VM Scale Sets, AKS (Kubernetes), and Container App Environments - including cluster hardening, network policy enforcement, workload identity, and Azure Policy for Kubernetes
Identity & Access: Active Directory (on-prem, hybrid Entra Connect sync), Microsoft Entra ID, Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Conditional Access policy design and enforcement, Azure RBAC (including custom role design), and Entra ID Protection
Security & Compliance Tooling: Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender for Cloud (Defender for Containers, Defender for Servers, Defender CSPM), and Azure Policy
Monitoring & Observability: Azure Monitor - KQL, alert rule configuration, log-based queries, and action group integrations; familiarity with Log Analytics Workspace architecture and log ingestion patterns at scale
Secrets & Certificates: Azure Key Vault and Key Vault CSI Secrets Store driver for AKS
Storage & Recovery: Storage Accounts, Backup Vault, and Azure Site Recovery
Virtual Desktop: Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD)

Security Tooling
Rapid7 - vulnerability management and scanning ( InsightVM or InsightIDR ); scan configuration, reporting, and SLA tracking
Wiz and/or Orca Security - CSPM/DSPM platform experience; cloud misconfiguration identification, prioritization, and remediation workflows
Microsoft Sentinel - SIEM administration, analytics rule management, and data connector configuration; familiarity with security log feeds from edge and email security platforms preferred
Microsoft Defender for Cloud - Defender plans (Servers, Containers, CSPM), agentless scanning, and security recommendation management
Datadog - log management, infrastructure monitoring, and security-adjacent alerting
Identity, Access & Privileged Access Management
Delinea Secret Server (Thycotic) - PAM administration, privileged credential vault management, and access policy configuration
Active Directory + Entra ID - hybrid identity, Entra Connect sync, group policy (GPO), DNS, and DHCP administration
Conditional Access, PIM, and RBAC - policy design, enforcement, and least-privilege access models at enterprise scale
Microsoft Intune - device compliance enforcement as part of a Zero Trust security posture
Certificate Management - PKI, TLS/SSL lifecycle management, certificate inventory, and renewal processes

Network & Perimeter Security
Cloudflare (Enterprise) - CDN, WAF, DDoS protection, and DNS proxy configuration and management
Network routing and VPN - hub-and-spoke topology, route tables, ExpressRoute, and VPN Gateway
Cisco ASAv - virtual firewall configuration and management
DNS, DHCP, and Group Policy - enterprise-scale administration in hybrid environments
DevOps, IaC & Pipeline Security
Azure DevOps (ADO) - CI/CD pipeline security, build agent management, and secure pipeline design
GitHub / GitLab - source control security, branch protection, secret scanning, and pipeline hardening
Infrastructure-as-Code ( IaC ) - Terraform, ARM templates, or Bicep - with a security-first approach to cloud deployments
CHEF - configuration management and compliance-as-code for server fleet hardening and baseline enforcement
Endpoint & Server Platforms
Windows Server - administration, hardening, security baseline enforcement, and Group Policy management
Linux Server - administration, hardening, and security baseline enforcement across enterprise server fleets
Microsoft 365 Suite - Exchange, SharePoint, Teams, and Intune - security configuration and administration

Frameworks & Compliance
Familiarity with NIST, HIPAA, and organizational Minimum Security Baselines (MSBs)
Understanding of Zero Trust architecture principles and how they apply across identity, network, and workload security
Familiarity with PCI-DSS scoped environment security requirements preferred
Experience operating in regulated industries (Financial Services, Insurance, or Health-Tech)

Experience with or exposure to the following developer runtimes and technologies is a plus, as this role will consult on security posture within environments built on:
ASP.NET, .NET, Java (JBoss / Hibernate / JMS), gRPC , Redis, SQL Server

Compensation & Benefits
$125,000- $155,000 per year

Skills Required
Hands-on remediation of infrastructure and cloud vulnerabilities within SLAs
Operate and administer vulnerability management and CSPM/DSPM tooling (e.g., Rapid7, Wiz, Orca)
Deep Azure security experience including VNETs, NSGs, UDRs, Private Endpoints, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway, ExpressRoute, VPN Gateway, Bastion
Experience securing compute and container workloads (VMs, VM Scale Sets, AKS, container app environments) and cluster hardening
Identity and access management experience: Active Directory, Entra ID, PIM, Conditional Access, Azure RBAC
SIEM and detection tooling experience (Microsoft Sentinel) and log/query skills (KQL, Log Analytics)
Secrets, certificate, and PKI lifecycle management (Azure Key Vault, Key Vault CSI driver, TLS/SSL inventory and renewal)
Infrastructure-as-Code and pipeline security experience (Terraform, ARM, Bicep, Azure DevOps, GitHub/GitLab) and secure CI/CD practices
Server hardening and configuration management for Windows and Linux (CHEF, GPO, security baselines)
Operate monitoring/observability (Azure Monitor, Datadog) and respond to security findings
Experience with network and perimeter security (Cloudflare Enterprise, Cisco ASAv, routing, hub-and-spoke topologies)
Support audit activities, evidence collection, compliance reporting, and respond to security questionnaires and penetration testing findings
Complete a formal technical assessment validating coding proficiency and technical competency (required as part of evaluation)
10+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure, or security engineering
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software/Computing Engineering, Information Security, or equivalent experience
Technical certifications preferred (AZ-500, SC-100, SC-200, AZ-104 or equivalent)
Familiarity with compliance frameworks and standards (NIST, HIPAA, PCI, organizational MSBs) and regulated industry experience
Experience with Rapid7, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Wiz/Orca, Datadog, Delinea/Thycotic, and related security tooling
Exposure to developer runtimes and platforms (ASP.NET, .NET, Java, gRPC, Redis, SQL Server) for security consultation