Cloud Security Engineer, Splunk Expert

City : Austin

State : Texas

Neos is Seeking a Cloud Security Engineer, Splunk Expert for a contract role for with our client in Austin, TX.

***HYBIRD (AUSTIN) or REMOTE - CANDIDATES CURRENTLY RESIDING IN THE AUSTIN, TEXAS AREA OR IN U.S. NEED APPLY***

This position is Remote, outside of Austin

Local candidates will be Hybrid - 1 day per week in office, Wednesdays

located at 5500 E. Oltorf ST, Austin, TX 78741

No calls, no emails, please respond directly to the "apply" link with your resume and contact details.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

The Network Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security controls that protect cloud infrastructure, cloud-native applications, and artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) platforms. The role focuses on reducing risk, ensuring compliance, and enabling secure innovation in cloud and AI environments.

Key Responsibilities
Design, implement, and manage security controls for cloud platforms, including infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS), and cloud-native workloads
Secure AI and ML systems, including model development environments, training pipelines, data pipelines, APIs, and inference services
Assess and mitigate risks related to cloud misconfigurations, identity and access management, data exposure, and insecure APIs
Implement and maintain cloud security tooling such as CSPM, CWPP, CIEM, container security, and API security solutions
Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, data science, and AI teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and ML workflows (DevSecOps / MLOps)
Conduct security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments for cloud and AI initiatives
Define and enforce security standards, guardrails, and best practices for cloud and AI environments
Monitor cloud and AI environments for security events, investigate alerts, and support incident response activities
Using TTP Add/Modify Splunk alerts to triage notables
Ensure protection of sensitive data used in AI systems through encryption, key management, data loss prevention, and privacy controls
Support compliance with regulatory, contractual, and internal security requirements (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR)
Stay current on emerging cloud and AI threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices

The above job description and requirements are general in nature and may be subject to change based on the specific needs and requirements of the organization and project.

CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

8 years Required - Proven work in security architecture, demonstrating solutions delivery, principles and emerging technologies, designing and implementing security solutions. Continuous monitoring and making improvements to those solutions.

8 years Required - Designing and implementing the security measures needed to protect data stored on public clouds against unauthorized access, including secure authentication methods, encryption, access control lists, intrusion detection systems, firewalls, other measures

8 years Required - Understanding of multi-cloud security architectures covering infrastructure, information security tools, cloud-based application security and other cloud-based technology and infrastructure architectures

8 years Required - Consulting and engineering in the development and design of security best practices and implementation of solid security principles across the organization, to meet business goals along with customer and regulatory requirements

8 years Required - Proven expertise in security considerations of cloud computing including data breaches, broken authentication, hacking, account hijacking, malicious insiders, third parties, APTs, data loss and DoS attacks

8 years Required - Knowledge and understanding of threat analysis and assessment of potential and current information security risk/threats and designing solutions to mitigate those threats

8 years Required - Knowledge and experience working with relevant National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) standards

8 years Required - Knowledge and experience working with ISO27001 specifications for a framework of policies and procedures that include all legal, physical and technical controls involved in an organization's risk management

8 years Required - Experience with SPLUNK, creating alerts, executive reports, dashboards

8 years Required - Designing and developing security architectures that align with an organization's strategic goals, including creation of architectural artifacts for key technology initiatives

8 years Required - Ability to resolve complex security issues in diverse and decentralized environments; to learn, communicate, and teach new information and security technologies; and to communicate effectively

8 years Required - Conduct forensic investigations on cyberattacks to determine how they occurred and how they can be prevented in the future

8 years Required - Creating, reviewing, and updating security policies and standards for public, private, and hybrid cloud contexts

Preferred Qualifications

3 years Preferred - GSEC, CEH, CISA, CCSP desired

3 years Preferred - Certification as an AWS Solutions Architect, Cloud Security Certification, and/or OpenStack Administrator Certification a plus

3 years Preferred - Experience with Endpoint Detection and Response (i.e., EndGame, Crowdstrike, CyberReason)

3 years Preferred - Experience with Email Threat Management (i.e., Proofpoint, MimeCast, Microsoft)

3 years Preferred - Experience with SIEM engineering, design, management, or analysis (i.e., Splunk, Rapid7, SumoLogic)

3 years Preferred - Experience with Data Loss Protection and Cloud Access Security Brokers (i.e., Symantec, Microsoft, Bitglass, Netskope)

3 years Preferred - Experience with Cloud Enterprise Network Security (i.e., Cisco Umbrella, Palo Alto, ZScaler)

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