Information Security Engineer 4 - NC, TX, AZ

Job#: 3024862

Job Description:

Client: Financial Services

Team: TBA

Job Title: Information Security Engineer 4

Location: Zone 2 NC, TX, AZ

Contract Length: 6mo

Pay Rate: $69 - $74

Top Requirements

5+ years Information Security Engineering experience (or equivalent via work, training, military, education).

4+ years Terraform/automation (intermediate to advanced).

2+ years Azure & Google Cloud practical experience (services, configurations, workloads, hardening).

Policy-as-Code experience: 1+ year RQL and/or Rego policy development.

Advanced Python programming/automation.

REST API ETL (extract, transform, load) experience.

CI/CD tooling familiarity: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps.

Proven collaboration, communication, and problem-solving; Agile Scrum or Kanban team experience (1+ year).

Plusses

1+ year deep Wiz experience (engineering or support).

Advanced Rego policy automation and API-driven policy creation.

DevSecOps, cloud deployment automation, IaC/PaC expertise.

Automated testing experience.

Kubernetes intermediate-advanced (AKS/GKE/OCP).

Familiarity with CSA, CIS, NIST frameworks; change/incident management in large enterprises.

Security certs (CISSP, GIAC, CISA, CISM, CRISC, CCSK) and Azure/Google Cloud Platform certifications.

Job Summary

In this contingent assignment, the Lead Information Security Engineer (Information Security Engineer 4) joins the CWLS - Posture Management Engineering team within Cybersecurity - Vulnerability & Patch Management to support migration from Prisma Cloud Enterprise to Wiz CNAPP, with a specialization in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). The role designs and tunes cloud misconfiguration and configuration drift detections, engineers CSPM integrations with partner systems (logging, findings delivery), and drives Policy as Code development (Rego), automation, and documentation. This position requires deep collaboration across U.S. and India teams, strong automation expertise, and the ability to lead complex engineering discussions and deliver robust, well-documented solutions.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• Lead engineering for CSPM migration from Prisma Cloud Enterprise to Wiz; serve as SME for Wiz CSPM capabilities/roadmap/best practices.
• Enable, tune, and operationalize Wiz detections for:
  • Public cloud misconfigurations
  • Public cloud configuration drift
  • On-demand scans for developers, including IDE-integrated workflows
• Policy as Code (PaC): Transform security requirements into Rego policies for Wiz CSPM; build semi-automation to accelerate Rego policy development.
• Automation-first delivery using Terraform, Python, and CI/CD (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Azure DevOps).
• Build and maintain API-based ETL processes for findings/data flows; integrate CSPM outputs with partner systems (logging, delivery of findings).
• Lead technical requirements sessions; design/develop complex solutions and contribute to internal code repositories with high code quality.
• Troubleshoot and resolve support escalations related to Wiz CSPM.
• Produce high-quality documentation (designs, runbooks, policies, integrations).
• Enable teammates: Train others on PaC semi-automation tooling/approach.
• Operate effectively in a virtual, distributed team across U.S. and India.
• Execute with urgency in a fast-paced environment with aggressive deadlines; manage multiple high-priority deliverables.

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