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Sr. AWS Cloud Engineer / Sr. Security Cloud Operations Engineer with VPC , CSP , VPN , IAC , Terraform , FedRamp , Cloud Security , CISSP- NJ/Basking Ridge - Hybrid work
Requisition Name: Sr. Cloud Engineer / Sr. Security Cloud Operations Engineer
Start Date: 11/3/2025
Duration: 112 Weeks
Services Location: Dallas TX
Description Of Services:
Support engineer for customers, as well as the more junior members of the team Work with the customer and lead architect on designing and implementing Virtual Private Cloud VPC environments, including compute, storage, database, networking, security etc. in the CSP ecosystem Deep technical expertise across multiple technical domains including cloud computing, security, identity and access management and IT infrastructure. Strong technical knowledge on AWS Infrastructure & security services (EC2, ELB, Guardduty, Config, Inspector, Security Hub, RDS, Route53, S3, vpc, vpn, tgw, cloudwatch, cloudtrail, eventbridge, etc.) Hands on experience in terraform IaC deployments and ability to implement security automation. Strong experience working on enterprise security solutions such as WAF, IPS, DDOS, and SIEM. Good technical experience managing products like Splunk enterprise security, Tenable Nessus, PaloAlto firewall, Cortex XSOAR. Cloud security knowledge in the areas of CSPM, Endpoint security solutions and Vulnerability Management. Familiarity with DevSecOps tools and processes, and CI/CD systems Experience with cloud containers and/or Kubernetes security best practices. Good understanding of security controls related to regulatory requirements, such as NIST, PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA compliance etc Deploy/Manage CSP environments including VPN solutions between regions and subnets Manage CSP Image architecture including the development of machine templates and blueprints Leading junior team members through deployment and implementation of systems infrastructure projects and overseeing the Cloud environments based on customer requirements Validation to ensure that the environment meets all security and compliance controls Leveraging written and verbal communication skills to work directly with customers and translate business needs into technical requirements for implementation Creating knowledge articles and run books for solutions developed Mentoring junior members of the team Architecture certification (Google, Amazon, Azure) from a major cloud platform. Information Security Certification is a plus: ISO 27001, CISSP or CISM or other equivalent. Experience working on FedRamp compliant projects is a plus. Experience working in 24x7 Operations and Managed Service model, supporting external customers. Long working knowledge and experience of AWS (Azure and Google Cloud Platform optional) Services and Offerings such as Infrastructure, Networking, Messaging, Application Services, Migration Services, Cost Management Platform Working knowledge of Configuration Management (Ansible preferred) Continuous Integration Tools (GitLAB, GitHub, Jenkins) Can work autonomously, deliver with minimal supervision from a set of requirements Prior experience provisioning and spinning up Kubernetes Clusters and managing Kubernetes installations Hands on Terraform experience Possession of excellent analytical and problem-solving skills Experience working in Federal or State government environments Ability to function in an agile-based environment and provide good daily feedback on team stand-up call Proven experience of Security and Vulnerability management and related tools (OKTA, Tenable, TrendMicro, XSoar, CyberARK) In depth knowledge of UNIX/Linux and Windows Environment End to End configuration & trouble shooting of the web and application servers (Nginx, Apache, Tomcat, IIS) Good written and verbal English communication Production experience to build scalable systems (load balancers, memcached, master/slave architectures) Experience supporting a managed services infrastructure (Public cloud) Prior work with Cloud Monitoring tools (Dynatrace preferred, DataDog, Nagios, Cacti, CloudWatch, Gnaglia, etc.) Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Mesos, NoSQL databases (DynamoDB, Cassandra, MongoDB, etc) Other Open Source tools used in the infrastructure space (Packer, Terraform, Vagrant, etc.)
Deliverables:
-Process Flows -Mentor and Knowledge transfer to client project team members -Participate as primary, co and/or contributing author on any and all project deliverables associated with their assigned areas of responsibility -Participate in data conversion and data maintenance -Provide best practice and industry specific solutions -Advise on and provide alternative (out of the box) solutions -Provide thought leadership as well as hands on technical configuration/development as needed. -Participate as a team member of the team -Perform other duties as assigned.