Sr. Cloud Security Engineer
TechVirtue LLC
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Job Details
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or a related field
- or equivalent practical experience. 5+ years of overall IT or Information Security experience. Hands-on experience with AWS Cloud Security and cloud migration projects. Strong knowledge of AWS IAM
- RBAC
- privileged access management
- authentication
- and authorization. Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Knowledge of AWS networking
- security groups
- firewalls
- network segmentation
- and connectivity controls. Experience with vulnerability management
- operating system hardening
- and security configuration assessments. Familiarity with security logging
- SIEM integration
- threat detection
- and incident response processes. Understanding of cloud governance
- risk management
- and security compliance frameworks. Experience collaborating with application owners
- vendors
- security teams
- and cloud engineering teams to remediate security issues. Strong communication
- analytical
- and problem-solving skills.
Summary
We are seeking an experienced AWS Cloud Security Engineer to support enterprise application migration initiatives by assessing application architectures, identifying security risks, and ensuring compliance with cloud security standards. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in AWS security, IAM, cloud networking, Terraform, vulnerability management, and secure cloud migration programs.
The role involves collaborating with application owners, cloud engineering, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, and network teams to address security findings and implement reusable security controls and cloud governance standards.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with application teams to assess application design, security requirements, and migration readiness.
Support security-related migration activities, including firewall, access, tooling, and policy exception requests.
Conduct security assessments of applications and infrastructure migrating to AWS.
Review workload architecture, IAM, RBAC, privileged access, service accounts, authentication, and authorization models.
Assess AWS security groups, firewall rules, network segmentation, connectivity, and application communication flows.
Evaluate vulnerability management, patching, OS hardening, and cloud security configurations.
Review encryption, data protection, security logging, monitoring, and threat detection capabilities.
Identify security risks, technical debt, and modernization opportunities during cloud migration.
Collaborate with Cloud Engineering teams to improve Terraform modules, Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards, IAM frameworks, security guardrails, and monitoring solutions.
Work with Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture, Risk and Governance, Network Engineering, application teams, and system integration partners.
Establish remediation plans and ownership for security findings that cannot be resolved during migration.
Identify recurring security issues and recommend platform-wide improvements.
Apply AWS Well-Architected Framework principles and organizational security standards.
Support continuous improvement initiatives to make future cloud migrations more secure, standardized, and efficient.
- Dice Id: 91170837
- Position Id: 9112352
- Posted 5 hours ago
Company Info
TechVirtue is involved in developing a wide range of solutions in finding the perfect candidate who has a strong knowledge in his/her work and suits the company's work culture. We even provide one-stop solutions ranging from software development and maintenance to expert support and advisory. Our team consists of experts who have several years of experience in staffing, recruitment, and web development. Our dedicated and motivated team makes sure to fulfill all our customers requirements.
