Cloud Security Engineer

Job brief Cloud security engineers specialize in providing security systems and tools management related to the cloud technologies and playing a vital role in protecting an organizations data. Their job description entails investigating and analyzing existing cloud structures and creating new and enhanced security methods that will enhance the security of cloud-based environments. They are in charge of managing and executing technologies and processes that affect assigned global Information Protection capability, such as issue identification and resolution, documentation, integration with other tools, gap resolution, gap assessment, and continuous improvement of the capability. The cloud security engineer work description also includes responsibilities for the analysis, design, development, and operation of programs, shell scripts, tests, and infrastructure automation capabilities in an advanced security context. It also involves collaborating cross-functionally with analysts, engineers, and data scientists to achieve continuous improvement in cyber defense/resilience. Requirements Education: Employers seek individuals with a minimum of Bachelors degree in Information Systems or Computer Science, but a High school diploma / GED with extensive Information Systems or Computer Science experience is also accepted Strong familiarity with Linux and Windows operating systems and cloud provider ecosystems like Amazon AWS Practical knowledge of AWS foundation services related to compute, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management, automation technologies Robust micro services programming (AWS Lambda, Docker, etc.) Extensive experience architecting, designing, and programming applications and ample experience in high level programming languages such as C++, C#, Java, Python, Visual Basic Capability architecting highly available systems that utilize load balancing, horizontal scalability and high availability DevOps know-how building and deploying infrastructure with cloud deployment, build and test automation technologies like ansible, chef, puppet, docker, jenkins, etc. Familiarity using AWS Cloud Services (EC2, DynamoDB, API Gateway, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Route 53, etc.) Understanding of complex enterprise environments and current technology areas like cloud and mobility Certification: It is important that applicants for the cloud security engineer position have CISSP or equivalent security-related industry certifications and AWS Associate or higher Certification Communication skills: In executing their duties, cloud security engineers must communicate with various audiences, including business leaders, engineers, clients, and team members. It is important that they have great verbal communication skills to convey information to the relevant audience. They also require exceptional written communication skills, documentation and reporting Teamwork…