Cloud Network Security Engineer

About the role

YOUR TEAM
Aladdin Platform Engineering powers the technology foundation behind BlackRock’s Aladdin platform - a unified system that connects risk, portfolio management, trading, and operations for investors globally. We build the mission critical hosting platform that enables engineers to develop products and operators to run the platform at scale.
OUR TEAM
Sit at the center of how Aladdin evolves - partnering across product, data, and engineering to deliver scalable infrastructure that supports mission-critical workflows for clients worldwide. We develop AI-first engineering capabilities, using a suite of tools across the development lifecycle to improve developer productivity and reduce friction at scale.

Responsibilities

• Architecture & Design

  • Develop secure network architectures for hybrid & multi cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  • Architect robust security solutions for containerized applications.
  • Implement network segmentation, micro-segmentation, and zero-trust principles.
  • Design end-to-end encrypted connectivity patterns.
  • Design secure network architecture for containerized environments i.e. Open Container Initiative (OCI) container packaging and runtime.
  • Design scalable / dynamic security patterns, leveraging tag & identity-based attributes.

• Security Implementation

  • Configure and manage cloud-native firewalls, security groups, network ACLs and network security appliances.
  • Deploy intrusion detection/prevention systems and threat monitoring tools.

• Operations & Monitoring

  • Monitor cloud network traffic for anomalies and potential breaches.
  • Remediate vulnerability assessments and penetration testing on cloud networks.
  • Respond to and investigate cloud security incidents.

• Automation & Optimization

  • Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools and CI/CD pipelines for secure deployments.
  • Automate security policy enforcement and configuration management.
  • Proficient in scripting with Python to automate network tasks, build integrations, and manage workflows.

Requirements

• Excellent collaboration skills to work effectively across teams, along with strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Expertise in network security protocols (IPSec, TLS, MacSec, etc.) and encryption standards.
• Experience with cloud networking services: VPC, VNets, Subnets, Load Balancers.
• Proficiency with IaC Tools and Frameworks: Comfortable working with tools such as Terraform, Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning and security configuration.
• Proficient in AI tooling & innovation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud network engineering and security.
• Hands-on experience with hybrid cloud connectivity and secure design patterns.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.

Skills

• Work closely with DevOps, Cloud Engineering, and Security Operations teams to deliver key projects.
• Provide technical guidance and documentation for security best practices.

Benefits

• To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, comprehensive healthcare, support for working parents and Flexible Time Off (FTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Pay

TBD

Schedule

Hybrid