Cloud Security Engineer - Boston
Motion Recruitment · Boston, MA · 1 mo ago
HybridFull-time
Duties
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud security controls across multi-cloud environments
- Secure enterprise workloads, data platforms, and software development pipelines
- Work closely with infrastructure, software engineering, platform, and security teams to establish security best practices
- Establish threat detection capabilities and ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements
- Perform cloud architecture reviews
- Manage identity and access management
- Implement and manage vulnerability management and remediation practices
- Develop and maintain automated security tooling and compliance controls
- Partner with engineering teams to embed security throughout the software development lifecycle
- Manage identity, access, secrets management, and privileged access controls
- Evaluate cloud configurations and recommend improvements to strengthen security posture
- Support incident response investigations and security remediation efforts
- Implement and enhance cloud logging, monitoring, and threat detection capabilities
Qualifications
- Strong experience securing AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud environments
- Experience with cloud security architecture and best practices
- Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Experience with security monitoring, logging, and SIEM platforms
- Experience with networking, firewalls, VPNs, and cloud-native security services
- Experience with vulnerability management and remediation practices
- Proficiency with Python, PowerShell, or another scripting language
- Solid software engineering and automation fundamentals
Skills
- Strong understanding of security frameworks and compliance requirements
Benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Benefits
- Vision Benefits
- Paid Time Off (PTO)
- 401(k) (including match, if applicable)