Senior Cloud Security Engineer

About the role

Seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Security Engineer (Sr CSE) to implement and support the agency's cloud and computing infrastructure. Candidate will serve as a subject matter expert supporting client enterprise Azure migration, responsible for architecting, implementing, and securing cloud environments in alignment with SEC530 principles, Zero Trust, and enterprise compliance frameworks. Candidate will be responsible for assisting in the design, implementation, securing, monitoring, and the continuous improvement of cloud infrastructure and services across the enterprise. The position provides senior-level technical leadership for cloud security architecture, identity and access management, network security, security monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and cloud governance. The Senior Cloud Security Engineer works closely with Cloud Engineering, Network Engineering, Security Operations, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Application Development, DevOps, Risk Management, and IT leadership to ensure cloud environments are secure, resilient, compliant, and aligned with enterprise security standards.

Responsibilities

• Identify cloud security vulnerabilities, assess risk based on business impact, prioritize remediation, track remediation activities, and validate corrective actions
• Lead complex cloud security initiatives and provide technical direction to engineers; assist in the design of secure cloud architecture for complex enterprise environments
• Influence architecture and security decisions and prevent insecure configurations from reaching production; implement security gates within deployment pipelines
• Explain complex security risks to non-technical stakeholders
• Assess cloud security risks and security gaps and recommend appropriate remediations
• Create and maintain security documentation and evidence; support audits and assessments
• Review proposed cloud solutions for security risk and define appropriate security and compensation controls
• Develop Azure policies to enforce standardization and compliance with enterprise requirements; create Azure Automation runbooks to support incident response workflows
• Monitor security events using SIEM technologies and work with client SOC team to coordinate incident response activities
• Identify and diagnose system problems and threats by using system logs, line monitors, SIEM, diagnostic software, and test equipment
• Lead investigation and containment of cloud security incidents
• Review firewall and NSG rule requests and ensure compliance with security standards
• Provide documentation, architecture topology diagrams, IP schemes, and access controls when required
• Work independently on assigned projects