Cloud Security Automation Engineer

Role Overview

• Analyze, design, implement, troubleshoot, and maintain commercial, and cloud-native security solutions across public cloud environments
• Create and maintain automated workflows and integrations to support cloud security controls and the automation platform, primarily using Python
• Identify and define security system requirements for public cloud environments
• Continuously analyze security systems and drive improvements, with a focus on automation and resilience
• Develop, document, and maintain configuration and security standards, technical documentation, and standard operating procedures (SOPs)
• Tune, filter, and customize security systems with Information Security Analysts to reduce noise and improve detection quality
• Serve as a subject matter expert for public cloud security and security automation
• Consult with team members and other groups to solve basic to moderately complex cloud-focused security challenges
• Partner with teams outside of Security (e.g., application, infrastructure, DevOps/Platform) to design secure, automated cloud architectures and guardrail
• Lead and contribute to medium to large security and automation projects
• Build project plans based on requirements analysis and stakeholder input
• Communicate project status, risks, and metrics to leadership
• Support audit, compliance, and regulatory activities, including but not limited to PCI DSS, SOX, and evolving privacy laws
• Provide evidence, explanations, and remediation input for controls related to public cloud security and associated automation
• Participate in incident response activities by reviewing and analyzing security events and incidents
• Use automation (e.g., Python-based tooling and workflows) to enhance speed and consistency of response

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• Preferable AWS and/or Azure certifications with strong coding and automation skills
• 2+ years of hands-on software development or scripting experience in Python, ideally in security, infrastructure, or DevOps contexts
• Proven experience building, maintaining, and troubleshooting automation (e.g., scripts, services, serverless functions, CI/CD integrations) for cloud or security use cases
• Experience with public cloud platforms such as AWS and/or Azure, including core security services (e.g., IAM, KMS, security groups, logging/monitoring, configuration management)
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform, ARM/Bicep, Ansible) is preferred
• Experience integrating security tooling and cloud services via APIs and SDKs
• Solid understanding of information security principles, including network security, identity and access management, and secure development practices in cloud environments.

Tech Stack

• Ansible
• AWS
• Azure
• Cloud
• Python
• Terraform

Benefits

• Work from Home, in-office, or hybrid
• Employee Belonging Groups
• Healthcare: Dental, Medical, and Vision
• Paid Vacation, Volunteer, and Holiday Time Off
• And so much more!