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Summary

The AES Cyber Security Team is looking for a Cloud Security Engineer responsible for assisting in the maintenance and improvement of cyber security services and technologies to monitor and defend cloud environments. The individual in this position will work as a member of the Cyber Defense organization responsible for a variety of cybersecurity functions utilizing their understanding of cyber security practices and technologies.

The candidate should demonstrate ability to design security architecture, author technical documentation including configuration and implementation guides for cloud services, guide application teams to migrate to the cloud with a secure and innovative mindset; and adhere to the same standards within development of internal projects.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and test cyber security tools for effectiveness with minimal guidance.
• Assist in the management and monitoring of the Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP).
• Ensure deployment and coverage of security technologies and standards across cloud environments.
• Establish metrics and service level agreements (SLAs) for the remediation of identified misconfigurations or identified threats across the cloud environment.
• Create and maintain cloud security playbooks to include security automation, policy tuning, and incident response. Assist in the connection of cloud security tools with other threat and vulnerability management initiatives.
• Research, design, and test known tactics, techniques, and procedures used in cloud security attacks to validate effectiveness of security controls across the cloud environment.
• Assist in the approval and onboarding of new Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions in use by the organization. Ensure security controls are applied to new and existing SaaS solutions.

Required Skills:

• 3+ years ofcyber security,systems administration, networking and/or cloud engineeringexperience.
• Hands on experience in automation (Python,PowerShell, Golang,etc).
• Familiarity with Agile methodologies andDevOpsconcepts.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), including proficiency in English.
• Ability to work in an environment with evolving requirements and dynamic schedules.

Desired Skills:

• Expert knowledge of enterprise-grade security technologies and capabilities (e.g. SIEM, DLP,EDR,IPS, Firewalls, Web Security, etc.)
• Experience participating on a DevOps engineering teamutilizingCI/CD deployment methods
• Prior experience with red or purple team exercises in the scope of cloud assets and technologies.
• Prior experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
• Prior experience with cyber security tools and capabilities for SaaS cloud applications.
• Prior experience withcyber security incident response.

The ideal candidate will be based in East coast. However, we are open to candidates to work remotely.