Associate Director Cybersecurity Engineering

MSD • Rahway, NJ

18h • Remote

About The Position

The role is described as a Cloud Security Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and automating security controls across enterprise cloud environments. The position partners with Cloud, Application, DevOps, and Security teams to ensure cloud services are deployed securely and consistently. The primary location is Rahway, New Jersey, and the work arrangement is remote. The role has a first-shift schedule and requires 10% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 8 years of AWS, Azure, and/or GCP architecture and security experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of IAM, cloud networking, encryption, secrets management, and workload security.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar automation technologies.
• Understanding of Kubernetes and container security.
• Familiarity with cloud security platforms such as Wiz and AWS Security Hub.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.
• Required skills include AWS security, application security, cloud operations, cloud security architecture, container security, data protection, GCP, IaC, Kubernetes, and Zero Trust Identity.

Nice To Haves

• Experience designing security controls for large-scale or regulated enterprise environments.
• Familiarity with Zero Trust, CIS Benchmarks, NIST, DevSecOps, and cloud security architecture principles.
• Relevant cloud or security certifications are a plus.
• Cloud security.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Secure cloud identity, networking, workloads, data, containers, and APIs.
• Build security guardrails using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and policy-as-code.
• Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment processes.
• Identify and remediate cloud misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, excessive permissions, and attack paths.
• Support cloud security monitoring, logging, threat detection, and incident response.
• Partner with engineering teams to provide practical security guidance and architecture reviews.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision healthcare, and other insurance benefits for employees and family.
• Retirement benefits, including 401(k).
• Paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days.
• Eligible for an annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior