Cloud Security Engineer, Specialist

Vanguard•Dallas, TX

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves planning and implementing new security technologies and major releases for critical enterprise-wide IT cloud platform projects. The engineer will design, implement, and deploy cloud security systems to meet business needs, identify improvement opportunities, and provide expert technical support for cloud production environments. Responsibilities include diagnosing complex security issues, contributing to the implementation of leading security technologies, and maintaining comprehensive technical knowledge of software and infrastructure platforms. The role also involves developing auditing methodologies for cloud data protection, managing code deployment to various environments, providing production support, and submitting change control requests. Additionally, the engineer will learn client business functions, determine appropriate technical tools, train and mentor junior staff, troubleshoot complex issues, and maintain documentation. System administration, writing technical deliverables, and performing systems analysis are also key aspects. Participation in special projects and other assigned duties are expected.

Requirements

Minimum of eight years related work experience.
Undergraduate degree in a related field or the equivalent combination of training and experience.
Build responsive, accessible UI using HTML5, CSS3, TypeScript, and React.
Optimize performance and implement unit/E2E testing (e.g., Vitest, Tailwind)
Develop scalable services and APIs using TypeScript and Python.
Design and maintain microservices architecture.
Deploy and manage applications on AWS (ECS, Lambda, S3, DynamoDB).
Implement IaC (CloudFormation/Terraform) and CI/CD via GitHub.
Apply AWS security best practices (IAM, secure design).
Automate deployments, monitoring, and scaling (CloudWatch, Splunk, Docker/ECS).
Optimize application performance and reliability.
Build and integrate AI-driven features (LLMs, intelligent APIs, automation workflows).
Implement RAG patterns, AI pipelines, and model integrations (Bedrock, SageMaker).
Optimize and monitor models for accuracy, drift, bias, and observability.
Leverage Claude/equivalent frontier models to engineer solutions

Nice To Haves

Poly cloud understanding a plus (GCP, Azure)

Responsibilities

Plans and implements new security technologies and major releases for the most critical enterprise-wide IT cloud platform projects.
Designs, implements, and deploys cloud security systems to support and meet business needs.
Identifies, recommends, and implements opportunities for improvement and performance issue solutions.
Provides expert level technical support and ensures reliable operation of cloud production.
Diagnoses and troubleshoots the most complex security issues for cloud computing systems.
Contributes to the implementation of leading security technologies in infrastructure to improve its overall performance.
Maintains comprehensive technical knowledge of software and infrastructure platforms.
Develops auditing methodologies and architecture to manage and protect data in cloud computing environments.
Elevates code into the development, test, and production environments on schedule.
Provides follow up production support.
Submits change control requests and documents.
Learns and understands client area business functions and requirements.
Determines the appropriate technical tool to address the client's business needs.
Trains and mentors more junior staff on processes and technologies.
Troubleshoots and resolves the most complex issues elevated from staff.
Provides guidance and consultation as required.
Updates, writes, and maintains documentation for the department.
Administers system activities.
Writes the technical portion of assigned deliverables.
Performs systems analysis, including system requirements analysis and definition, and logical design.
Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.