Cloud Security Engineer

Bayview Asset Management•Coral Gables, FL

13d•Remote

About The Position

The Cloud Security Engineer designs, implements, and operates security controls across the organization’s cloud environments. The role partners with cloud platform, infrastructure, application, DevOps, architecture, risk, and compliance teams to protect cloud workloads and data while enabling secure business delivery. The successful candidate is familiar with cloud-native security services, identity and access management, network security, data protection, logging and monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and secure cloud architecture practices. The role covers security across IaaS, PaaS, container, serverless, and managed-service workloads. It includes managing cloud security posture and related tools, building automated preventive and detective guardrails, maintaining standards and reference architectures, reviewing cloud designs and configurations, and coordinating risk-based remediation. The position also participates in the Security Engineering team on-call rotation. The role is remote. For candidates near an office in Coral Gables, Fort Lauderdale, Denver, or New York, a hybrid schedule Tuesday through Thursday is preferred. A performance-based bonus is available in addition to base salary; compensation depends on the candidate’s experience and skillset.

Requirements

BA/BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
5 years of experience in information security, cloud engineering, systems engineering, or related technology roles, including hands-on experience securing AWS and/or Azure environments.
Experience administering CSPM, Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), or cloud workload protection capabilities and driving findings through remediation.
Experience implementing cloud guardrails, policy as code, and infrastructure as code in enterprise cloud environments.
Experience creating and applying cloud security standards, configuration baselines, and secure design patterns.
Experience with cloud security monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and remediation workflows.
Experience in highly regulated environments, preferably Financial Services or similar.
Strong knowledge of AWS and Azure security services, shared-responsibility models, account and subscription governance, and secure cloud architecture principles.
Knowledge of cloud identity and access management, privileged access, role-based access control, and least-privilege design.
Knowledge of cloud network security, segmentation, private endpoints, firewalls, web application protection, DNS security, and secure connectivity patterns.
Knowledge of encryption, key and certificate management, secrets management, data classification, storage security, and backup and recovery controls.
Skill with Terraform, CloudFormation, or comparable infrastructure-as-code technologies and source-control workflows.
Skill with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or comparable scripting languages used to automate security controls and reporting.
Ability to interpret CSPM findings, cloud logs, vulnerability data, and security alerts and translate them into prioritized corrective actions.
Knowledge of security frameworks and cloud benchmarks such as NIST, CIS, and Cloud Security Alliance guidance.
Strong research, analytical, troubleshooting, and risk-assessment skills.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain cloud security requirements to technical teams and business stakeholders.
Ability to learn quickly, adapt, collaborate, provide customer service, and remain accountable for closing the loop with stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Preferred certifications include CCSP, CISSP, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert, GIAC Cloud Security certifications, or equivalent cloud and security credentials.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain security controls and reference architectures for cloud environments across IaaS, PaaS, container, serverless, and managed-service workloads.
Manage and optimize Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and related cloud-native security tools, including onboarding accounts and subscriptions, tuning policies, validating findings, reporting risk, and coordinating remediation.
Build, deploy, and maintain preventive and detective cloud guardrails through policy as code, infrastructure as code, automated compliance checks, and cloud-native policy services.
Develop, publish, and maintain cloud security standards, baselines, patterns, and procedures aligned with business requirements, regulatory obligations, and recognized security frameworks.
Partner with cloud platform, DevOps, application, and architecture teams to embed security requirements into landing zones, CI/CD pipelines, templates, and solution designs.
Review cloud architectures and configurations for identity and access management, network segmentation, private connectivity, encryption, key management, secrets management, logging, and data protection.
Implement and maintain least-privilege access models, privileged access controls, service identities, and workload identity protections across AWS and Azure.
Monitor and investigate cloud security findings, misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, anomalous activity, and policy violations, and coordinate risk-based remediation with accountable teams.
Create and maintain cloud security documentation, diagrams, runbooks, metrics, and risk reports for technical and leadership audiences.
Participate in the Security Engineering team on-call rotation.
Perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities as requested; duties may change based on company needs.