Senior Cloud Engineer III – Location: Warren, NJ (Hybrid)

Everest • Warren Township, NJ

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Design, implement, and manage a secure, scalable, high-performance cloud-based infrastructure. Ensure robust networking, security, automation, and operational excellence across multi-cloud environments. Develop and enforce cloud security policies, ensuring compliance with frameworks such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and Zero Trust Architecture. Architect and optimize cloud networking solutions, including VPC peering, hybrid connectivity, private endpoints, and firewalls. Lead container security efforts, integrating Kubernetes security policies, pod security standards, service mesh, and runtime protection tools. Manage and implement automation infrastructure provisioning, configuration, continuous security, and vulnerability management. Work with development teams to design secure microservices architectures, API security mechanisms, and service-to-service encryption strategies. Conduct network forensics, traffic analysis, and incident response for cloud security events. Define and maintain cloud governance, identity and access controls, and privileged access management (PAM). May work remotely two (2) days a week from within the Warren, NJ area.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in cloud infrastructure, networking, and security engineering.
• five (5) years in/with: cloud networking, identity access management (IAM), and security best practices to design secure and scalable network architectures with proper access controls
• using networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, VPN, and TLS) to troubleshoot complex networking scenarios.
• three (3) years in/with: multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) to develop and maintain hybrid connectivity and interoperability across platforms
• cloud-native security tools (Azure Firewall, AWS WAF, Google Cloud Armor) to design secure perimeter and application-level protections within cloud environments
• Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• scripting using Python, Bash, PowerShell, and Go to automate network/security configurations and system monitoring.
• two (2) years in/with: Kubernetes container security to ensure secure workload deployments
• DevSecOps principles.
• embedding security into CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins
• Istio open-source service mesh
• supply chain security (Sigstore, SLSA) to secure software delivery pipelines.
• Certified Azure Network Specialist Certification Required Pre-Hire.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage a secure, scalable, high-performance cloud-based infrastructure.
• Ensure robust networking, security, automation, and operational excellence across multi-cloud environments.
• Develop and enforce cloud security policies, ensuring compliance with frameworks such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and Zero Trust Architecture.
• Architect and optimize cloud networking solutions, including VPC peering, hybrid connectivity, private endpoints, and firewalls.
• Lead container security efforts, integrating Kubernetes security policies, pod security standards, service mesh, and runtime protection tools.
• Manage and implement automation infrastructure provisioning, configuration, continuous security, and vulnerability management.
• Work with development teams to design secure microservices architectures, API security mechanisms, and service-to-service encryption strategies.
• Conduct network forensics, traffic analysis, and incident response for cloud security events.
• Define and maintain cloud governance, identity and access controls, and privileged access management (PAM).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees