Remote Cloud Security Engineer

Post Date

Aug 08, 2024

Location

Dallas,
Texas

ZIP/Postal Code

75254
US
Aug 06, 2025 Insight Global

Job Type

Contract-to-perm

Category

Security Engineering

Req #

BOS-725004

Pay Rate

$54 - $67 (hourly estimate)

Job Description

As a Cloud Security Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable cloud security solutions. You will join a team of 30 individuals to support an ongoing project with the goal of ensuring all systems, tools, and applications within the AWS environment meet FedRAMP High NIST 800-53 controls. We are seeking an individual with strong experience within enterprise security solutions who thrives within a fast paced environment. The ideal candidate will fit the following in addition to their technical skills

* Can work autonomously, deliver with minimal supervision from a set of requirements

* Demonstrated ability to think strategically about business, product, and technical challenges

* Has excellent communication skills to work as a member of a team

* Ability to function in an agile-based environment and provide good daily feedback on team stand-up call

* Good communication skills -- verbal / written



Compensation:

$65/hr to $80/hr



Exact compensation may vary based on several factors, including skills, experience, and education.



Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401K retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.

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Required Skills & Experience

· Deep technical expertise across multiple technical domains including cloud computing, security, identity and access management and IT infrastructure.

· Strong technical knowledge on AWS Infrastructure & security services (EC2, ELB, Guardduty, Config, Inspector, Security Hub, RDS, Route53, S3, vpc, vpn, tgw, cloudwatch, cloudtrail, eventbridge, etc.)

· Hands on experience in terraform IaC deployments and ability to implement security automation

· Good technical experience managing products like Splunk enterprise security, Tenable Nessus, PaloAlto firewall, Cortex XSOAR.

· Cloud security knowledge in the areas of CSPM, Endpoint security solutions and Vulnerability Management.

· Familiarity with DevSecOps tools and processes, and CI/CD systems

· Experience with cloud containers and/or Kubernetes security best practices.

Good understanding of security controls related to regulatory requirements, such as NIST, PCI, ISO 27001, HIPAA compliance etc

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

· Architecture certification (Google, Amazon, Azure) from a major cloud platform.

· Information Security Certification is a plus: ISO 27001, CISSP or CISM or other equivalent.

· Experience working on FedRamp compliant projects is a plus.

Benefit packages for this role will start on the 31st day of employment and include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as HSA, FSA, and DCFSA account options, and 401k retirement account access with employer matching. Employees in this role are also entitled to paid sick leave and/or other paid time off as provided by applicable law.