Cloud Security Vulnerability Management Specialist

. Ensure cloud workloads are protected and monitored in alignment with CSA security standards and defined baselines.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeDenver • Colorado, Illinois, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $100,000 - $141,300 per yearWebsite

Tools & technologies

CloudLinux

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensure cloud workloads are protected and monitored in alignment with CSA security standards and defined baselines.
Maintain continuous visibility into workload security posture across virtual machines, containers, and compute platforms.
Identify workload vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and insecure operating system or platform settings.
Monitor runtime activity to detect suspicious behavior, privilege escalation, policy violations, and drift from security baselines.
Build, maintain, and tune vulnerability detections aligned to vulnerability management and runtime protection requirements.
Support onboarding and operationalization of cloud security tooling across environments and workload types.
Partner with infrastructure, DevOps, and platform teams to drive remediation of workload security risks.
Triage vulnerability findings, assess risk and impact, and support prioritization of remediation efforts.
Provide workload security posture reporting, metrics, and risk transparency to CSA leadership.
Contribute to workload security standards, baseline documentation, and audit readiness activities.

What you’ll need

Understanding of Cloud Native security concepts and runtime security principles.
Experience identifying and managing workload vulnerabilities and insecure configurations.
Knowledge of cloud compute services, operating systems, and containerized workloads.
Familiarity with vulnerability management and runtime detection techniques.
Strong analytical, documentation, and collaboration skills.
Experience supporting cloud or workload security assurance programs (desired).
Hands-on experience with Cloud Security Vulnerability Management tools (e.g., Aqua, Prisma Cloud, Wiz, Defender) (desired).
Familiarity with Linux security fundamentals (desired).
Experience supporting audit or compliance-driven security reviews (desired).
Bachelor’s degree in a technical or security-related field (desired).
Relevant cloud or security certifications preferred (desired).

Comp & perks