
AWS Cloud Security Engineer
Boston Medical Center (BMC)
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $89,500 - $130,000 per year
About the role
- Design, manage, support, and implement cloud security policies, services, and projects.
- Provide architectural security guidance in compliance with industry standards (HIPAA, NIST, CIS) for public cloud environments.
- Review and provide security-significant feedback on designs and proposed changes submitted by others within the organization.
- Frequently communicate and present technical data to audiences with varying levels of technical knowledge.
- Frequently communicate with and present to upper management.
- Manage cloud firewall, DLP, and vulnerability scanning technology.
- Support L1 in resolving cloud-security related issues and follow/improve documented Incident Response playbooks
- Research new technology and assist in proof-of-concept testing.
- Document security standards and processes.
- Work with other internal BMC Security / infrastructure teams to remediate vulnerabilities and other security issues.
- Contribute to design decisions for new technology or existing technology being used in a new way.
- Coordinate findings remediation of known vulnerabilities within the organization’s cloud presence.
- Assist in the education of the workforce on security topics through training and awareness opportunities.
- Provide less experienced security engineers with feedback and guidance on projects and skills development.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; equivalent experience acceptable
- CCSP, CISSP, CEH, Security+, or other security related certifications preferred
- 3+ years of experience managing information security in a public cloud environment (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Strong, demonstrated AWS expertise required
- 4+ years of experience in information security
- 7+ years of experience in IT (information technology), preferentially with development, network, or systems administration experience
- Healthcare domain knowledge and working in regulated environments is a plus (HIPAA, HITRUST, SOC2, PCI-DSS)
- AWS Certifications, Architect Associate or Professional required.
- Expert-level knowledge of AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, Macie, Inspector, Trusted Advisor
- Knowledge of Edge protection technologies such as AWS Shield, WAF, CloudFront
- Strong working understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and SSO Integration via Active Directory (Azure AD / ADFS)
- Experience working in organizations with top level Control Tower or Landing Zone Accelerator (SCP’s, Guardrails, Config Rules, etc.)
- Experience with monitoring systems such as CloudWatch / VPC Flow Logs and other industry standard visibility platforms (Splunk, DataDog, Dynatrace, New Relic, etc.)
- Experience with Logging and log monitoring (CloudWatch and CloudTrail) both for security and compliance efforts
- Proficiency with one or more scripting languages (python, json, yaml, bash, etc.)
- Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), including CloudFormation and/or Terraform
- Understanding of CI/CD on AWS platform
- Expert knowledge of AWS network and security features (VPC, Security Groups, NACLs, ALB/NLB, Transit Gateway, etc.)
- Experience supporting applications with native services and serverless architecture (Lambda) on AWS platform
- Strong understanding of high availability solutioning (multi-AZ / regions, Backup) and how security fits into this model
- Demonstrated history of moving mission-critical applications from the data center to AWS
- Ability to effectively adapt to rapidly changing technology and apply it to business needs.
Benefits
- health insurance
- dental insurance
- vision insurance
- generous total compensation
- paid time off
- career advancement opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud securityAWS expertiseinformation securityscripting languagesInfrastructure as CodeCI/CDvulnerability scanningidentity and access managementcloud firewall managementincident response
Soft Skills
communicationpresentationfeedbackguidancetrainingcollaborationproblem-solvingadaptabilityorganizational skillstechnical writing
Certifications
CCSPCISSPCEHSecurity+AWS Architect AssociateAWS Architect Professional