
Cloud Security Engineer
Empower
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $105,700 - $149,275 per year
About the role
- Implement and manage secure cloud network infrastructure to support performance, security, scalability, and reliability.
- Partner with development teams to integrate security measures and best practices into the development lifecycle.
- Architect secure and resilient AWS and Azure environments aligned with industry standards and compliance requirements.
- Design and implement security controls and policies to reduce unauthorized access, data breaches, and related risks.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support timely resolution of security incidents and security-related issues.
- Create and maintain Terraform scripts to provision and manage infrastructure resources using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
- Stay current on security best practices, network technologies, and cloud services, and apply improvements to the environment.
- Train and guide junior team members on security practices and technologies.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- Proven experience designing, implementing, and managing network infrastructure, particularly in innovation lab or cloud development environments.
- Extensive knowledge of security controls, protocols, and best practices across on-premises and cloud environments.
- Strong expertise in AWS and Azure, including architecture, security, and automation capabilities.
- Hands-on experience with IaC tools with a focus on Terraform.
- Proficiency in Python.
- Experience building, tuning, and operating detections using cloud-native tools (GuardDuty, Security Hub) and SIEM platforms (Splunk).
- Ability to investigate cloud logs (CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs, audit logs).
- Strong understanding of least privilege IAM design, role-based access, service accounts, and federated identity.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders across Cloud Platform, DevOps, SRE, and Engineering teams.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud network infrastructuresecurity controlsAWSAzureTerraformPythonIaCcloud-native toolsSIEM platformsleast privilege IAM design
Soft Skills
problem-solvingcommunicationteamworkcollaboration