Cloud Security Engineer

Tyto Athene, LLC

. Perform systems administration and maintenance including patching, vulnerability scanning, compliance scanning and remediation, backups, and recovery for cloud workloads .

Posted 5/19/2026full-timeRemote • Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $110,000 - $140,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureCloudCyber SecurityFirewallsGoogle Cloud PlatformITSMLinuxServiceNowSplunkTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Perform systems administration and maintenance including patching, vulnerability scanning, compliance scanning and remediation, backups, and recovery for cloud workloads
Primarily support AWS environments, including Windows and Linux virtual machines, container workloads, and cloud-native services
Support GCP and Azure cloud environments as needed
Configure, update, and maintain security tools for various security purposes
Troubleshoot issues across network, compute, application, and identity layers
Implement hardening and compliance controls
Remediate vulnerabilities identified by security tools
Provide quality assurance feedback during system deployments
Collaborate with Security Analysts to ensure uninterrupted delivery of security services
Create and maintain documentation
Support client communications, deliverables, and issue resolution
Support and mentor junior engineers
Contribute to automation and infrastructure-as-code initiatives

Requirements

What you’ll need

Six (6) or more years of IT engineering and/or cybersecurity experience
Strong hands-on experience supporting AWS environments in a security engineering, cloud operations, or DevSecOps capacity
Experience securing and supporting AWS-native services and cloud security tooling, including IAM, logging/monitoring, vulnerability management, container security, and cloud compliance
Familiarity with GCP and/or Azure cloud environments
Ability to diagnose and resolve issues across Linux and Windows systems, network infrastructure, and cloud services
General systems administration and vulnerability management experience
Experience working in a DevSecOps environment
Experience with cloud-native security tooling and monitoring solutions
Familiarity with ITSM ticketing systems such as GitLab, Jira, ServiceNow
Ability to work independently during both business hours and on-call periods
Strong written and verbal communication skills for customer interaction and incident documentation
Hands-on experience with one or more of the following tools: Splunk Enterprise, Tenable Security Center/Nessus, Invicti/Acunetix, Appgate, Okta, GitLab, Palo Alto Networks Firewalls, TrendMicro Deep Security, Trivy, Anchore, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health/Dental/Vision
401(k) match
Paid Time Off
STD/LTD/Life Insurance
Referral Bonuses
Professional development reimbursement
Parental leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

systems administrationvulnerability managementcloud securityDevSecOpssecurity engineeringcloud complianceautomationinfrastructure-as-codetroubleshootinghardening controls

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationmentoringindependent workquality assurancecustomer interactionissue resolutiondocumentation