Cloud Security Engineer

Vanguard

Senior-level Cloud Security Engineer at Vanguard enhancing cloud security practices through automation and tooling. Collaborating across teams to ensure effective vulnerability management and compliance.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeMalvern • North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaScriptPythonRubyTerraformTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides senior-level technical support for security testing services across infrastructure, systems, and applications
Strengthens cloud security posture through automation, tooling, and cross-functional collaboration
Develops and maintains CSPM tooling, automation pipelines, and integrations to support vulnerability identification, prioritization, and remediation across cloud environments
Engineers and operationalizes cloud security posture controls, including preventative policies, build enforcement rules, and automated remediation workflows
Builds and maintains integrations between security platforms and enterprise systems to enable self-service capabilities and streamline exception management
Configures and tunes cloud security policies to ensure accurate and reliable assessment outcomes
Analyzes vulnerability and misconfiguration data to enhance risk scoring by incorporating exploit intelligence, environmental context, and threat signals
Partners with Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, and application teams to implement shift-left security practices and drive adoption of security tooling
Contributes to Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) reviews, ensuring security controls are embedded, version-controlled, and enforced at deployment
Supports special projects, including AI-assisted security tooling initiatives

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum of 3+ years of experience in cloud security, vulnerability management, or security engineering
Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience
Proficiency in at least one programming language (e.g., Python, Go, JavaScript/TypeScript, Ruby)
Hands-on experience with a major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation)
Familiarity with CSPM or cloud security tooling
Understanding of API design, systems integration, and event-driven architectures

Benefits

Comp & perks

hybrid working model
in-person learning and collaboration
diversity and teamwork culture

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud securityvulnerability managementsecurity engineeringprogramming languageInfrastructure-as-CodeCSPMAPI designsystems integrationevent-driven architecturesautomation

Soft Skills

cross-functional collaborationanalytical skillsproblem-solvingcommunicationteamwork

Certifications

Bachelor's degree