Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Posted 4 days ago by Kellton
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote
Summary: The Senior Cloud Security Engineer will play a pivotal role in enhancing security design within AWS, focusing on building and scaling cloud security capabilities. This position involves translating security priorities into production systems and improving security engineering patterns. The role is fully remote and is a contract-to-hire opportunity without work visa sponsorship. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cyber defense and AWS environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and deliver cloud-native security solutions for AWS and SaaS environments.
- Develop code and infrastructure as code to operationalize security controls.
- Integrate security capabilities into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows.
- Partner with the Information Security organization to address risk priorities.
- Research and validate new security approaches for production implementation.
- Provide risk assessments and data-driven recommendations.
- Strengthen reusable cloud security patterns and automation frameworks.
- Continuously improve security tooling and services.
- Evaluate and promote new security standards and tools.
Key Skills:
- 3 to 5 years of experience in cyber defense, threat hunting, or incident response.
- Practical experience in AWS environments and telemetry investigation.
- Experience writing and tuning SIEM queries and detections.
- Experience executing structured threat hunts and supporting incident response.
- Familiarity with attacker behaviors and frameworks like MITRE.
- Working knowledge of scripting or automation using Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
Salary (Rate): £58,500 yearly
City: undetermined
Country: undetermined
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
My Client is looking for a Senior Cloud Security Engineer. Details below, if you are interested in the below role, please respond with your resume.
100% Remote
Contract to Hire (No work visa sponsorship for this role)
You will contribute to forward-thinking security design within AWS, helping contribute to patterns that make secure implementation the default for engineering teams.
Build and scale cloud security capabilities, 50%
Design and deliver cloud-native security solutions that enhance visibility, strengthen protection controls, and enable automated detection and remediation across AWS and SaaS environments
Develop code and infrastructure as code to operationalize security controls using modern tooling and automation frameworks
Design, deploy, and manage highly available, secure, and scalable cloud security services running in production
Integrate security capabilities into CI/CD pipelines and engineering workflows to make secure implementation the default
Translate security priorities into production systems, 30%
Partner across and beyond the Information Security organization to turn risk priorities and detection gaps into engineered solutions
Research, prototype, and validate new approaches, then carry them through architecture, documentation, and full production implementation
Provide risk assessments and data-driven recommendations that influence engineering and security decisions
Identify systemic security weaknesses and implement durable, automated fixes that reduce recurring risk
Improve and evolve security engineering patterns, 20%
Strengthen reusable cloud security patterns, reference architectures, and automation frameworks to increase consistency and speed
Operate and continuously improve security tooling and services, including tuning, upgrades, and integrations
Contribute to forward-looking design within AWS to enhance resilience, observability, and operational maturity
Evaluate and promote new security standards, tools, and automation approaches that increase scale and effectiveness
About you, you have:
3 to 5 years of hands-on experience in cyber defense, including threat hunting, detection engineering, or incident response within a cloud or enterprise environment.
Practical experience working in AWS environments, including investigating activity using telemetry such as CloudTrail, IAM logs, VPC Flow Logs, and CloudWatch.
Experience writing and tuning SIEM queries and detections, with a strong understanding of how to improve signal-to-noise and reduce false positives. Experience with Sumo Logic is a plus.
Experience executing structured threat hunts, including forming hypotheses, analyzing data, documenting findings, and recommending actionable improvements.
Experience supporting incident response activities, including log analysis, impact scoping, and clear documentation of findings and remediation steps.
Familiarity with attacker behaviors and frameworks such as MITRE Telecommunication &CK, and the ability to apply them in practical detection and investigation scenarios.
Working knowledge of scripting or automation using tools such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash to improve efficiency in investigations and reporting.
Thanks
Amita Tatiparti
Sr. Technology Recruiter & Business Developer
Lenmar Consulting, Inc. | a Kellton Company
Harborside 5, Jersey City, NJ 07311
347.517.O317