Senior Cloud Security Specialist

Job Summary

The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on AWS security experience and expertise in cloud security architecture, federal cybersecurity frameworks, DevSecOps, IAM, security engineering, and Infrastructure-as-Code. This role will provide security guidance, conduct cloud infrastructure assessments, and help engineering teams implement secure and compliant AWS solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct security reviews of AWS cloud infrastructure and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Evaluate cloud environments against security standards, policies, and best practices.
• Assess compliance with the AWS Well-Architected Framework Security Pillar.
• Identify, document, and remediate security misconfigurations and compliance gaps.
• Implement AWS security controls and security hardening measures.
• Develop and maintain AWS security configuration standards, guides, and playbooks.
• Create and maintain security posture dashboards and reporting.
• Provide technical security consultation to engineering and development teams.
• Support DevSecOps, vulnerability management, IAM, network security, data protection, and Zero Trust initiatives.
• Identify opportunities to automate security assessments and improve security tooling.
• Conduct security awareness and training sessions for engineering teams.
• Present security findings, risks, and recommendations to technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on AWS security experience.
• Experience designing and implementing secure, scalable AWS cloud architectures.
• Strong knowledge of federal cybersecurity requirements and frameworks, including NIST Cybersecurity Framework, NIST SP 800-53, and applicable OMB guidance.
• Strong understanding of IAM, cloud security, security architecture, network security, security operations, DevSecOps, vulnerability management, Zero Trust, and data protection.
• Hands-on experience with AWS security services, security engineering, scripting, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently address complex security challenges.
• Excellent communication and technical consulting skills.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work independently.

Preferred Qualifications

• AWS Certified Security – Specialty certification strongly preferred.
• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate or Professional certification.
• Experience supporting federal or government cloud security environments.
• Experience developing security automation and assessment tooling.
• Experience providing security advisory services to engineering and technical teams.