Cloud Security Engineer

Location

Plano, Texas

Responsibilities

• Security Architecture: Contribute to the design and implementation of security frameworks and policies for cloud environments.
• Access Control: Managing access to cloud services and platforms, ensuring least privilege access.
• Security Tooling: Installing, maintaining, and improving security tools and services.
• Security Assessments: Conducting security audits and assessments to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities.
• Compliance: Ensuring compliance with relevant security regulations and standards.
• Incident Response: Developing and executing incident response plans to address security incidents. 
• Monitoring and Alerting: Implementing security monitoring and alerting systems to detect and respond to threats.
• Vulnerability Management: Identifying and addressing vulnerabilities in cloud environments.
• Encryption: Utilizing encryption to protect data at rest and in transit.
• Cloud Infrastructure: Managing and securing cloud infrastructure components like servers, databases, and networks.
• Data Protection: Protecting sensitive data from unauthorized access and breaches.
• Threat Detection and Prevention: Recognizing and preventing threats to cloud systems and applications.
• Collaboration: Working with other teams, such as Cloud Operations, Engineering and Development, to integrate security into cloud deployments. Advise Product Management on enterprise policies and technical standards with specific regard to vulnerability management and secure configuration. Work with DevOps to ensure the Cloud is built securely using IaC and manage cloud security posture management
• Policy Development: Creating and enforcing security policies to govern cloud usage.
• Risk Assessment: Evaluating and mitigating potential security risks in cloud environments. Partner with Cloud Security Architecture to drive the security strategy and provide input into cloud security patterns to build Zero Trust architecture