AWS Cloud Security Engineer (C2C or Sponsorship is Not Being Consdidered)

Vaco is actively seeking an AWS Cloud Security Engineer for a direct-hire position with our client in Memphis.

This is a permanent opportunity to join a highly respected national organization that is a proven leader in their field!


Security Engineer Summary

Responsibilities include the design, implementation, and maintenance of security measures within primarily an AWS environment.


Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Issue Resolution: Identify and resolve security issues across cloud infrastructure, ensuring the protection of sensitive data and systems.


• Security Tools Management: Build, deploy, and manage security tools and services to safeguard cloud environments.


• Process Design: Design and implement scalable processes for provisioning cloud access, ensuring efficient and secure user management.


• Infrastructure Maintenance: Maintain a reliable, low-touch, and user-friendly cloud infrastructure that supports security and operational requirements.


• Alert Evaluation: Evaluate and respond to alerts and events from security tools, tuning configurations to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.


• Event Response Documentation: Develop comprehensive event response documentation and processes, including system environment diagrams and cloud operations security tools.


• Collaboration: Work closely with leadership, architects, engineering teams, vendors, and compliance officers to execute and refine security strategies.


• Security Assessment: Consistently assess current cloud security measures and best practices, proposing improvements or solutions to enhance overall security posture.


• Architecture Review: Review cloud architecture and design from a security perspective, providing actionable and timely recommendations.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably within AWS.


• Experience with CI/CD pipelines for change management and automated security testing.


• Proficiency in deploying and customizing security tools such as vulnerability scanners, static analyzers, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and endpoint security monitoring.


• Experience developing software with object-oriented languages like Python, Java, C++, or Ruby.


• Ability to write SQL queries and create dashboards and reports.


• Extremely strong communication and collaboration skills.


• NIST or ISO Certification is preferred.

Additional Details:

• Employment Type: Direct-Hire Position


• Schedule: Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)


• Start Date: Immediate


• Location: Memphis, TN


• Target Compensation: $125k to $155k based on skills and experience


• Employment Status: No form of Corp-to-Corp or Employment Sponsorship is being considered.

Interested Candidates are Encouraged to Apply for Immediate Consideration!

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