Cloud Security Engineer (AWS)

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Join our dynamic team and embark on an exciting journey of innovation and growth as we seek a hard-working and dedicated individual to fill role of Cloud Security Engineer - AWS. We are seeking a highly skilled person to support various teams such as product security, security operations, security engineering and various business initiatives and projects in building a secure cloud infrastructure in line with industry best practices. Let's craft the future together!

What will you be doing?

• As a Cloud Security Engineer, you will be responsible for will also implement a highly automated approach to monitoring and detecting incidents, as well as responding to them timely and effectively.
• Advise internal customers on best practices in design and implementation of secure cloud systems. Conduct reviews of various cloud platforms, services, and business initiatives to assess cyber risk
• Conduct Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) activities. Design, develop, and implement security solutions to prevent exposure of cloud resources to meet business requirements with appropriate security controls.
• Maintain, monitor, and deploy security baselines and automation solutions for hybrid cloud identity platform. Design and develop cloud-specific security procedures, standards, and policies.
• Provide support with security incidents, helping the Threat Management team prioritize and remediate appropriately. Support requirements around SOC2 compliance alongside addressing the project requirements for the AWS platform and Lumino.
• Lead continuous improvement and engineering maturity across cloud solutions.

What will you need to be successful?

• Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in Information Technology, Information Systems, or related field.
• Nice to have Certification/Licenses:
• CISSP or equivalent security-related industry certifications.
• AWS Certified Security - Specialty and/or AWS Associate or higher certification
• Certified Cloud Zero Trust (CCZT) Professional Certification
• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
• HIPAA compliance-related certifications (e.g., Certified HIPAA Professional - CHP)
• Operating Mode: Hybrid: Work from office: 2 days in a week.
• Experience: 10+ years of experience in IT, with at least 5 years focused on AWS security.
• 5+ years of experience as an Information Security Administrator or Engineer
• 3+ years of experience in Cloud Security Architecture and/or Engineering.
• 2+ years of Application Security/Secure Software Development.
• Strong understanding of different cloud architecture models, hosting, and deployment models. Strong experience implementing security monitoring, logging, and alerting.  
• Practical knowledge of AWS foundation services related to compute, network, storage, content delivery, administration and security, deployment and management, automation technologies.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security best practices and AWS Well-Architected Framework, especially the Security Pillar.
• Familiarity with using AWS Cloud Services (EC2, DynamoDB, API Gateway, RDS, Lambda, CloudFront, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Route 53, WAF, Guard Duty, Security Groups, AWS IAM, etc)
• Solid understanding of HIPAA regulations, as well as other compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, PCI-DSS, and GDPR
• Experience working with cloud security and governance tools, cloud access security brokers (CASBs), and server virtualization technologies.
• Experience with assessment, development, implementation, optimization, and documentation of a comprehensive and broad set of security technologies and processes (secure software development (Application Security), data protection, cryptography, key management, identity and access management (IAM), network security) within SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud environments
• Basic experience with Azure.
• Experience with deployment orchestration, automation, and security configuration management (Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible) would be a great plus.
• Experience with services programming (AWS Lambda, Docker, etc.) would be a great plus.
• NICE TO HAVE: Understanding of M365 suit and Azure security mechanisms

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Other reasons why you will love it here!

• Your Future: Major Medical coverage + Policy exclusions and insurance non-medical limit. Educational Assistance.
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Privilege Leave, Floater Leave.
• Your Wellbeing: Parents / Parents in Law’s Insurance (Employer Contribution of 8,000/- annually), Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave.
• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model (For most professional roles)
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, Mentorship
• Extra Perks: Free Cab Transport facility for all employees, One Time Meal provided to all employees as per shift. Night Shift Allowances.

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