CLOUD SECURITY ENGINEER

Compensation: $120k – $140k • No equity

Neotrix Systems is an IT consulting and services company specializing in cloud modernization, platform engineering, AI solutions, and technology governance. We bring together skilled technology professionals to design, modernize, and secure enterprise systems, delivering innovative solutions that address complex business and technology challenges.

About the Role

Neotrix Systems is seeking skilled Cloud Security Engineers to design, implement, and maintain security solutions that protect cloud infrastructure, applications, data, and enterprise systems. The role focuses on strengthening cloud security posture, implementing security controls, automating security operations, and supporting compliance across cloud environments. Cloud Security Engineers collaborate with cloud architects, DevOps engineers, infrastructure teams, and cybersecurity professionals to deliver secure, resilient, and compliant cloud solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across cloud environments, including secure architectures, hardening standards, and security guardrails.

• Manage cloud identity and access controls, including IAM, RBAC, MFA, and least-privilege access.

• Secure cloud networks, workloads, containers, Kubernetes environments, and data.

• Monitor cloud security posture, vulnerabilities, misconfigurations, and security events, and support timely remediation.

• Integrate security controls into Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud deployment processes.

• Support security assessments, threat modeling, incident investigation, and remediation activities.

• Implement logging, monitoring, encryption, secrets management, and other cloud security controls.

• Support cloud security compliance with organizational policies and frameworks such as CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.

• Collaborate with cloud, DevOps, infrastructure, development, and security teams to improve cloud security practices.

• Maintain security documentation, standards, procedures, and incident or remediation guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

• Hands-on experience designing, implementing, and managing security controls on at least one major cloud platform, including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Strong understanding of cloud security architecture, identity and access management, network security, vulnerability management, encryption, logging, and security monitoring.

• Experience implementing security automation and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure Bicep, Ansible, or similar technologies.

• Familiarity with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), vulnerability scanning, Web Application Firewalls (WAF), secrets management, and cloud-native security services.

• Knowledge of container and Kubernetes security, including workload protection, RBAC, container image scanning, and secrets management.

• Understanding of DevSecOps principles and experience integrating security testing, policy enforcement, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and standards such as NIST SP 800-53, NIST Risk Management Framework (RMF), CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.

• Understanding of federal cloud security requirements, including FedRAMP and FISMA, is an advantage.

• Experience supporting security assessments, vulnerability remediation, incident response, and security compliance activities.

• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, documentation, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Relevant cloud security or cybersecurity certifications, such as Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, CISSP, or equivalent, are an advantage.

Join Our Talent Network

Neotrix Systems welcomes applications from experienced Cloud Security Engineers interested in supporting cloud security, infrastructure modernization, cybersecurity engineering, and enterprise technology initiatives. We are building relationships with qualified professionals whose technical expertise aligns with our evolving project and client requirements.