[Remote] Cloud Security Engineer - Cloud Cert; CISSP/GIAC EAST COAST ONLY Job Details | Volkswagen AG
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Volkswagen Financial Services is focused on developing fully autonomous mobility and transportation services. As a Senior Cloud Security Engineer, you will lead the strategy, design, and implementation of AWS security capabilities, ensuring the protection of complex, distributed systems and high-value assets related to autonomous vehicle development.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and evolution of secure AWS architectures across services such as Amazon VPC, Amazon EC2, Amazon EKS, and AWS Lambda
- Define and enforce enterprise-wide security standards for identity, network, data protection, and workload security using AWS IAM and AWS KMS
- Architect scalable, secure multi-account environments leveraging AWS best practices (e.g., landing zones, guardrails)
- Evaluate and introduce new security technologies and frameworks to enhance cloud security posture
- Drive security-by-design principles across all cloud and platform engineering initiatives
- Lead threat modeling, secure architecture reviews, and risk assessments for complex, distributed systems
- Establish and mature secure SDLC practices, integrating security into CI/CD pipelines at scale
- Oversee code reviews, security testing (SAST/DAST), and vulnerability management processes
- Ensure adherence to standards such as OWASP Top 10 and CWE/SANS Top 25
- Mentor engineering teams on secure coding, architecture patterns, and cloud-native security practices
- Lead enterprise vulnerability management strategy across cloud infrastructure and applications
- Perform advanced threat-centric assessments to identify systemic risks and architectural weaknesses
- Prioritize remediation efforts based on business impact and threat intelligence
- Ensure compliance with internal policies and external frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST)
- Partner with audit and compliance teams to streamline evidence collection and control validation
- Design and mature cloud detection and response capabilities using tools such as Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Security Hub, Amazon CloudWatch, and AWS CloudTrail
- Develop advanced detection rules, automate response workflows, and improve alert fidelity
- Lead and coordinate incident response for high-severity security events
- Conduct post-incident reviews and drive long-term remediation and resilience improvements
- Act as a strategic liaison between Security, DevOps, Platform, and Engineering leadership
- Influence architectural decisions and drive adoption of security best practices across teams
- Lead security initiatives, roadmap planning, and cross-functional projects
- Develop and deliver advanced security training and awareness programs
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to building a strong security engineering culture
Skills
- 7 - 9 years of experience in technical aspects of cloud, applications, web or mobile
- 5+ years of experience in IT security function
- B.S. in Information Technology, Computer Science or equivalent work experience
- Exceptional communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Conceptual thinking skills
- Integration - joining people, processes, systems
- Excellent presentation and writing skills
- Experience with cross-functional collaboration
- Ability to build and maintain strong ties in a multicultural environment
- Strong customer orientation
- Advanced hands-on experience with SIEM platforms for real-time monitoring, threat detection, and incident response, including: Splunk, Elastic Stack (ELK), or Sumo Logic
- Designing and implementing SIEM integrations with cloud-native services and Kubernetes environments
- Developing log aggregation strategies, correlation rules, and alerting mechanisms to detect misconfigurations, anomalous behavior, and unauthorized access
- Deep expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) with a strong emphasis on scalable and secure design: Terraform (strongly preferred), AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK
- Proven ability to enforce security guardrails and policy-as-code within IaC pipelines
- Extensive experience with cloud-native security platforms and posture management tools, such as: Wiz, Prisma Cloud, AWS: AWS Security Hub, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Config, Azure: Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Microsoft Sentinel, GCP: Security Command Center, Forseti Security
- Strong architectural knowledge of cloud security fundamentals, including: Identity and Access Management (IAM) models (RBAC/ABAC) and least-privilege enforcement, VPC architecture, network segmentation, security groups, flow logs, and private endpoints, Encryption standards (TLS), key management (KMS), and secrets management solutions (e.g., HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager)
- Expertise in container and Kubernetes security, including: Pod security controls (Pod Security Policies, Pod Security Standards) and runtime security (e.g., Falco), Policy-as-code frameworks such as Open Policy Agent (OPA)/Gatekeeper, Kyverno, or KubeArmor, Secure image scanning and software supply chain security tools (e.g., Trivy, Grype, Snyk)
- Proven leadership in DevSecOps practices, including: Designing and implementing automated security testing, validation, and remediation within CI/CD pipelines, Driving secure-by-design principles across engineering teams
- Experience conducting cloud security assessments and audits, with the ability to: Identify risks, gaps, and misconfigurations, Deliver actionable remediation guidance aligned with compliance frameworks and incident response strategies
- Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills, with experience influencing engineering, DevOps, and platform teams
- Masters in Information Technology, Computer Science (or related education)
- Relevant cloud certifications, such as: AWS, Azure, or GCP Professional/Specialty certifications
- Industry-recognized security certifications, including: CISSP, GIAC, or equivalent advanced security credentials
- Nice-to-have domain expertise in areas such as data telemetry, V2X communications, or OTA infrastructure
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