[Remote] Security Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. LanceSoft, Inc. is a leading staffing firm in the US, and they are seeking an experienced Cloud Security Engineer. The role involves driving the remediation of cloud security issues across platforms like GCP, Azure, and AWS, while coordinating with engineering teams to implement scalable security solutions.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Issues Remediation: Develop and execute mitigation plans to address high-priority issues in GCP, Azure or AWS. This will typically involve updating Terraform repositories and/or scripting the remediation steps to fix the same issue in multiple projects
• Secrets Management: Coordinate the rotation of mismanaged cloud secrets which can only be done by the end users (engineering or infrastructure teams)
• Addressing Root Cause: While your main goal will be fixing existing cloud resources, you will need to address the root cause to avoid the issues from reoccurring in future deployments
• Validation: You will be responsible to validate that the issues has been effectively remediated – either directly by you – or your partner teams

Skills

• 5+ years of Cloud Engineering experience with a 4-year degree (or equivalent experience). GCP is a must-have
• Strong proficiency in cloud engineering, traditional infrastructure and automation (infrastructure-as-Code, Scripting, CI/CD etc.)
• Ability to design new testing methods and resolve complex technical issues with minimal assistance
• Ability to navigate the current architecture and repositories to understand the context of the issues at stake. Ability to anticipate problems and/or possible outages in the proposed remediation plans
• Clearly communicates Agile concepts to partners and demonstrates a commitment to team priorities
• Stays current with evolving technologies via formal training and self-directed education
• 5+ years writing automation pipelines and/or scripts for GCP specifically
• At least 3+ years writing production Terraform code in a complex environment (e.g. >100 GCP projects)
• Proficiency with on-prem and cloud networking (SDN). Strong understanding of core infrastructure components on-prem and in the cloud: compute, storage, databases, IAM etc
• Experience with Azure or AWS
• Experience with Github or Atlantis
• Experience with Cloud Security specifically
• Mix of infrastructure and security background

Benefits

• Four options of medical Insurance
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401k Contributions
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Voluntary Permanent Life Insurance
• Accident Insurance
• Other Employee Perks

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