Cloud Security Senior Engineer

 

Description:

The Cloud Security Senior Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security controls across AWS and Azure cloud environments. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience securing multi-cloud environments in fast-paced, transformation-driven organizations with the ability to work directly with highly technical teammates.Architect and enforce cloud security controls across AWS and Azure, including IAM policies, network segmentation, encryption, and logging configurations.
 

  • Manage and optimize cloud security posture management (CSPM) and cloud workload protection (CWPP) tooling
  • Conduct cloud security assessments, identify misconfigurations, and drive remediation with engineering teams.
  • Design and implement guardrails for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) pipelines (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep) to prevent insecure deployments
  • Monitor and respond to cloud-specific threats, integrating cloud telemetry into SIEM and detection workflows
  • Evaluate and harden container and serverless architectures (EKS, ECS, Lambda, AKS, Azure Functions).
  • Develop and maintain cloud security standards, reference architectures, and runbooks.
  • Support incident response activities for cloud-based security events.
  • Partner with Engineering, and Application Development teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines.
  • Provide technical input on cloud security tooling decisions, vendor evaluations, and proof-of-concept testing
  • Stay current on cloud provider security features, emerging threats, and evolving compliance requirements (SOC 2, ISO 27001, NIST CSF, PCI DSS as applicable).
  • Comply with health and safety guidelines and rules; managers should also ensure compliance across their teams.
  • Protect Chamberlain Group’s reputation by keeping information confidential.
  • Maintain professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reading professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
  • Contribute to the team effort by accomplishing related results and participating on projects as needed.
  • Motivate and lead a high performance team by attracting, developing, engaging and retaining team members
  • Drive the performance management and compensation processes by communicating job expectations, monitoring and evaluating performance, providing feedback and facilitating employee development per the company’s policies
  • Maintain transparent communication by appropriately communicating organization information to team through department meetings, one-on-one meetings, appropriate email, IM and regular interpersonal communications
  • Lead and motivate individuals and teams to create a workplace culture that is consist
     

Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Technology, or a related field.

Experience:
 

  • 7+ years of progressive experience in information security, with at least 4 years focused on cloud security engineering.
     

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
 

  • Deep hands-on experience with both AWS and Microsoft Azure security services, including: AWS: IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Config, KMS, VPC security, WAF, Organizations/SCPs. Azure: Entra ID, Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, Key Vault, NSGs, Azure Monitor, Sentinel.
  • Strong experience with cloud security posture management (CSPM) platforms (e.g., Wiz, Orca, Rapid7 InsightCloudSec, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, or equivalent).
  • Working knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM/Bicep templates) and securing IaC pipelines.
  • Experience with container security (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless security patterns. Capable of persuading non-security leaders (e.g., IT Ops, Engineering, Product) by linking security initiatives to operational continuity, consumer trust, and compliance posture.
  • Solid understanding of network security principles applied to cloud environments (VPCs, transit gateways, private endpoints, zero trust network architecture).
  • Familiarity with CI/CD security integration and DevSecOps practices.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Collaborative approach to working across engineering, IT, and product teams.
     

Other:
 

  • Required to be in the office at least three days a week. Monday and Wednesday are mandatory.
  • Ability to manage and monitor major incidents during non-business hours

Organization Chamberlain Group
Industry IT / Telecom / Software Jobs
Occupational Category Cloud Security Senior Engineer
Job Location Illinois,USA
Shift Type Morning
Job Type Full Time
Gender No Preference
Career Level Experienced Professional
Experience 7 Years
Posted at 2026-07-29 4:42 pm
Expires on 2026-09-12