Guidehouse

Systems Engineering

AWSCloudSecurityEngineer

$89–148k United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“AWS Cloud Security Engineer at Guidehouse. Skills: AWS Security, Cloud Security, Security Controls, Infrastructure as Code. Design security controls across AWS. Implement security controls across AWS”

Industry & Context.

Systems Engineering
Problems you'll solve

Solve complex operational problems; Solve complex reliability problems

Eligibility Requirements

Up to 10% Travel, Ability to Obtain Public Trust Clearance, US Citizenship or Green Card, No visa sponsorship

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

US Citizenship or Green Card, Ability to Obtain Public Trust, Bachelor’s degree, Minimum of Four (4) to Eight (8) years of prior relevant experience in cloud security or cybersecurity roles, at least 5+ years focused on AWS security, Expertise in AWS core services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, etc.), development background in Python, Bash or similar

Nice to Have

Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer certifications, CISSP, CISM or GIAC certifications

What You'll Do.

Design security controls across AWS

Implement security controls across AWS

Maintain security controls across AWS

Safeguard cloud workloads

Ensure compliance with industry standards

Drive best practices in identity management

Drive best practices in monitoring

Drive best practices in threat detection

Design secure architectures within AWS

Implement secure architectures within AWS

Manage centralized logging

Manage monitoring solutions

Manage alerting solutions

Conduct threat modeling

Conduct vulnerability scanning

Conduct penetration testing

Ensure AWS environments comply with security frameworks

Support incident detection

Support incident investigation

Support incident response

Maintain audit trails

Align security with regulatory requirements

Automate security controls

Automate compliance checks

Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines

Enable secure build processes

Enable secure deployment processes

Implement “shift-left” security practices

Validate account handoff

Validate CI/CD pipeline

Perform deployment dry runs

Monitor deployment pipeline

Manage environment config

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner with engineering and operations teams; Collaborate with DevOps/Engineering teams; Collaborate with other team members; Work with compliance and risk teams

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