Cloud Security Job at Motion Recruitment in Dallas

Job Summary Our client, a religious financial provider, is looking for a Cloud Security Engineer. Primarily seeking experience with Palo Alto firewalls and Azure cloud. This position would by full time, hybrid (3 days on-site) and would pay $100-120k based upon experience. This position would support the Information Technology needs of our client and their end-users by providing a secure and robust network infrastructure to support the daily operations and development of our enterprise systems, telephony and applications in their cloud and on-premise environments. This position is critical to building and maintaining a stable and secure computing environment for their various lines of business and systems designed to interact with employees and participants. What You'll Do Lead the architecture and implementation of physical and cloud enterprise network and security projects. Identify physical and cloud network and security gaps and set standards for desired state configuration. Work closely with DevOps platform as well as IT Infrastructure and Development teams to engineer and orchestrate cloud security controls with a focus on DevSecOps. Develop business-driven security strategies integrated into continuous delivery workflows. Implement a tools driven and automated approach to deliver network and security management processes. Develop pro-active cyber security capabilities (threat/attack modeling and assessment, vulnerability assessment and penetration testing). Maintain, monitor and document all physical and cloud enterprise network devices, services and security configurations including firewalls, load balancers, routers, switches, wireless and VPN. Maintain and monitor secure and functional user device and systems access to all internal, external and cloud-based enterprise network resources. Respond to and, where appropriate, resolve escalated security incidents. Maintain and document current disaster recovery solutions. General support duties (scripting, automation, 3rd level support on client/server issues). What You'll Need Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field preferred. Professional certifications in CCNP, JNCIP, SANS GIAC (GPPA, GCIA), MCSA, or MCSE are highly desirable. 5+ years of experience in Microsoft Windows Server and Client Operating Systems, TCP/IP, LAN/WAN, WLAN, and network/routing protocols, including BGP, OSPF, VLANs, DHCP, DNS, and firewalls. Proven expertise in cloud infrastructure, software-defined networking (IaaS, PaaS, SDN), and virtualization technologies, with practical experience in PowerShell, Bicep, Python, Ansible, or similar scripting/automation tools. Strong knowledge in cybersecurity, including intrusion detection/prevention systems, PKI/SSL certificate management, firewall configuration, DDoS protection, and compliance with SEC/HIPAA regulations. Experience with load balancing technologies (Azure, F5, A10), Single Sign-On (SSO) implementation, Kubernetes, Docker, and Linux command line operations. Posted by: Evan Coldwell Specialization: Cloud Security