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AWS Cloud Security Engineer

Virtual, Memphis, Tennessee, us, 37544


Vaco is actively seeking an

AWS Cloud Security Engineer

for a direct-hire position with our client in Memphis.

This is a permanent opportunity to join a highly respected national organization that is a proven leader in their field!

Engineer Summary

Responsibilities include the design, implementation, and maintenance of security measures within primarily an AWS environment.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

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Issue Resolution: Identify and resolve security issues across cloud infrastructure, ensuring the protection of sensitive data and systems.

Security Tools Management: Build, deploy, and manage security tools and services to safeguard cloud environments.

Process Design: Design and implement scalable processes for provisioning cloud access, ensuring efficient and secure user management.

Infrastructure Maintenance: Maintain a reliable, low-touch, and user-friendly cloud infrastructure that supports security and operational requirements.

Alert Evaluation: Evaluate and respond to alerts and events from security tools, tuning configurations to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.

Event Response Documentation: Develop comprehensive event response documentation and processes, including system environment diagrams and cloud operations security tools.

Collaboration: Work closely with leadership, architects, engineering teams, vendors, and compliance officers to execute and refine security strategies.

Security Assessment: Consistently assess current cloud security measures and best practices, proposing improvements or solutions to enhance overall security posture.

Architecture Review: Review cloud architecture and design from a security perspective, providing actionable and timely recommendations.

Experience & Qualifications

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Minimum of 5 years experience working with cloud infrastructure, preferably within AWS.

Experience with CI/CD pipelines for change management and automated security testing.

Proficiency in deploying and customizing security tools such as vulnerability scanners, static analyzers, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and endpoint security monitoring.

Experience developing software with object-oriented languages like Python, Java, C++, or Ruby.

Ability to write SQL queries and create dashboards and reports.

Extremely strong communication and collaboration skills.

NIST or ISO Certification is preferred.

Additional Details

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Employment Type: Direct-Hire Position

Schedule: Hybrid (3 days onsite per week)

Start Date: Immediate

Location: Memphis, TN

Target Compensation: $125k to $155k based on skills and experience

Employment Status: No form of Corp-to-Corp or Employment Sponsorship is being considered.

Interested Candidates are Encouraged to Apply for Immediate Consideration!