Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group's member companies are subsidiaries of American Financial Group, a Fortune 500 company. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty and property and casualty operations, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow. At Great American, we value diversity and recognize the benefits gained when people from different cultures, backgrounds and experiences work collaboratively to achieve business results. We are intentionally focused on fostering an inclusive culture and know valuing diversity is an essential leadership quality. Our goal is to create a workplace where all employees feel included, empowered and enabled to perform at their best. Job Title: Cloud Security Engineer Job Grade: 120 Job Code: NT503500 Be Here. Be Great. Working for a leader in the insurance industry means opportunity for you. Great American Insurance Group, a member of American Financial Group, is a Fortune 500 company consistently recognized as a top place to work. We combine a "small company" culture where your ideas will be heard with "big company" expertise to help you succeed. With over 30 specialty property and casualty operations and a variety of financial services, there are always opportunities here to learn and grow. Overview: This position is a new role within the Enterprise Information Security Group (EISG) and is expected to provide technical cloud security engineering and automation support across the scope of cloud security solutions at American Financial Group. This is an advanced role within the team and will help deliver secure cloud solutions to support application and business initiatives. The cloud security engineer will possess advanced administrative and troubleshooting skills, and be knowledgeable about architecture, engineering and design policies and principles. Along with security leadership and security architecture this role will continually assess the threat landscape and adapt quickly to protect the business from risk. They must be highly technical and possess at least 5-7 years’ experience in security and system administration across a wide variety of cloud infrastructures, including software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and platform as a service (PaaS). This role will interface often with other business units and require strong listening and communication skills. Responsibilities: Primary Job Responsibilities will include: Develop and maintain, secure, resilient enterprise-grade cloud security solutions and processes in tandem with security architects and system administrators. Secure business applications and computing environments across public, private, or hybrid cloud infrastructures. Protect business applications in compliance with privacy, security, business resiliency, and compliance frameworks as defined. Maintain a secure cloud environment using configuration management solutions. Conduct rigorous oversight of security systems and security configuration administration to reduce risk to enterprise systems and accounts. Document, formulate and enforce areas of security improvement that balance risk with business operations and do not diminish efficiencies or innovation. Manage and ensure SaaS Security Platform (SSPM) solutions are appropriately integrated to manage risk across enterprise SaaS usage. Lead the integration and management of the Cloud Security Posture Management (CSMP) solution for the enterprise. Build relationship with infrastructure and development groups to incorporate security principles into engineering design and deployments. Develop partnerships with IT production and engineering teams. Provision, configure and maintain Azure and AWS cloud infrastructure defined as code. Make and implement recommendations for security best practices and improvements to cloud infrastructure. Develop high-quality technical content such as automation tools, reference architectures, and baselines to help our partners build on the work we deliver. Attend and fully engage in change and project management meetings. Mentor & invest in the development of team members. Performs other duties as assigned. Qualifications: College degree in technology / sciences or equivalent work experience. Minimum 5 years’ experience with emphasis on cloud security and system administration. Deep understanding of network security best practices, including securely establishing connections to on-prem and cloud resources based on a zero-trust model. Hands on experience with network traffic analysis using wireshark/tcpdump/netflow data, as well as in-depth knowledge of network protocols. Proficient with scripting in languages such as Python and PowerShell. Detailed understanding of interacting with APIs. Understanding of NIST, OWASP, CIS, CVSS, the MITRE ATT&CK framework and the secure software development lifecycle. Experience with operations and security across Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure. CCSK, CCSP, CISSP or equivalent security credential preferred. Strong communication skills required. Collaborate across a wide audience of stakeholders regarding business objectives, priorities, and impact of proposed changes. Ability to think both strategically and tactically and be recognized as a thought leader within the security group. Experience with public cloud OS/Storage architectures such as EC2, S3 and EBS preferred. Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Terrafrom, Nexus, Git/Stash, Jenkins, VMware vRealize Automation (or VCD), Packer, Vagrant, Docker, Sonar. Motivated Self-starter, problem solver. Business Unit: AFG Enterprise IT Security Benefits: We offer competitive healthcare, retirement and paid time off benefits. Great American Insurance Group understands the importance of choosing a financially strong company. We are an organization built for the long term and are committed to giving you that strength. Why can you trust Great American Insurance Group? For nearly 150 years, Americans have trusted us to protect them. Our innovative insurance solutions and specialization serves niche marketplaces that we know well. This expertise gives us a successful foundation that spans generations. You never know where a career in insurance will take you. Whether you are starting your career or are looking for a company to grow your experience, at Great American Insurance Group, you can join our more than 8,100 employees to “Be Here. Be GREAT!” To learn more, visit our Career Page