What are the responsibilities and job description for the Security Engineer position at Elegant Enterprise- Wide Solutions Inc?
About this Position:Job Title: Security EngineerResponsibilities:Design and plan scalable, secure, and cost-optimized AWS architectures, including multi-account and multi-region setups.Implement AWS infrastructure and core services using best practices and infrastructure-as-code tools.Design and manage enterprise API Gateway solutions, including authentication, throttling, monitoring, and lifecycle governance.Build, secure, and operate Kubernetes (EKS) environments with automation, networking, monitoring, and GitOps workflows.Implement comprehensive cloud security, encryption, compliance monitoring, threat protection, and incident response procedures.Plan and execute disaster recovery, business continuity, migration strategies, and hybrid cloud connectivity.Gather and document business, functional, and non-functional requirements and translate them into technical architectures.Provide AWS operations support including monitoring, incident response, optimization, and cost management.Develop automation for deployment, logging, security, backups, and high-availability architectures.Deliver knowledge transfer through documentation, training, runbooks, and operational guides. Mandatory Qualifications:Seven (7) years of experience with developing and implementing technical solutions to help mitigate security vulnerabilities.Seven (7) years of IT experience with 3 years in AWS operations.Three (3) years of experience with AWS security services (GuardDuty, Security Hub, WAF, Inspector).Three (3) years of expert level experience monitoring and observability experience (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana).Five (5) years of experience with incident management and ITIL processes.Five (5) years of experience with aligning business with compliance frameworks (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2, NIST).Five (5) years of experience with log aggregation and SIEM solutions (Elastic).Five (5) years of experience in automation and scripting (Python, Bash).Three (3) years of experience with container security and Kubernetes security best practices.AWS Certified SysOps Administrator certification: Associate or Professional (required)*. Desirable Qualifications:Seven (7) or more years of experience aligning IT systems with organizational business processes. At least five (5) years of that experience must be in a lead capacity.Five (5) years of experience supporting multi-account AWS Organizations environments, including governance guardrails, SCPs, and operational best practices.Experience leading high-severity security incidents and developing incident response runbooks or post-incident analysis reports.Seven (7) or more years of experience developing SIEM correlation rules, dashboards, and threat-detection content to improve alert quality and reduce false positives.Possession of additional security-focused certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, CKS, CISSP, or GIAC certifications*.