What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Security Engineer position at Motion Recruitment Partners, LLC?
Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Cloud Security Engineer in Irving, TX. Charlotte, NC. or Chandler, AZ (Hybrid).
Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Required Skills & Experience
What You Will Be Doing
Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.
Contract Duration: 12 Months
Required Skills & Experience
- 5 years of Baseline Cloud Security experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.
- Cloud technology exp 5 plus years
- Risk and Control 3 plus years
- Cloud security posture management 3 to 5 years
- Development (software) Python - - Writing scripts 2 to 4 years
- 5 years of experience in cloud security, platform security, or security engineering
- Hands on experience with security configuration baselines or hardening standards
- Strong working knowledge of:
- Public cloud platforms (Azure and/or Google Cloud Platform preferred)
- Policy as code or guardrail frameworks
- Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform)
- Experience mapping security controls to industry standards (CIS, NIST, ISO)
- Ability to produce clear, structured, audit ready documentation
- Experience operating in large, regulated enterprise environments
- Engineering mindset with strong governance discipline
- Comfortable translating ambiguity into explicit, machine enforceable requirements
- Detail oriented with a strong emphasis on traceability and defensibility
- Strong written communication skills for executive, audit, and technical audiences
- Able to work independently while collaborating across multiple enterprise teams
- Industry standards and authoritative sources (ie NIST, CSA, CIS benchmark )
- Azure and Google cloud
- Security Baseline
- Experience with a baseline as code program
- Familiarity with cloud organization level controls (management groups, folders, org policies)
- Experience with CI/CD integration of security controls
- Exposure to risk management, audit response, or regulatory examinations
- Background in automating governance processes (exception workflows, control validation, reporting)
What You Will Be Doing
- Consult on complex initiatives with broad impact and large-scale planning for Information Security Analysis.
- Review and analyze complex multi-faceted, larger scale or longer-term Information Security Analysis challenges that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors including intangibles or unprecedented factors.
- Contribute to the resolution of complex and multi-faceted situations requiring solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements that meet deliverables.
- Strategically collaborate and consult with client personnel.
Salary : $70 - $76