What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Engineer, Cloud Security position at V-Soft Consulting Group, Inc.?
Primary Location: Oak Brook, Illinois
V-Soft Consulting is currently hiring for a Lead Engineer, Cloud Security for our premier client in Oak Brook, Illinois.
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Job Responsibilities:
Qualified candidates should send their resumes to bpritchett@vsoftconsulting.com
V-Soft Consulting Group is recognized among the top 100 fastest growing staffing companies in North America, V-Soft Consulting Group is headquartered in Louisville, KY with strategic locations in India, Canada and the U.S. V-Soft is known as an agile, innovative technology services company holding several awards and distinctions and has a wide variety of partnerships across diverse technology stacks.
As a valued V-Soft Consultant, you’re eligible for full benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision), a 401(k) plan, competitive compensation and more. V-Soft is partnered with numerous Fortune 500 companies, exceptionally positioned to advance your career growth.
V-Soft Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
For more information or to view all our open jobs, please visit www.vsoftconsulting.com or call (844) 425-8425.
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V-Soft Consulting is currently hiring for a Lead Engineer, Cloud Security for our premier client in Oak Brook, Illinois.
Education And Experience »
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Security, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 7 years of progressive experience in information security, with at least 4 years focused on cloud security engineering.
- Experience with container security (Docker, Kubernetes) and serverless security patterns. Capable of persuading non-security leaders (e.g., IT Ops, Engineering, Product) by linking security initiatives to operational continuity, consumer trust, and compliance posture.
- AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), CCSP, CISSP, or equivalent
- Experience with cloud detection and response (CDR) tooling and cloud-native threat detection
- Deep hands-on experience with both AWS and Microsoft Azure security services, including: AWS: IAM, GuardDuty, Security Hub, CloudTrail, Config, KMS, VPC security, WAF, Organizations/SCPs. Azure: Entra ID, Defender for Cloud, Azure Policy, Key Vault, NSGs, Azure Monitor, Sentinel.
- Strong experience with cloud security posture management (CSPM) platforms (e.g., Wiz, Orca, Rapid7 InsightCloudSec, CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, or equivalent).
- Working knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM/Bicep templates) and securing IaC pipelines.
- Solid understanding of network security principles applied to cloud environments (VPCs, transit gateways, private endpoints, zero trust network architecture).
- Familiarity with CI/CD security integration and DevSecOps practices.
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to both engineering peers and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborative approach to working across engineering, IT, and product teams.
Job Responsibilities:
- Manage and optimize cloud security posture management (CSPM) and cloud workload protection (CWPP) tooling
- Conduct cloud security assessments, identify misconfigurations, and drive remediation with engineering teams.
- Design and implement guardrails for Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) pipelines (Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep) to prevent insecure deployments
- Monitor and respond to cloud-specific threats, integrating cloud telemetry into SIEM and detection workflows
- Evaluate and harden container and serverless architectures (EKS, ECS, Lambda, AKS, Azure Functions).
- Develop and maintain cloud security standards, reference architectures, and runbooks.
- Support incident response activities for cloud-based security events.
- Partner with Engineering, and Application Development teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines.
- Provide technical input on cloud security tooling decisions, vendor evaluations, and proof-of-concept testing.
Qualified candidates should send their resumes to bpritchett@vsoftconsulting.com
V-Soft Consulting Group is recognized among the top 100 fastest growing staffing companies in North America, V-Soft Consulting Group is headquartered in Louisville, KY with strategic locations in India, Canada and the U.S. V-Soft is known as an agile, innovative technology services company holding several awards and distinctions and has a wide variety of partnerships across diverse technology stacks.
As a valued V-Soft Consultant, you’re eligible for full benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision), a 401(k) plan, competitive compensation and more. V-Soft is partnered with numerous Fortune 500 companies, exceptionally positioned to advance your career growth.
V-Soft Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
For more information or to view all our open jobs, please visit www.vsoftconsulting.com or call (844) 425-8425.
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