Cloud Security Engineer

Galent; Toronto; On-site; CAD 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the financial services sector is seeking an AWS Provisioning Specialist to manage and provision AWS resources. This mid-senior level role involves ensuring compliance with security policies and utilizing Infrastructure as Code tools for automation. The ideal candidate will have strong technical skills in AWS services and a commitment to best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience in provisioning and managing AWS resources.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services like IAM, S3, and KMS.
• Ability to use Infrastructure as Code tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.

Responsibilities

• Provision and manage AWS IAM roles and security groups.
• Create and maintain Amazon S3 buckets with appropriate permissions.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders for provisioning requirements.

Skills

AWS Resource Provisioning

Security and Access Management

S3 & KMS Expertise

Automation & Scripting

Monitoring & Compliance

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Job Description:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and technically proficient AWS Provisioning Specialist to support our internal teams by provisioning and managing AWS resources. This role focuses on handling service requests, ensuring secure configuration, and maintaining compliance with company standards and AWS best practices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provision and manage AWS IAM roles, functional users, and security groups to enable secure and controlled access to AWS resources.
• Create, configure, and maintain Amazon S3 buckets, ensuring appropriate access permissions, encryption settings, and tagging standards are applied.
• Generate and manage AWS KMS (Key Management Service) keys to support secure data encryption and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with requestors and internal stakeholders to gather provisioning requirements and ensure timely, accurate resource setup.
• Ensure all provisioning activities are aligned with internal security policies, compliance standards, and AWS best practices.
• Utilize Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as AWS CloudFormation or Terraform for automated provisioning.
• Working knowledge of core AWS services: IAM, S3, and KMS is required.
• Understanding of cloud security principles and access control mechanisms.
• Ability to interpret technical requests and translate them into actionable provisioning tasks.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage with internal teams effectively.
• Experience with automation or scripting (e.g., AWS CLI, Python, Terraform) is an advantage.

Key Skills :

• AWS Resource Provisioning: Provision and manage AWS services such as EC2, S3, IAM, VPCs, Security Groups, and other foundational cloud components using best practices (manual or via Infrastructure as Code).
• Security and Access Management: Configure and manage IAM roles/policies, functional group-based access, and security groups ensuring secure access to cloud resources.
• S3 & KMS Expertise: Set up and manage Amazon S3 buckets including versioning, lifecycle policies, and access control; provision and rotate AWS KMS keys for data encryption.
• Automation & Scripting: Leverage tools like CloudFormation, Terraform, or Boto3 scripting for automating AWS provisioning and configurations.
• Monitoring & Compliance: Implement logging, monitoring (CloudWatch, CloudTrail), and tagging strategies to ensure audit readiness and environment hygiene.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Financial Services and Banking

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