Senior Cloud Security Engineer: AWS & Azure Expert

hoopp; Toronto; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

HOOPP’s Information Technology division seeks a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to influence security decisions, design robust controls, and guide cloud security across AWS+Azure. You will partner with Infrastructure and Cloud teams, delivering secure-by-design architectures and proactive risk mitigation within HOOPP's cloud-first strategy.

The role emphasizes governance, automation, and continuous improvement to protect critical pension-related services while enabling innovation and scalable

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in information technology and cybersecurity.
• Hands-on experience securing AWS environments using cloud-native security services such as Security Hub, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, AWS Config, KMS, WAF, IAM.
• Experience with cloud security governance, monitoring, vulnerability management, and continuous improvement of security posture.
• Strong understanding of cloud networking, security architecture, and secure design principles.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), security automation, and cloud engineering tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or comparable frameworks.
• Knowledge of DevSecOps practices, CI/CD security, AI technologies, and modern engineering tools.
• Str

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and continuously enhance cloud security controls, standards, and guardrails across AWS and Azure environments to protect critical business services and data.
• Partner with Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure, and project teams to embed secure-by-design principles throughout the cloud lifecycle and enable scalable, resilient solutions.
• Provide strategic security guidance on cloud architectures, emerging technologies, and platform capabilities, balancing risk management with business objectives.
• Proactively identify, assess, and remediate cloud security risks, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations to strengthen HOOPP's overall security posture.
• Enhance cloud logging, monitoring, threat detection, and security automation capabilities to improve visibility, operational effectiveness, and response readiness.
• Conduct security assessments, risk reviews, audits, and technology evaluations, providing practical recommendations that support informed decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Security Operations teams to investigate security events, strengthen cloud-focused detection and response capabilities, and drive effective resolution of security issues.
• Evaluate and support the secure adoption of emerging technologies, including AI and automation solutions, identifying opportunities to improve security outcomes, streamline processes, and challenge the status quo through innovation.

Skills

Cloud security

AWS security services

Security governance

Vulnerability management

DevSecOps

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Security Hub

GuardDuty

CloudTrail

KMS

WAF

IAM

Job description

HOOPP’s Information Technology division seeks a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to influence security decisions, design robust controls, and guide cloud security across AWS+Azure. You will partner with Infrastructure and Cloud teams, delivering secure-by-design architectures and proactive risk mitigation within HOOPP's cloud-first strategy.

The role emphasizes governance, automation, and continuous improvement to protect critical pension-related services while enabling innovation and scalable