Senior Cloud Security Engineer – IaC & CSPM Expert

Northern Trust Corp; Limerick; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Trust seeks a Senior Associate, Cloud Security to design, implement, and support security measures for cloud environments, focusing on PaC and IaC with Terraform. You will use CSPM tools like Wiz and Defender for Cloud to monitor and enforce controls, working closely with security champions across the business.

Responsibilities include security assessments, incident investigations, and contributing to the cloud security roadmap.

Qualifications

• Experience in cloud security engineering or development.
• Proficient in IaC with Terraform.
• Proficiency in Python or related automation tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and support security controls for cloud platforms (Azure/AWS).
• Develop PaC/IaC using Terraform and maintain security policies per CIS/NIST 800-53.
• Utilize CSPM tools (Wiz, Defender for Cloud) to monitor and enforce security controls.
• Collaborate with security champions across units to address security needs.
• Conduct security assessments and incident investigations with root cause analysis.

Skills

Cloud security

IaC

Python

CI/CD

DevOps tooling

Security frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Wiz

Defender for Cloud

Azure Entra

Okta

PAM

Job description

Northern Trust seeks a Senior Associate, Cloud Security to design, implement, and support security measures for cloud environments, focusing on PaC and IaC with Terraform. You will use CSPM tools like Wiz and Defender for Cloud to monitor and enforce controls, working closely with security champions across the business.

Responsibilities include security assessments, incident investigations, and contributing to the cloud security roadmap.