AWS Cloud Security Engineer

Wipro; Chennai District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Wipro is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to lead cloud security strategy and implementation across AWS services. You will design and enforce authentication/authorization, API protections, encryption and key management, and secure session patterns.

The role emphasizes collaboration with platform teams to maintain strong security controls and compliance. Ideal candidates have 8–10 years in cloud security, deep AWS expertise, and hands-on experience with Cognito, VPC Lattice, and

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of experience in cloud security.
• Strong experience with AWS security services and IAM.
• Hands-on background in API security and data protection controls.

Responsibilities

• Implement authentication and authorization using AWS Cognito and related services.
• Configure API security controls, including WAF and traffic inspection.
• Manage encryption at rest/in transit and key management practices.
• Establish secure session management and SSO integrations.
• Support privileged access management and centralized authorization frameworks.
• Implement logging, auditing, telemetry protection, and immutable storage requirements.
• Contribute to vulnerability management and cloud security posture improvements.
• Collaborate with application and platform teams to ensure consistent security controls.

Skills

AWS Security

AWS Cognito

Amazon Verified Permissions

VPC Lattice

API Gateway

WAF

OAuth2, OIDC, JWT

Authorization Models

Encryption & Key Mgmt

API Security

Cloud Networking

ECS/Fargate

Security Monitoring & Auditing

PCI-DSS & Financial Services Security

Tools

AWS Cognito

Amazon Verified Permissions

Job description

Job Description:

Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Primary Focus: AWS security, IAM, authorization, cloud security controls, infrastructure security, API security, and implementation of security architecture.

Responsibilities

• Implement authentication and authorization capabilities using AWS Cognito, Amazon Verified Permissions, and VPC Lattice.
• Implement and maintain API security controls, including schema validation, traffic inspection, WAF configuration, and service-to-service security.
• Configure and maintain encryption at rest, encryption in transit, tokenization, and other data protection mechanisms.
• Implement secure session management, SSO integrations, and machine-to-machine authentication patterns.
• Support privileged access management and centralized authorization frameworks.
• Implement logging, audit controls, telemetry protection, and immutable audit storage requirements.
• Support vulnerability management, cloud security posture improvements, and compliance initiatives.
• Work closely with application and platform teams to ensure security controls are consistently implemented.

Must-Have Skills

• AWS Security
• AWS Cognito
• Amazon Verified Permissions
• VPC Lattice
• API Gateway
• WAF
• OAuth2, OIDC, JWT, Private Key JWT
• Authorization Models (RBAC, ABAC, Policy-Based Access Control)
• Encryption and Key Management
• API Security
• Cloud Networking
• ECS/Fargate
• Security Monitoring and Auditing
• PCI-DSS and Financial Services Security Controls

Zero Trust Principles

Mandatory Skills: AWS Security Services
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Experience: 8-10 Years
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