AWS Cloud Security Engineer — Guardrails & Automation

Xcel Energy; Minneapolis (MN); Hybrid; USD 98,000 - 139,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Incentive Program

Medical/Pharmacy Plan

Dental

Job summary

Xcel Energy is seeking a Security Engineer – Cloud Security (AWS) to lead the AWS security program across commercial and GovCloud environments. The role focuses on risk visibility, guardrails, and automation, with an initial AWS focus and later Azure expansion.

Requires collaboration with multiple teams and an interview in Minneapolis, MN or Denver, CO. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in information security, strong AWS security skills, and experience with IAM, logging, monitoring, and

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of information security experience.
• Strong hands-on AWS cloud security expertise.
• Deep knowledge of AWS IAM, networking, logging, and workload security.
• Ability to translate technical risk for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with APIs, scripting, or automation for data integration.

Responsibilities

• Build and mature the AWS cloud security program with ownership, processes, and workflows.
• Identify and communicate cloud security risk across environments and stakeholders.
• Develop guardrails and preventative controls to reduce risk prior to deployment.
• Collaborate with Cloud Platform, SAP, EA, and security teams to drive improvements.
• Support DevSecOps practices, including CI/CD integration and automation.

Skills

AWS security

DevSecOps

IAM & Networking

Automation scripting

Cloud risk analysis

Tools

AWS Inspector

AWS Security Hub

Job description

Xcel Energy is seeking a Security Engineer – Cloud Security (AWS) to lead the AWS security program across commercial and GovCloud environments. The role focuses on risk visibility, guardrails, and automation, with an initial AWS focus and later Azure expansion.

Requires collaboration with multiple teams and an interview in Minneapolis, MN or Denver, CO. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in information security, strong AWS security skills, and experience with IAM, logging, monitoring, and