AWS Cloud Security Lead — Migration Architect

Akaasa Technologies; Secaucus (NJ); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Akaasa Technologies in Secaucus, NJ is seeking an experienced Cloud Security Engineer to lead migrations of on-prem networks into AWS and re-architect them using native cloud services.

The role requires hands-on experience migrating firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers, plus designing secure cloud architectures with Terraform, Ansible, and Python automation. Hybrid work with limited relocation may apply.

Qualifications

• Experience migrating on-prem networks to AWS and re-architecting into cloud-native services.
• Hands-on with firewalls, VPNs, servers in AWS and hybrid environments.
• Strong security posture management and incident response in cloud.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end migration of on-prem network infrastructure into AWS.
• Architect AWS networking components (VPCs, subnets, Transit Gateway, VPNs).
• Deploy and manage AWS security services (Security Groups, WAF, Shield, GuardDuty, IAM).
• Implement load balancing and CloudWatch observability for migrated assets.
• Own cloud security posture and compliance (SOX, PCI).
• Lead cloud-based incident response and forensics.

Skills

AWS cloud security

Terraform

Ansible

Python automation

CI/CD pipelines

GitHub workflows

Palo Alto firewall

Linux (RHEL)

Cloud security architecture

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub

Job description

Akaasa Technologies in Secaucus, NJ is seeking an experienced Cloud Security Engineer to lead migrations of on-prem networks into AWS and re-architect them using native cloud services.

The role requires hands-on experience migrating firewalls, VPNs, and load balancers, plus designing secure cloud architectures with Terraform, Ansible, and Python automation. Hybrid work with limited relocation may apply.