Cloud Security Engineer

MACHINE LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES LLC; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 78,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Machine Learning Technologies LLC is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to own security across cloud workloads and SaaS migrations in Omaha. You will design and implement guardrails, improve cloud-security posture, and partner with platform and vulnerability-management teams to secure cloud environments.

The role emphasizes hands-on security work, migration support, and collaboration across multiple teams. Onsite work is expected, with a nine-month plus extension engagement and a competitive

Qualifications

• Five or more years of relevant experience in cloud engineering, cloud security, infrastructure security, or a related technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience implementing cloud-security controls, guardrails, or security configurations.
• Experience securing Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud environments.
• Understanding of cloud identity, networking, workload, data, configuration, and platform-security concepts.
• Experience supporting the security of a cloud workload, application, or SaaS migration.
• Ability to move between security design and hands-on implementation.
• Ability to explain specifically what was personally configured, deployed, tested, or remediated.
• Strong troubleshooting and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Willingness to work primarily onsite.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security controls and guardrails for cloud environments.
• Take hands-on ownership of cloud-security posture and control implementation.
• Evaluate cloud workloads, applications, identities, configurations, and services for security risk.
• Support secure application, workload, and SaaS migrations.
• Establish security requirements throughout the migration lifecycle, from design through production.
• Use cloud-security posture management and cloud-native application protection tooling to identify and prioritize risks.
• Work with platform and application teams to remediate cloud-security findings.
• Partner with a principal engineer on cloud-security architecture and implementation.
• Collaborate with vulnerability-management, infrastructure, identity, application, and development teams.
• Help define cloud-security standards, patterns, controls, and operating procedures.
• Validate that implemented controls are working as intended.
• Provide technical guidance on cloud misconfigurations, excessive permissions, exposed services, insecure workloads, and related risks.
• Support a low-volume on-call rotation.

Skills

Cloud security

Cloud guardrails

Troubleshooting

Cross-functional collaboration

Onsite work

Tools

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

Job description

Job Overview

Job ID: J54005

Job Title: Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Omaha, NE

Duration: 9 Months + Extension

Domain Exposure: Manufacturing

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Employment Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, H-1B, OPT-EAD, CPT, Other

Bill Rate: $69/hour (C2C)

Job Description

An organization is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to take ownership of security across cloud workloads and SaaS migrations. This person will help design and implement cloud guardrails, improve cloud-security posture, support secure application migrations, and partner with cloud-platform and vulnerability-management teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain security controls and guardrails for cloud environments.
• Take hands-on ownership of cloud-security posture and control implementation.
• Evaluate cloud workloads, applications, identities, configurations, and services for security risk.
• Support secure application, workload, and SaaS migrations.
• Establish security requirements throughout the migration lifecycle, from design through production.
• Use cloud-security posture management and cloud-native application protection tooling to identify and prioritize risks.
• Work with platform and application teams to remediate cloud-security findings.
• Partner with a principal engineer on cloud-security architecture and implementation.
• Collaborate with vulnerability-management, infrastructure, identity, application, and development teams.
• Help define cloud-security standards, patterns, controls, and operating procedures.
• Validate that implemented controls are working as intended.
• Provide technical guidance on cloud misconfigurations, excessive permissions, exposed services, insecure workloads, and related risks.
• Support a low-volume on-call rotation.

Required Qualifications

• Five or more years of relevant experience in cloud engineering, cloud security, infrastructure security, or a related technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience implementing cloud-security controls, guardrails, or security configurations.
• Experience securing Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud environments.
• Understanding of cloud identity, networking, workload, data, configuration, and platform-security concepts.
• Experience supporting the security of a cloud workload, application, or SaaS migration.
• Ability to move between security design and hands-on implementation.
• Ability to explain specifically what was personally configured, deployed, tested, or remediated.
• Strong troubleshooting and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to work with cloud-platform, application, identity, and vulnerability-management teams.
• Willingness to work primarily onsite.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.