Cloud Security Engineer – AI & Government Cloud

Amentum; Salt Lake City (UT); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to implement and maintain security controls across Microsoft 365 Commercial and GCC High, Azure, AWS, and hybrid services. The role emphasizes guardrails, automation, and evidence collection to support risk assessments and audits.

Responsibilities include configuring policies, testing controls, and integrating telemetry with security operations. Collaboration with cloud platform owners and risk/compliance teams is essential for secure AI adoption and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, IT, CS, or engineering.
• Five years related experience, incl. three in cloud/security.
• Hands-on with Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, and hybrid services.

Responsibilities

• Implement and maintain security controls across Microsoft 365, Azure, AWS, and hybrid services.
• Configure policies, IaC controls, deployment automation, and integrations with owners.
• Review findings, troubleshoot control failures, and propose practical configuration changes.
• Administer cloud security posture management and workload protection capabilities.
• Maintain platform health, tune controls, document exceptions, and identify gaps in cloud coverage.
• Coordinate risk assessments and control testing; support audits and remediation.
• Collaborate with teams to implement controls and provide evidence for assessments.

Skills

Cloud security concepts

IAM & access control

IaC automation

Microsoft/AWS security

Risk assessment

Education

Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity/IT/CS/engineering

Tools

Microsoft 365

Azure

AWS

M365 GCC High

Job description

Amentum is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to implement and maintain security controls across Microsoft 365 Commercial and GCC High, Azure, AWS, and hybrid services. The role emphasizes guardrails, automation, and evidence collection to support risk assessments and audits.

Responsibilities include configuring policies, testing controls, and integrating telemetry with security operations. Collaboration with cloud platform owners and risk/compliance teams is essential for secure AI adoption and