Cloud Security Engineer: AWS & Azure Expert

CPKC; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Pension plans

Employee share purchase plan

Performance incentive plan

Annual fitness subsidy

Part-time studies program

Job summary

CPKC is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to protect and advance our cloud platforms. You will implement and enhance security controls across AWS and Azure, collaborating with cloud engineers and business stakeholders to remediate risks and drive security practices.

You will design secure infrastructure, automate IaC, and partner with Enterprise Security and Architecture to ensure scalable, reliable cloud environments that support enterprise growth.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in cloud infrastructure or cybersecurity.
• Hands-on AWS production workloads experience.
• Experience implementing secure cloud networking, encryption, and IaC.
• Passport and ability to travel between Canada and the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain IaC for security controls in cloud.
• Implement security best practices across cloud environments (AWS/Azure).
• Collaborate with Enterprise Security, Enterprise Architecture, and product teams.
• Design secure, scalable cloud infrastructure ensuring reliability and operational excellence.

Skills

Cloud security

Infrastructure as Code

AWS security

Security monitoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Information Technology / Cybersecurity / Computer Science degree

Tools

AWS CloudWatch

AWS CloudTrail

AWS Config

GuardDuty

AWS Organizations

AWS IAM

API Gateway

EventBridge

SNS

SQS

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Azure VNets

Azure Network Security Groups

Azure Key Vault

AWS KMS

AWS Secrets Manager

Transit Gateway

Job description

CPKC is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to protect and advance our cloud platforms. You will implement and enhance security controls across AWS and Azure, collaborating with cloud engineers and business stakeholders to remediate risks and drive security practices.

You will design secure infrastructure, automate IaC, and partner with Enterprise Security and Architecture to ensure scalable, reliable cloud environments that support enterprise growth.