Cloud Security Engineer: AWS/Azure, Kubernetes & Automation

Motion Recruitment; Dallas (TX); Hybrid; USD 63,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Onsite in Fort Worth, TX

5-month contract

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to help secure complex, high-visibility cloud environments used across the organization. This hands-on security role focuses on Azure and AWS, Kubernetes, CNAPP/CSPM, and automation to strengthen security and enable remediation across large-scale systems.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, implement security controls, build automation in Python or Node.js, and work in a hybrid model at Fort Worth, TX on a 5-month contract, earning

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in Cybersecurity or Cloud Security Engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Azure and/or AWS.
• Experience protecting Kubernetes clusters and containerized workloads.
• Hands-on experience with CSPM or CNAPP technologies.
• Experience implementing cloud security standards, policies, and guardrails.
• Scripting or automation experience with Python or Node.js.
• Experience evaluating cloud vulnerabilities and prioritizing remediation by risk.
• Ability to work with engineering teams to resolve findings.
• Understanding of security across cloud compute, networking, storage, and identity services.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Protect enterprise cloud environments across Azure and AWS.
• Build and enforce security controls for Kubernetes and container platforms.
• Improve cloud security posture using CSPM and CNAPP technologies.
• Review, prioritize, and track cloud security findings through remediation.
• Create cloud security policies and engineering guardrails.
• Partner with developers and application owners to reduce security risk.
• Build automation using Python or Node.js to streamline security operations.
• Develop custom solutions when existing platforms do not meet needs.
• Strengthen security across cloud workloads, infrastructure, networking, and identity.
• Collaborate with cloud, infrastructure, engineering, and cybersecurity teams.
• Participate in occasional on-call support as needed.

Skills

Cloud security

Azure AWS

Kubernetes

CNAPP/CSPM

Scripting Python

Node.js

Vulnerability management

Collaboration with engineering

Security policy

Cloud compute networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical field

Tools

Wiz

Prisma Cloud

Sonrai

Tenable

Job description

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to help secure complex, high-visibility cloud environments used across the organization. This hands-on security role focuses on Azure and AWS, Kubernetes, CNAPP/CSPM, and automation to strengthen security and enable remediation across large-scale systems.

You will collaborate with engineering teams, implement security controls, build automation in Python or Node.js, and work in a hybrid model at Fort Worth, TX on a 5-month contract, earning