Cloud Security Engineer (AWS & GCP) (Fully Remote)

Quantum Sky; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Life insurance

Parental leave

Professional development reimbursement

Referral bonuses

Job summary

Quantum Sky seeks a Cloud Security Engineer to lead day-to-day security engineering across AWS and GCP, ensuring robust protection of cloud workloads and rapid incident response.

You will perform system administration, patching, and compliance scanning; implement hardening using CIS/ STIGs and FedRAMP; collaborate in a mission-driven, innovative team with strong growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Six or more years of IT/cybersecurity experience with at least three in dedicated cloud security engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and GCP, Linux/Windows systems, and vulnerability management.
• Experience in DevSecOps environments and tools like Terraform, Ansible, Splunk, Tenable, and GitLab.

Responsibilities

• Perform system administration, patching, and compliance scanning for cloud workloads.
• Troubleshoot network, compute, application, and identity issues by reviewing logs and analyzing system behavior.
• Implement hardening controls using CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIGs, and FedRAMP requirements.

Skills

Cloud security engineering

Incident response

Log analysis

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Splunk

Tenable

GitLab

Job description

• Cloud Security Engineer focused on day-to-day security engineering across AWS and GCP.
• Participate in a structured after-hours 24x7 on-call rotation for incident response and escalations.

Responsibilities:

• Perform system administration, patching, and compliance scanning for cloud workloads.
• Troubleshoot network, compute, application, and identity issues by reviewing logs and analyzing system behavior.
• Implement hardening controls using CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIGs, and FedRAMP requirements.

Qualifications:

• Six or more years of IT/cybersecurity experience with at least three in dedicated cloud security engineering.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and GCP, Linux/Windows systems, and vulnerability management.
• Experience in DevSecOps environments and tools like Terraform, Ansible, Splunk, Tenable, and GitLab.
• Health, dental, vision, and 401(k) match.
• Paid time off, STD/LTD/life insurance, and parental leave.
• Professional development reimbursement and referral bonuses.

Quantum Sky is a technology company that engineers solutions for cyber, networks, software, and quantum for mission-driven clients. They foster a collaborative, innovative, and mission-driven environment where every team member plays a critical role.