Cloud Security Engineer - CTEM & Vulnerability Lead

CDM Smith; Hickory (NC); On-site; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Cyber Engineer to advance our CTEM program, identifying, tracking and remediating vulnerabilities across cloud and on‑prem environments. The role spans architecture, deployment and operation of secure cloud infrastructure, aligning with business needs and risk reduction.

Ideal candidates bring deep security engineering experience across SaaS, IaaS and PaaS with strong scripting, automation and collaboration skills to drive proactive safeguards and measurable risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 8 years of related experience.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience considered in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure, resilient enterprise‑grade cloud & on‑prem processes.
• Secure AI & NHI at scale and protect business applications.
• Manage remediation efforts after security assessments.
• Lead vulnerability management and report on KPIs to leadership.
• Collaborate with security engineering, operations, IT and development teams.

Skills

Cloud security

Automation

Vulnerability management

Identity access management

Zero trust

Python scripting

DevSecOps

Cross-team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Ansible

Puppet

OpenShift

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Cyber Engineer to advance our CTEM program, identifying, tracking and remediating vulnerabilities across cloud and on‑prem environments. The role spans architecture, deployment and operation of secure cloud infrastructure, aligning with business needs and risk reduction.

Ideal candidates bring deep security engineering experience across SaaS, IaaS and PaaS with strong scripting, automation and collaboration skills to drive proactive safeguards and measurable risk