Cloud Security Engineer - Infrastructure - AWS - Remote

SitusAMC; Salem (OR); Remote; USD 135,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & paid holidays

Medical, dental, vision, life, and 401

Job summary

SitusAMC is seeking a Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Security Engineer to design, implement, and operate security controls across cloud and on‑prem infrastructure. You will partner with SRE, Platform, and DevOps teams to embed security by default in cloud configurations.

You will lead security automation, guardrails, and incident response using IAM, VPC, encryption, and monitoring services, with Terraform/CloudFormation-based IaC and wide tooling exposure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in industry, 2+ years AVP level or equivalent.
• 7+ years in cloud security engineering or similar roles.
• 5+ years in cloud/infrastructure security or DevSecOps.
• Relevant security certs preferred (CISSP/CEH/GIAC/CISM).
• Hands-on with production AWS: IAM, VPC, networking, least-privilege design.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain AWS security controls across IAM, VPC, encryption, and monitoring.
• Apply least-privilege, secure networking, and logging standards.
• Collaborate with SRE/DevOps to secure enterprise platforms and cloud infra.
• Define baselines, guardrails, and preventative controls for infrastructure.
• Build security via IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation) and CI/CD guardrails.
• Embed security testing in deployment workflows and automation.

Skills

AWS IAM

VPC

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

CI/CD

SRE

DevSecOps

Security engineering

Python/ scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes (EKS)

Job description

SitusAMC is where the best and most passionate people come to transform our client’s businesses and their own careers. Whether you’re a real estate veteran, a passionate technologist, or looking to get your start, join us as we work together to realize opportunities for everyone, we proudly serve.

At SitusAMC, we are looking to match your unique experience with one of our amazing careers, so that we can help you realize your potential and career growth within the Real Estate Industry. If you are someone who can be yourself, advocate for others, stay nimble, dream big, own every outcome, and think global but act local – come join our team!

The Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Security Engineer is a senior technical member of the Information Security organization responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security controls across cloud and infrastructure environments.

This is a hands-on engineering role that works closely with Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, DevOps, and application development teams to ensure security is engineered into cloud platforms and infrastructure from the outset. The objective is to make secure configurations the default, allowing engineering teams to move quickly while maintaining appropriate security controls.

The successful candidate will combine deep cloud and infrastructure expertise with strong security engineering skills. This individual will have the technical capability and authority to implement security controls directly, including AWS IAM policies and roles, VPC and network security controls, cloud security guardrails, logging and monitoring, encryption controls, and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).

Essentials Job Functions:

Cloud Security Engineering

• Design and maintain AWS security controls across IAM, VPC, encryption, monitoring, and cloud-native services.
• Apply least-privilege access, secure networking, encryption, logging, and monitoring standards.
• Support secure adoption of AWS services by translating cloud risks into technical safeguards.

Infrastructure & Platform Security

• Partner with SRE, Platform, Infrastructure, DevOps, and development teams to secure enterprise platforms and cloud infrastructure.
• Define secure baselines, hardening standards, reusable guardrails, and preventative controls for infrastructure technologies.
• Review infrastructure designs to identify security gaps and recommend scalable remediation.

Infrastructure-as-Code & DevSecOps

• Build and maintain security controls through Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, reusable modules, and templates.
• Integrate automated policy, configuration, vulnerability, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines.
• Embed security testing and guardrails into deployment workflows to reduce manual review.

Cloud Security Monitoring & Respons e

• Centralize and protect cloud security telemetry for monitoring, detection, and incident response.
• Partner with Security Operations to investigate incidents and build automated detection and remediation capabilities.
• Use logs, alerts, and findings to improve detection coverage and response readiness.

Security Architecture & Risk Management

• Conduct security architecture reviews and translate risk requirements into practical technical controls.
• Communicate cloud and infrastructure risks, business impact, and remediation options to stakeholders.
• Develop reference architectures, security patterns, technical standards, and engineering guidance.
• Other tasks as assigned by manager

Qualifications/ Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field from an accredited college/university, or equivalent job experience.
• Minimum of 8+ years of industry and/or relevant experience, typically with 2+ years in an AVP level role or external equivalent.
• At least 7+ years of direct relevant work experience in cloud security engineering, application/product security or a similar role
• At least 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure engineering, security engineering,DevSecOps, SRE, or related technical disciplines.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CEH, GIAC, ISSAP, CISM or other relevant security-focused certifications preferred
• Significant hands‑on experience securing production AWS environments including: Strong understanding of AWS IAM, including policies, roles, trust policies, permission boundaries, federation, cross‑account access, and least‑privilege design; Strong knowledge of AWS networking, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, network ACLs, VPC endpoints, load balancers, DNS, and private connectivity.
• Experience securing Kubernetes and containerized environments, including EKS or comparable managed Kubernetes platforms.
• Hands‑on experience with AWS security services such as CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Inspector, IAM Access Analyzer, KMS, and Secrets Manager.
• Experience implementing infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, or comparable Infrastructure-as-Code technologies.
• Experience with Git‑based development and CI/CD workflows.
• Strong understanding of networking concepts, including TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, routing, firewalls, proxies, and network segmentation.
• Working knowledge of Linux and common infrastructure technologies.
• Highly motivated self‑starter that can manage multiple deliverables independently in a fast‑paced environment
• Ability to develop automation using Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar scripting languages.
• Understanding of common cloud attack techniques, identity‑based attacks, privilege escalation, credential compromise, and infrastructure security vulnerabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to independently troubleshoot complex technical security and infrastructure problems.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with security professionals, engineers, architects, and technology leadership.
• Highly motivated self‑starter that can manage multiple deliverables independently in a fast‑paced environment
• Broad knowledge across the security, insider threat, risk management and compliance domains.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Terraform)
• Familiarity with container security technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Have familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) tooling
• Knowledge of encryption and key management practices.
• Excellent risk based problem‑solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

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Note: This job description is not intended to be all inclusive or exclusive. At any time, employees may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization and participate in additional trainings. SitusAMC does not accept unsolicited resumes from staffing agencies, search firms or any third parties. Any unsolicited resume submitted to SitusAMC in any manner will be considered SitusAMC property, and SitusAMC will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.

The annual full time base salary range for this role is

$135,000.00 - $180,000.00

Specific compensation is determined through interviews and a review of relevant education, experience, training, skills, geographic location and alignment with market data. Additionally, certain positions may be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus as determined by bonus program guidelines, position eligibility and SitusAMC Senior Management approval. SitusAMC offers PTO and paid holidays, the terms of which are set forth in the program policies. All full time employees also are eligible to participate in various benefit plans, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance and 401K; in each case in accordance with the terms of the applicable plans.

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SitusAMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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