Cloud Security Engineer — Threat & Vulnerability Defense

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

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Cyber Engineer to join our team in Charlotte, NC, focusing on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). You will identify, track, and verify remediation of vulnerabilities across internal and external applications and systems, working with IT, development, and security operations to minimize risk.

You will help architect, deploy and operate secure cloud infrastructure, applying zero-trust principles, automation, and secure config practices while collaborating with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of related experience in security engineering or cloud security.
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure cloud & on-prem processes with architects and engineers.
• Lead vulnerability management programs and remediation tracking.
• Architect, deploy, and operate secure cloud application infrastructure.
• Collaborate with security leadership to assess threats and reduce risk.
• Monitor and report on KPI metrics for security programs.

Skills

Cloud security

Automation

Vulnerability management

Zero Trust

Python scripting

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Puppet/Ansible

AKS

CI/CD tooling

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Cyber Engineer to join our team in Charlotte, NC, focusing on Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM). You will identify, track, and verify remediation of vulnerabilities across internal and external applications and systems, working with IT, development, and security operations to minimize risk.

You will help architect, deploy and operate secure cloud infrastructure, applying zero-trust principles, automation, and secure config practices while collaborating with