Cloud Security Engineer: Vulnerability & Threat Defense

CDM Smith; North Carolina; On-site; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Cyber Engineer to advance its CTEM journey, focusing on identifying, tracking, and remediating vulnerabilities across apps and systems. You will architect, deploy, and operate secure cloud and on-prem infrastructure with a strong emphasis on automation, policy enforcement, and cross-team collaboration.

The role requires broad knowledge of enterprise apps, OS, networking, cloud infra, and emerging threats, plus hands-on experience with SaaS/IaaS/PaaS, threat intel, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 8 years of related experience
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a college degree

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure, resilient enterprise-grade cloud & on-prem processes in tandem with architects and system engineers.
• Secure AI & NHI at scale
• Secure business applications and computing environments across public, private, or hybrid cloud infrastructures.
• Protect business applications in compliance with privacy, security frameworks as defined in corporate policies.
• Maintain a consistent, secure environment using configuration management solutions to reduce risk to enterprise systems and accounts.
• Deploy strong identity and access management (IDAM) controls across applications and computing environments.
• Assist with development, maintenance and utilization of scripts to support ETL tools with a security focus for data flow.
• Attend regular technical project and implementation meetings and serve as the security consultant to help guide secure configurations.
• Monitor and recommend initiatives based on threats.
• Manage remediation efforts after security assessment findings.
• Document and enforce security improvements balancing risk with business operations and innovation.
• Stay apprised of security changes impacting regulatory and industry best practices.

Skills

Zero Trust

Vulnerability mgmt

Cloud security

Python

JavaScript

Terraform

Kubernetes

AKS

OpenShift

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

IaC

NIST 800-144

ISO 27001

KPI tracking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AKS

Terraform

Kafka

Kubernetes

Helm

OpenShift

Python

JavaScript

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Cyber Engineer to advance its CTEM journey, focusing on identifying, tracking, and remediating vulnerabilities across apps and systems. You will architect, deploy, and operate secure cloud and on-prem infrastructure with a strong emphasis on automation, policy enforcement, and cross-team collaboration.

The role requires broad knowledge of enterprise apps, OS, networking, cloud infra, and emerging threats, plus hands-on experience with SaaS/IaaS/PaaS, threat intel, and