Cloud Security Engineering Lead

Merck; New Jersey; On-site; USD 142,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck in Rahway, NJ is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and automate security controls across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will partner with Cloud, Application, DevOps, and Security teams to ensure cloud services are deployed securely and consistently.

Responsibilities include designing security controls, integrating security into CI/CD, and remediating misconfigurations. The role requires 8+ years of cloud security experience and hands-on IAM, networking, encryption, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of AWS/Azure/GCP architecture and security experience.
• Hands-on knowledge of IAM, cloud networking, encryption, secrets management, and workload security.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar automation technologies.
• Understanding of Kubernetes and container security.
• Familiarity with cloud security platforms such as Wiz, AWS Security Hub etc.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Secure cloud identity, networking, workloads, data, containers, and APIs.
• Build security guardrails using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and policy-as-code.
• Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment processes.
• Identify and remediate cloud misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, excessive permissions, and attack paths.
• Support cloud security monitoring, logging, threat detection, and incident response.
• Partner with engineering teams to provide practical security guidance and architecture reviews.

Skills

AWS Security

Cloud Security Architecture

Container Security

Kubernetes

Zero Trust

Data Protection

GCP

IaC

CI/CD

Automation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Git

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Job description

Merck in Rahway, NJ is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and automate security controls across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will partner with Cloud, Application, DevOps, and Security teams to ensure cloud services are deployed securely and consistently.

Responsibilities include designing security controls, integrating security into CI/CD, and remediating misconfigurations. The role requires 8+ years of cloud security experience and hands-on IAM, networking, encryption, and