Cyber Defense Engineering Lead — Cloud, IAM & SecOps

Motion; Birmingham, Northern (AL, KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare coverage

401(k)

Tuition reimbursement

Vacation, Sick, and Holiday pay

Job summary

Motion is seeking a senior Cyber Operations Engineer Lead to manage cyber defense across cloud, IAM, and infrastructure protection on-site in Birmingham, AL. The role emphasizes automation, security tooling, and disaster recovery engineering within enterprise environments.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 8–12 years of experience, with strong communication and multi-tasking abilities to support cross-functional teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or related field.
• 8–12 years of related experience or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Implements and supports cyber defense in cloud, IAM, and infrastructure protection.
• Develops and maintains security tooling, automation, and DR engineering capabilities.
• Analyzes complex security issues and proposes practical fixes.
• Maintains and improves software and deployment pipelines with best practices.

Skills

Cloud security

IAM

DevSecOps

Disaster Recovery

Security tooling

Automation

Data loss prevention

Backend programming

Frontend scripting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science / software engineering / related field

Job description

Motion is seeking a senior Cyber Operations Engineer Lead to manage cyber defense across cloud, IAM, and infrastructure protection on-site in Birmingham, AL. The role emphasizes automation, security tooling, and disaster recovery engineering within enterprise environments.

The ideal candidate has a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 8–12 years of experience, with strong communication and multi-tasking abilities to support cross-functional teams.