Hybrid Cloud Security Engineer: Hands-On in Boston

Motion Recruitment; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Benefits

Vision Benefits

PTO

401(k) with company match

Flexible work arrangements

Life and Disability Insurance

Certification reimbursement

Employee wellness programs

Job summary

Motion Recruitment seeks a Cloud Security Engineer in the Greater Boston area for a hybrid role. You will strengthen cloud security across AWS/Azure/GCP, implement IAM and network security, and drive secure architectures with IaC.

The role blends hands-on engineering with architecture and strategic security initiatives, collaborating with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Information Security, Cloud Security, or related field.
• Hands-on in AWS, Azure or GCP cloud platforms.
• Strong IAM, network security and cloud-native controls knowledge.
• Infrastructure-as-code security with Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Competence in container security and Kubernetes hardening.
• Experience with vulnerability management, threat detection and IR.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across cloud infra and apps.
• Conduct cloud security assessments, architecture reviews, and risk analyses.
• Monitor for threats, vulnerabilities, and suspicious activity.
• Improve IAM governance and access controls.
• Collaborate with engineering to embed security into CI/CD pipelines.
• Develop security automation to improve operations.
• Lead remediation of vulnerabilities and findings.
• Support incident response and cloud monitoring initiatives.
• Promote cloud security best practices across the org.

Skills

Cloud Security

Security Engineering

IAM & Network Security

IaC Security

Kubernetes Security

Vulnerability Management

Threat Detection

Automation Scripting

Security Frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IT

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

SIEM

EDR

Job description

Motion Recruitment seeks a Cloud Security Engineer in the Greater Boston area for a hybrid role. You will strengthen cloud security across AWS/Azure/GCP, implement IAM and network security, and drive secure architectures with IaC.

The role blends hands-on engineering with architecture and strategic security initiatives, collaborating with engineering, infrastructure, and security teams.