IAM Cloud Engineer-AWS & Python

Ventures Unlimited, Inc.; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Flexible work arrangements

Job summary

Ventures Unlimited, Inc. is seeking a development-heavy engineer with proven Python expertise to design and implement secure, scalable software in a cloud environment (AWS or GCP).

The role focuses on hands-on coding, API development, and automated testing within a financial services or large, complex context. You will work with security, infrastructure, and service teams to define IAM controls, deliver CI/CD pipelines with automated validation, and build Python-based frameworks for security

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on cloud-native experience in AWS or GCP
• Advanced Python development proficiency required
• Experience with API development and integrations
• Experience writing scalable, production-grade code
• Automated testing framework experience
• Security solutions design/implementation in financial services or large/global environments
• Strong self-motivation and communication skills
• Ability to work independently and own multiple project parts
• Karat Python-focused assessment required
• IaC tools Terraform and CloudFormation experience
• Python, Go or Java proficiency
• Unit testing frameworks such as Behave, pytest or JUnit
• Developing and securing SOAP and REST APIs
• DevOps/Agile with CI/CD automation and testing

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional cloud teams to define IAM roles and policies for public cloud services
• Define and develop security controls and tools to ensure IAM implementations comply with cloud security standards
• Build automation and libraries to enable self-service IAM identity and permission provisioning
• Build and enhance Python-based frameworks for security control orchestration and detection/response workflows
• Develop integrations with cloud services, security tooling, platforms, and policy enforcement (OPA/Rego)
• Write and maintain automated unit tests and integration/behavioral tests
• Support CI/CD integration and continuous validation of controls

Skills

Python

AWS/GCP

API development

Production-grade code

CI/CD pipelines

Unit testing

Karat assessment

IaC (Terraform)

Go or Java

SOAP/REST APIs

DevOps

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Independence

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Behave

pytest

JUnit

Job description

This is not a traditional security or IAM role. It is a development-heavy engineering role requiring strong coding expertise. Candidates must have proven Python development experience.

• Minimum of 3 years of hands-on experience working with cloud-native services in AWS or GCP – cloud experience is a must have (non-negotiable)
• Advanced proficiency in Python (non-negotiable)
• Experience with:
  • API development and integrations
  • Writing scalable, production-grade code
• Automated testing framework
• Experience in the design and implementation of enterprise security solutions in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment
• Highly motivated self-starter with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative.
• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, AWS Certified Security Specialty, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer are desirable
• MUST pass a Karat Assessment – Python focused
• Experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools: Terraform and CloudFormation
• Proficiency in Python, Go or Java
• Proficiency in unit testing frameworks such as Behave, pytest or Junit
• Proficiency in developing and securing SOAP and REST based web service APIs
• Experience in DevOps and agile methodologies and automated solution delivery and testing through CI/CD pipelines

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional cloud teams including security, infrastructure, service engineering and business application teams to define and implement IAM roles and policies required to build, support and consume services in public cloud.
• Define and develop security controls and tools to ensure IAM implementation in public cloud environments are compliant with cloud security standards and policies.
• Build automation and libraries to enable developers to create IAM identities and permissions through self-service. Deliver IAM solutions through CI/CD pipelines with automated testing and validation.
• Build and enhance Python-based frameworks used for:
  • Security control orchestration
  • Detection and response workflows
• Develop integrations with:
  • Cloud services (APIs, services, identity layers)
  • Security tooling and platforms
  • Preventative controls (policy enforcement, OPA/Rego)
• Write and maintain:
  • Automated unit tests
  • Integration and behavioral tests
• Support CI/CD integration and continuous validation of controls