Infrastructure CLoud Security Engineer/ Remote/ EST Time Zone

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Los Angeles (CA); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative SaaS company is seeking a skilled Infrastructure Cloud Security Engineer for a contract role. This fully remote position focuses on enhancing security infrastructure through modernized IaC pipelines, ensuring scalability and flexibility. You'll work on transitioning existing workflows to utilize GitHub Actions while collaborating with security and infrastructure teams. This opportunity offers a chance to make a significant impact on the company's security posture and infrastructure management. If you're passionate about cloud security and want to contribute to cutting-edge projects, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in GitHub, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Python.
• Experience with AWS and CI/CD tools is essential.

Responsibilities

• Enhance IaC and AMI pipelines to ensure best practices.
• Migrate Terragrunt and legacy workflows to modernized pipelines.

Skills

GitHub

GitHub Actions

Terraform

Python

AWS

CI/CD tools

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

Job description

Our large SaaS client is looking for a contract Infrastructure Cloud Security Engineer. This role is fully remote but operating on Eastern Standard Time. This is a contract for 4 months with potential to extend or convert to full time.

This initiative focuses on evaluating and improving newly implemented Security Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Golden Amazon Machine Image (AMI) pipelines to ensure they adhere to best practices while remaining scalable and flexible. Additionally, there are plans to transition existing Terragrunt and legacy CI/CD workflows from AWS to modernized IaC pipelines utilizing GitHub and GitHub Actions

Contract Duration: 3 – 4 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Proficiency in GitHub, GitHub Actions
• Terraform
• Python
• CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, and CI/CD tools.
• Experience working with AWS and security validation tools.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Amazon Machine Image (AMI) creation processes.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience with Terragrunt for infrastructure management.
• Knowledge of automation best practices within AWS environments.
• Familiarity with compliance-driven security frameworks.

What You Will Be Doing
Tech Breakdown

• Terraform & Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (Terraform, Terragrunt) – 25%
• CI/CD & Automation (GitHub Actions, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CI/CD tools) – 25%
• Cloud Services & Management (AWS, CodeCommit) – 20%
• Scripting & Development (Python) – 15%
• Version Control & Collaboration (GitHub) – 15%

Daily Responsibilities

• Pipeline Review & Enhancement (IaC & AMI Pipelines) – 25%
• Pipeline Migrations (Terragrunt & Legacy to New IaC Pipelines) – 25%
• Security Integration & Validation – 15%
• Collaboration with Security & Infrastructure Teams – 15%
• Documentation & Process Standardization – 10%
• Testing & Troubleshooting – 10%