Remote Cloud Security Engineer – IAM & DevSecOps

Placements24; Riverton (UT); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office equipment allowance

Annual performance bonuses

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Retirement savings plan with company-m

Job summary

Placements24 seeks a skilled Cloud Security Engineer for a rapidly growing cloud solutions provider. This remote-first role offers flexibility and autonomy to secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

You will design, implement, and manage security controls, IAM, encryption, and DevSecOps practices; collaborate with development and operations teams; and stay ahead of threats with IaC automation and regular assessments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Cybersecurity/IT.
• Minimum 4 years in information security focusing on cloud.
• Proven experience securing AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Hands-on with cloud security tools and IaC.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain security controls for cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Develop and enforce cloud security policies, standards, and best practices.
• Implement and manage IAM in the cloud.
• Deploy and configure security services such as firewalls, WAFs, security groups, and encryption.
• Monitor cloud environments for threats, vulnerabilities, and compliance deviations.
• Respond to security incidents in the cloud with analysis and remediation.
• Conduct regular security assessments and audits of cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate to implement DevSecOps and IaC automation.
• Stay current with emerging cloud security threats and technologies.

Skills

Cloud security

IAM

DevSecOps

Encryption

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/Cybersecurity/IT)

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure Security Center

Google Security Command Center

CloudTrail

GuardDuty

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Placements24 seeks a skilled Cloud Security Engineer for a rapidly growing cloud solutions provider. This remote-first role offers flexibility and autonomy to secure cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.

You will design, implement, and manage security controls, IAM, encryption, and DevSecOps practices; collaborate with development and operations teams; and stay ahead of threats with IaC automation and regular assessments.