Remote Cloud Security Engineer: Threat & Vulnerability Expert

CDM Smith; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith in Houston, TX is seeking a Cyber Engineer to support the company’s CTEM journey. You will identify, track, and verify remediation of vulnerabilities across internal and external applications and systems, and work with IT infrastructure, application development and security operations teams to reduce risk.

The role involves architecting, deploying, and operating secure cloud infrastructure, applying strong engineering and scripting skills, and guiding configurations, controls, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of related experience preferred.
• Experience with cloud security in SaaS/IaaS/PaaS environments.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure, resilient cloud and on‑prem processes.
• Lead vulnerability management initiatives and remediation tracking.
• Architect, deploy and operate secure cloud application infrastructure.
• Collaborate with security engineering, operations, and development teams.
• Document policies and controls to balance risk and business needs.
• Monitor threat landscape and recommend tactical and strategic improvements.

Skills

Cloud tools

Automation

Bicep

AKS

Terraform

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Python

Security

IDAM

ETL

Zero Trust

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Puppet

Chef

Ansible

OpenShift

Job description

CDM Smith in Houston, TX is seeking a Cyber Engineer to support the company’s CTEM journey. You will identify, track, and verify remediation of vulnerabilities across internal and external applications and systems, and work with IT infrastructure, application development and security operations teams to reduce risk.

The role involves architecting, deploying, and operating secure cloud infrastructure, applying strong engineering and scripting skills, and guiding configurations, controls, and