Remote Cyber Security Engineer — Cloud & Threat Defense

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

Job summary

CDM Smith is seeking a Cyber Engineer to advance our Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) journey. You will identify, track, and verify remediation of vulnerabilities across internal and external systems and applications.

The role requires broad knowledge of enterprise apps, OS, networking, cloud infrastructure, and emerging threats. You will help architect, deploy and operate secure cloud application infrastructure, collaborate with IT security, development and operations teams, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 8 years of related experience.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security and vulnerability management.
• Experience with enterprise apps, OS, networking and cloud infra.
• Ability to communicate security concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain secure, resilient enterprise‑grade cloud & on‑prem processes.
• Secure AI & NHI at scale.
• Protect business applications across cloud infrastructures.
• Maintain secure environment with configuration management and reduce risk.
• Deploy IDAM controls across environments.
• Attend meetings as security consultant and guide secure configurations.
• Monitor threats, prioritize remediation, and report to leadership.
• Collaborate across security engineering, operations, and development teams.

Skills

Cloud tools

Automation

Zero trust

Vulnerability management

Security operations

Python scripting

JavaScript scripting

Kubernetes

Terraform

AKS

Bicep

OpenShift

Puppet/Ansible (config mgmt)

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Bicep

AKS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Helm

OpenShift

Python scripting

JavaScript scripting

Job description

CDM Smith is seeking a Cyber Engineer to advance our Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM) journey. You will identify, track, and verify remediation of vulnerabilities across internal and external systems and applications.

The role requires broad knowledge of enterprise apps, OS, networking, cloud infrastructure, and emerging threats. You will help architect, deploy and operate secure cloud application infrastructure, collaborate with IT security, development and operations teams, and