Remote Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Merck & Co.; Rahway (NJ); Remote; USD 142,000 - 224,000; Full time

Job summary

Merck & Co. in Rahway, New Jersey is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and automate security controls across enterprise cloud environments.

You will partner with Cloud, Application, DevOps, and Security teams to ensure cloud services are deployed securely and consistently. Responsibilities include securing identity and networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP, building guardrails with IaC, integrating security into CI/CD, and guiding architecture reviews to reduce risks and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 8+ years of multi-cloud security architecture experience.
• Hands-on IAM, networking, encryption, and secrets management expertise.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code technologies.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, Python, PowerShell, Bash, or similar automation technologies.
• Understanding of Kubernetes and container security.
• Familiarity with cloud security platforms such as Wiz, AWS Security Hub etc.
• Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security controls across AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Secure cloud identity, networking, workloads, data, containers, and APIs.
• Build security guardrails using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and policy-as-code.
• Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment processes.
• Identify and remediate cloud misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, excessive permissions, and attack paths.
• Support cloud security monitoring, logging, threat detection, and incident response.
• Partner with engineering teams to provide practical security guidance and architecture reviews.

Skills

Cloud security architecture

IAM & networking security

IaC & automation

Git CI/CD & scripting

Python/PowerShell/Bash

Kubernetes security

Cloud security tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Wiz

AWS Security Hub

Job description

Merck & Co. in Rahway, New Jersey is seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and automate security controls across enterprise cloud environments.

You will partner with Cloud, Application, DevOps, and Security teams to ensure cloud services are deployed securely and consistently. Responsibilities include securing identity and networking across AWS, Azure, and GCP, building guardrails with IaC, integrating security into CI/CD, and guiding architecture reviews to reduce risks and