Security Engineer - Cloud & On-Prem Hardening

AGS - American Gaming Systems; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AGS - American Gaming Systems is seeking a Security Engineer to lead security configuration, hardening, and ongoing operation of security controls across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will own platform health, drive drift remediation, and partner with IT and business teams to balance security with productivity.

The role emphasizes hands‑on engineering, policy alignment, vulnerability remediation, and documentation. Occasional travel across the United States is expected.

Qualifications

• Secure configuration and hardening across Windows and Linux systems.
• Experience with CIS Benchmarks, DISA STIGs, or vendor baselines.
• Hybrid infrastructure fundamentals: virtualization, on-prem, and cloud.
• Scripting and automation with PowerShell, KQL, Graph API.
• Strong documentation discipline and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead system and platform hardening across servers, endpoints, network devices, and cloud services.
• Validate that configuration aligns to security policy and standards; remediate deviations.
• Identify, document, and remediate misconfigurations across infrastructure and security tooling.
• Implement and monitor configuration drift detection and drive corrective action.
• Enforce endpoint baseline hardening and device compliance policies.
• Administer security platforms including endpoint protection, email security, and access control tooling.
• Support vulnerability remediation by applying patches and compensating controls.
• Maintain security tooling health and agent deployment coverage.
• Provide evidence supporting audits, certifications, and regulatory assessments.
• Participate in the incident response lifecycle as assigned.
• Balance security requirements with user productivity.

Skills

CIS Benchmarks

DISA STIGs

vendor baselines

PowerShell

KQL

Graph API

Hybrid infrastructure

Documentation discipline

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Technology, or equivalent

Tools

Endpoint protection (EDR/XDR)

Email security

Access control tooling

Job description

AGS - American Gaming Systems is seeking a Security Engineer to lead security configuration, hardening, and ongoing operation of security controls across on‑prem and cloud environments. You will own platform health, drive drift remediation, and partner with IT and business teams to balance security with productivity.

The role emphasizes hands‑on engineering, policy alignment, vulnerability remediation, and documentation. Occasional travel across the United States is expected.