Senior AWS Cloud Security Architect & Policy Engineer

Vertical Relevance; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Vertical Relevance seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Security Consultant to design remotely and enforce enterprise cloud security controls within a highly regulated environment. This role sits at the intersection of cloud security architecture, policy engineering, and AWS governance, focusing on preventing data exfiltration through policy-as-code, data perimeter controls, and proactive threat modeling.

You will evaluate AWS services before they are introduced into production environments, identify

Qualifications

• 8+ years of cloud engineering, cloud security, or infrastructure security experience.
• Deep expertise in AWS security architecture and governance.
• Demonstrated experience performing API-level threat modeling for AWS services.
• Strong hands-on experience with Open Policy Agent (OPA), Rego policy development, and policy testing and validation.
• Advanced knowledge of AWS IAM, AWS Organizations, SCPs and RCPs, and data perimeter architecture.
• Experience designing least-privilege access models in regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of cloud security controls, compliance requirements, and enterprise governance frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AWS services before they are introduced into production environments.
• Identify potential security risks at the API and configuration level.
• Implement preventive controls using AWS Organizations policies, IAM guardrails, and Rego-based policy frameworks.
• Support complex cloud security challenges for critical business platforms where security, compliance, and governance are non-negotiable.

Skills

Cloud security

AWS security architecture

Threat modeling (API)

OPA

Rego

Policy testing

IAM

AWS Organizations

SCPs/RCPs

Data perimeter

Least-privilege access

Tools

Open Policy Agent (OPA)

Rego

Terraform

GitHub Actions

Checkov

Conftest

Policy Sentry

Cloudsplaining

Kivera.io

Cloudflare One

CloudWatch

CloudTrail

VPC Flow Logs

Amazon EKS

Job description

Vertical Relevance seeks a Senior AWS Cloud Security Consultant to design remotely and enforce enterprise cloud security controls within a highly regulated environment. This role sits at the intersection of cloud security architecture, policy engineering, and AWS governance, focusing on preventing data exfiltration through policy-as-code, data perimeter controls, and proactive threat modeling.

You will evaluate AWS services before they are introduced into production environments, identify