Senior Cloud Security Engineer - AWS CNAPP & PKI Expert

The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America; Holmdel Township (NJ); Hybrid; USD 119,000 - 195,000; Full time

Job summary

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to advance security across our AWS environment, CNAPP, and CSPM capabilities. You will translate security requirements into scalable, hands-on solutions and partner with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Architecture, and Compliance teams to automate controls from code to runtime.

In this role, you will design identity and cryptography controls, strengthen cloud posture, and drive secure adoption of AWS services in a

Qualifications

• 5+ years in IT or cybersecurity, with hands-on AWS security.
• Experience designing AWS identity controls, including IAM Identity Center and SCPs.
• Familiarity with CNAPP, CSPM platforms, and enterprise security frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Implement and improve AWS security capabilities: identity, cryptography, posture.
• Engineer scalable AWS access controls and cross-account models.
• Automate security controls in IaC and CI/CD pipelines from code to runtime.
• Integrate AWS security capabilities with CNAPP and CSPM platforms.
• Develop runbooks and reports for security governance and audits.

Skills

AWS security

CNAPP

CSPM

IAM

PKI

Security automation

IaC

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Wiz

Prisma Cloud

AWS Security Hub

Terraform

CloudFormation

KMS

ACM

Job description

Guardian Life Insurance Company of America is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to advance security across our AWS environment, CNAPP, and CSPM capabilities. You will translate security requirements into scalable, hands-on solutions and partner with Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Architecture, and Compliance teams to automate controls from code to runtime.

In this role, you will design identity and cryptography controls, strengthen cloud posture, and drive secure adoption of AWS services in a