Senior Hybrid-Cloud Security Engineer

Port of Portland; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Port of Portland seeks a Senior Hybrid-Cloud System Engineer (Security) to lead secure design and deployment of cloud and on-prem infrastructure. This role partners with Information Security to translate threats into effective controls across AWS, Azure, and on‑prem environments, enabling the Port’s ERP modernization and secure operations.

The position emphasizes incident response, automated policy enforcement, and secure configuration standards to support a scalable, resilient IT backbone.

Qualifications

• Five (5) + years of progressive experience in administration and/or engineering of cloud and hybrid infrastructure server environments.
• Bachelor’s Degree – Computer Science or related field, or a combination of related education, industry certification, and demonstrated experience.
• Ability to pass a criminal history records check to allow entry to secure airport areas (Grey Badge).
• CJIS background clearance due to access to secure information at the airport.

Responsibilities

• Engineer secure, scalable, and operationalized cloud and on-prem infrastructure solutions using modern architectural frameworks and automation‑first strategies.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning, compliance validation, and deployment automation.
• Implement and manage infrastructure‑as‑code workflows and automation (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, GitHub Actions, Jenkins).
• Design and administer security controls across application-layer, network, and cloud environments and monitor for policy compliance.

Skills

Cloud security

CI/CD pipelines

DevSecOps

Incident response

Automation

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

Job description

Port of Portland seeks a Senior Hybrid-Cloud System Engineer (Security) to lead secure design and deployment of cloud and on-prem infrastructure. This role partners with Information Security to translate threats into effective controls across AWS, Azure, and on‑prem environments, enabling the Port’s ERP modernization and secure operations.

The position emphasizes incident response, automated policy enforcement, and secure configuration standards to support a scalable, resilient IT backbone.