Senior Multi-Cloud Security Engineer | Zero-Trust Automation

Kforce Inc; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental/vision insurance

HSA/FSA

401(k)

Paid time off

Sick leave

Job summary

Kforce Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer in Fort Lauderdale, FL to lead security initiatives across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, OCI, and SaaS platforms.

This hands-on role designs and implements security controls, identity governance, and threat detection while driving automation and efficiency across multi-cloud environments. You will collaborate with IAM, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to enforce security baselines, respond to incidents, and support audits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cloud security, cybersecurity engineering, or cloud infrastructure engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Azure, AWS, and a second cloud platform (Google Cloud or OCI).
• Experience with IAM, MFA, privileged access and non-human identities.
• Experience with CNAPP, CSPM, CIEM, SIEM, SOAR and cloud-native security platforms.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, Zero Trust, containers, serverless, and hybrid environments.
• Familiarity with PCI-DSS, SOX and security best practices.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Python, PowerShell, and automation frameworks.
• Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AZ-500, AWS Security Specialty preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain secure cloud architectures, landing zones, guardrails, and security baselines across multiple providers.
• Secure cloud identities, privileged access, service accounts, secrets management, and entitlement governance.
• Develop and enforce network security controls, segmentation, Zero Trust, cloud firewalls, and secure connectivity.
• Manage cloud-native security platforms, posture management, vulnerability remediation, and threat detection.
• Monitor and respond to security incidents, conduct root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
• Secure containerized, serverless, and SaaS environments through proactive security controls and governance.
• Automate cloud security processes using IaC, policy-as-code, APIs, scripting, and SOAR.
• Partner with infrastructure, IAM, application, and cybersecurity teams to deploy and maintain enterprise security controls.
• Support audit, compliance, and governance initiatives through continuous monitoring and automated evidence collection.
• Utilize AI-enabled tools and automation to improve security analysis and incident response.

Skills

Cloud security

Azure

AWS

Google Cloud

OCI

CNAPP

CIEM

SIEM

SOAR

Terraform

Python

PowerShell

Tools

Terraform

Python

PowerShell

Job description

Kforce Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer in Fort Lauderdale, FL to lead security initiatives across Azure, AWS, Google Cloud, OCI, and SaaS platforms.

This hands-on role designs and implements security controls, identity governance, and threat detection while driving automation and efficiency across multi-cloud environments. You will collaborate with IAM, infrastructure, and cybersecurity teams to enforce security baselines, respond to incidents, and support audits.