Cloud Security Engineer

At HGS Digital, our vision is to be the globally preferred digital transformation partner for our clients, creating value in their business through rigorous innovation at scale. We are an expert team of 500+ leading strategic thinkers, digital marketing and creative masters, data analysts, software engineers, and process optimization specialists with an elemental desire to create transformative digital solutions.

Job Title: Cloud Security Engineer

Job Responsibilities
 Identify and resolve security issues across the cloud infrastructure
 Build, deploy, and manage security tools and services
 Design and implement scalable processes to provision cloud access
 Maintain a low-touch, reliable, and user-friendly infrastructure
 Evaluate and respond to alerts and events from security tools
 Tune security tool configuration to minimize false positives
 Develop event response documentation and processes, including diagrams for system environments, cloud operations, and security tools
 Collaborate with security leadership, engineering, and compliance to execute security strategies
 Assist other teams in solving security issues in a manner that complies with business requirements and best practices
 Assess our current cloud security and propose improvements or solutions
 Review our architecture and design through a security lens to provide actionable, timely requirements and recommendations
 Serve as a subject matter expert for security tools, applications, and processes.

Required Skills and Experience
 5+ years of experience working with a public cloud infrastructure
 Experience deploying and customizing security tools such as vulnerability scanners, static analyzers, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and endpoint security monitoring
 Experience using CI/CD pipelines for change management and automated security testing
 Experience with networking and Unix/Linux servers
 Experience developing software with object-oriented languages such as Python, Java, C++, or Ruby
 Experience with database programming and administration
 Experience with log management and/or correlation systems
 Fluent in one or more programming or scripting language
 Thorough understanding of cloud and network security
 Ability to write SQL queries and build dashboards and reports
 Knowledge of networking and web protocols
 Knowledge of modern cloud technology components and deployment patterns
 Strong communication and collaboration skills
 Strong analytical problem solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

5+ years of experience working in an information security role

Experience deploying services in a multi-cloud environment,