Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Company | Alarm.com |
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Location | Vienna, VA, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s |
Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- B. A. or B.S. (or higher-level degree) in Computer Science or a similar engineering program with strong academic performance preferred
- 7+ years of Cloud Information Security experience, with a focus on public cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, and Azure
- AWS Security, CISSP, CISA, OSCP or other information security certification
- Security certifications such as Cisco CCNP Security, AWS Security, CISSP, CISA, OSCP are a plus
- Experience in performing security reviews of cloud application designs, source code and deployments
- Must have knowledge and stay up to date on the latest cloud security advisories, alerts and vulnerabilities.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills for a highly collaborative environment
- Rigorous attention to detail and focus on quality of deliverables
- Expertise in AWS services like EC2 & ECS, WAF & VPC configuration & IAM rules, and cloud security platforms such as CNAPP, CSPM, CWPP, CASB, CIEM
- Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform/CloudFormation.
- Comfortable with Python and able to read Java when necessary, with an emphasis on cloud security scripting and automation
- Proven team experience and comfort in a team-oriented environment
- Passion for working with cloud technology and excitement for creating high quality, secure consumer technology products.
Responsibilities
- Experience in cloud security or engineering in public cloud providers AWS, GCP and Azure.
- Experience with evaluating, reviewing, and deploying cloud native security tools in AWS and Azure.
- Hands-on experience with monitoring, configuring rules, and enforcement using cloud security platforms such as CNAPP, CSPM, CWPP, CASB and CIEM
- Lead network security initiatives with a primary focus on Cisco technologies (FirePower, ASA, ISE, Umbrella, Stealthwatch).
- Utilize the Wiz tool for cloud security posture management, including configuration analysis, vulnerability detection, and compliance monitoring.
- Select and acquire additional security solutions or enhancements to existing security solutions to improve overall enterprise security
- Determine, monitor and maintain our security posture, in collaboration with Engineering.
- Oversee and manage the deployment, integration and configuration of security solutions and of any enhancements to existing security solutions and the enterprise’s security documents.
- Collaborate with development, operations, and security teams to integrate security into all phases of the software development lifecycle.
- Implement and manage security policies, firewall configurations, and network segmentation strategies.
- Oversee the deployment and security of F5 technologies and WAF at the edge.
- Develop and implement DDoS protection strategies.
- Recommend actions/practices to management in order to ensure compliance with security and regulatory requirements in decision-making processes.
- Suggest actions in order to mitigate risk in any activity that potentially impacts security of existing IT and information management.
- Craft responses to client and partner security questionnaires
- Other duties as assigned
Preferred Qualifications
- Security certifications such as Cisco CCNP Security, AWS Security, CISSP, CISA, OSCP are a plus