Lead Cloud Security Engineer
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
**Description**
_This position follows our hybrid-friendly schedule, so you get the best of both worlds – flexibility and collaboration. In office days will be 2-3 per week averaging 10-12 days per month in one of the following Corporate Office locations: St. Petersburg, FL; Southfield, MI; Memphis, TN; Denver, CO._
**Job Summary:**
As the Cloud Security Engineer, you will be responsible for the analysis, design, development, implementation and maintenance of cloud security controls in nan AWS and Azure multi-cloud environment, and work with operational teams and specialists to maintain our cloud security posture. The candidate must be a self-motivated individual who can collaborate with a team and across the organization.
**Essential Duties and Responsibilities:**
* Evaluate events and alerts within the cloud native protection platform, and platform, and metric observability platform, and tune alerts based on environment and compensating controls
* Manage the lifecycle for all security threats, vulnerabilities, and remediations associated with cloud workloads.
* Partner with the security teams to design, test, implement, and maintain security controls that align with our security policies.
* Work effectively across security, engineering, and architecture functions within the organization to affect change and enhance cloud security strategies
* Design and maintain baseline security controls and hardening requirements within AWS and Azure.
* Develop and maintain alerting mechanisms using cloud native tools, Splunk, and cloud security posture management platforms (Wiz, AquaSec, Prisma Cloud)
* Recommend and assist in implementing security guardrails to protect workloads within the cloud while maintaining deployment agility.
* Problem solving different cloud providers using various scripting languages (Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript, Python)
* Develop infrastructure as code using Terraform.
* Proactively explore emerging technologies and their potential impact on security teams, from the perspective of securing and protecting those technologies
* Proactively explore emerging cloud security threats, recommend solutions, and assist in implementation of those solutions.
* Contributes to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
* Communicates blockers and delays before they require escalation.
**Qualifications**
**Skills and Experience:**
* Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS or related degree and five (5) years of relevant experience or combination or education, experience and training
* Minimum 4 years of AWS experience
* Experience writing in multiple coding languages (e.g., Python, Go, Bash, etc.)
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code (e.g., CDK, Cloud Formation, Terraform, etc.)
* Experience with Git based source code management tools
* Experience with Agile / Scrum planning tools (GitHub, Azure DevOps, Jira, etc.)
* Experience with Splunk (creation of alerts and dashboards, and comprehensive querying logic)
* Experience with AWS security services: CloudWatch, Security Hub, KMS, Inspector, Guard Duty, Config, CloudTrail.
* Experience with Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools such as AquaSec, Wiz, Palo Alto Prisma, etc.
* Experience with on-premises and cloud-based networking, firewalls, and network security.
* Experience with working in a DevSecOps environment.
* Preferred certifications: AWS Solution Architect Associate, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, CISSP, CCSP (certified cloud security specialist), Splunk Certified Power User
* Demonstrated engagement in security conferences, training, learning, associations are highly desired and fully supported.
* Lifelong learner with endless curiosity.
**Licenses/Certifications:**
* AWS Certifications preferred but not required
**Job:** Technology
**Primary Location:** US-FL-St. Petersburg-Saint Petersburg
**Other Locations:** US-TN-Memphis-Memphis, US-MI-Southfield-Southfield, US-CO-Denver-Denver
**Organization** Technology
**Schedule** Full-time
**Job Shift** Day Job
**Travel** Yes, 5 % of the Time
**Req ID:** 2403582
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