Cloud Engineer (Detroit)

S3 has a new multi-year contract available with a leading company in downtown Detroit!

2 year+ contract

Hybrid-on site in Detroit 3 days / week (must be local to MI)

W2 only (NO CORP TO CORP)

Competitive rate with benefits available

Must be VERY strong / expert level in :

• Azure
• Terraform
• Cloud Security

Interview will be very technical and requires a seasoned Engineer / Architect in Azure and Terraform.

The Cloud Security Engineer analyzes infrastructure and software designs and implementations from a security perspective and identifies and resolves potential threats and issues. Security Engineer secures technology assets across all layers of a technology stack (i.e., application, infrastructure, cloud and data tiers). They will perform the appropriate security analysis, identify and implement mitigations for risks identified at each phase of the software development life cycle. They are skilled in programming and have experience in working with a variety of security tools and software.

Responsibilities

Works with technical leads and teams to ensure security is built into application development, network infrastructure and cloud systems

Implements industry leading best practices around cyber risk and cloud security.

Performs assessments of cloud platforms / environments using industry standard frameworks such as ISO, CSA-CSM and NIST

Designs and develops security policies, standards and procedures using Policy-as-Code with tools like Terraform, OPA, GitHub and Packer

Constantly looks for better ways of solving security problems and designing the solution, not afraid of challenging the status quo

Coach and mentor other team members to maximize the cloud teams potential

Engage and influence technical experts as well as senior leadership

Must-have technical requirements :

Should have at least 5 years experience as a lead Cloud Security Engineer / Architect designing and securing technology assets across application, infrastructure and data tiers.

Must have at least 5 years recent experience working in Azure.

Have at least 3 years recent hands-on experience with Terraform, Github, OPA and Packer

Should be familiar and knowledgeable about the inner workings of the software development like configuration management, release management, source code repositories and operational considerations like monitoring and other instrumentations.

Adequate knowledge of web related technologies (Web applications, Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures) and network / web related protocols

Experience designing the secure deployment and monitoring of applications and infrastructure into Azure

Preferred Qualifications :

Microsoft Azure Security Engineer Associate certification

Industry recognized security certification