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verticalrelevance lists this Senior AWS Cloud Security Engineer opportunity in new york, New York. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Vertical Relevance is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Security Consultant to help design remotely and enforce enterprise cloud security controls within a highly regulated environment. This role sits at the intersection of cloud security architecture, policy engineering, and AWS governance, with a primary focus on preventing data exfiltration through policy-as-code, data perimeter controls, and proactive threat modeling.
You will evaluate AWS services before they are introduced into production environments, identify potential security risks at the API and configuration level, and implement preventive controls using AWS Organizations policies, IAM guardrails, and Rego‑based policy frameworks.
This is an opportunity to work on complex cloud security challenges supporting critical business platforms where security, compliance, and operational rigor are non‑negotiable.
Key Responsibilities
8+ years of cloud engineering, cloud security, or infrastructure security experience.
Deep expertise in AWS security architecture and governance.
Demonstrated experience performing API‑level threat modeling for AWS services.
Strong hands‑on experience with:Open Policy Agent (OPA)
Rego policy development
Policy testing and validation
Advanced knowledge of:AWS IAM
AWS Organizations
SCPs and RCPs
Data perimeter architecture
Experience designing least‑privilege access models in regulated environments.
Strong understanding of cloud security controls, compliance requirements, and enterprise governance frameworks.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with Kivera.io, Cloudflare One, or similar cloud API policy enforcement platforms.
Experience with Regal policy linting and OPA coverage reporting.
Infrastructure‑as‑Code expertise using Terraform.
CI/CD experience with:GitHub Actions
OIDC federation
Policy validation pipelines
Approval‑based deployment models
Experience with:Checkov
Conftest
Policy Sentry
Cloudsplaining
Strong AWS observability experience using:CloudWatch
CloudTrail
VPC Flow Logs
Amazon EKS security and governance experience.
Experience working directly with AWS Support and Technical Account Managers.
Financial services, banking, capital markets, or other highly regulated industry experience.
Technical Environment
AWS Organizations with SCP and RCP governance
Open Policy Agent (OPA)
Rego policy language
Kivera.io policy enforcement platform
Cloudflare One
Terraform
GitHub Actions
CloudWatch
CloudTrail
VPC Flow Logs
Amazon EKS
Enterprise Data Perimeter Architecture
About Vertical Relevance
Vertical Relevance was founded to help business leaders drive value through the design and delivery of effective transformation programs across people, processes, and systems. Our mission is to help firms at any stage of their journey develop custom solutions for success and growth. We provide a full range of services from strategy and design through to implementation and training. Our collective industry expertise is our greatest asset - our professionals have an average of 20+ years’ experience within Financial Services, across Wealth Management, Asset Management, Insurance, and Banking. Within our Customer Experience practice, we add complementary industry expertise (technology and media) synergizing the most relevant and successful customer trends. We focus wholly on your success by first rigorously assessing your business and technology challenges, and then right‑sizing solutions that provide a meaningful ROI. With our industry experts hitting the ground running and focusing on nimble, quality delivery, we can see rapid, tangible improvements with our clients in productivity and effectiveness.
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Worksite address
new york, NY, 10261, US
Who can apply
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