About this opportunity
Covenant HR lists this Senior Cloud Security Engineer opportunity in boston, Massachusetts. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Company - Our client is a global quantitative investment management firm that combines rigorous research, data, and advanced technology to serve institutional investors. The organization offers a highly technical, collaborative environment where engineers build next-generation platforms and tackle complex challenges at significant scale.
Job Title - Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Location - Hybrid in Boston, MA; ideally 2-3 days per week in office, with flexibility for the right candidate
Role Type - Direct Hire
Must Have Skills:
Strong cybersecurity engineering background, ideally with cloud security experience
Genuinely hands-on security engineering experience building security guardrails, tooling, automation, and practical security solutions
Strong cloud experience; AWS preferred, including hands-on experience with native security controls and services such as IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Security Hub, SCPs, Macie, Inspector, and VPC endpoint policies
Infrastructure as Code, scripting, or software engineering capabilities; Terraform and scripting experience are relevant, while hands-on software development experience is a major plus
Responsibilities and Job Details:
Design, implement, operate, and continuously improve cloud cybersecurity controls and automation within a DevSecOps environment
Build practical cloud security guardrails, tooling, integrations, and automated security solutions
Develop security automation and integrations leveraging cloud-native services and APIs
Provide hands‑on technical leadership while remaining actively involved in engineering and implementation
Participate in deep cloud architecture discussions to ensure appropriate security controls, visibility, and risk mitigation
Help secure cloud infrastructure across areas including containers, Kubernetes, EKS/ECS, networking, and application delivery pipelines
Contribute to security initiatives involving SDLC security, EDR, runtime detection and prevention, and vulnerability management
Partner cross‑functionally with network, systems, cloud, and project engineering teams as well as technical and functional leadership
Translate technical security direction into scalable, functional solutions
Influence technical direction and effectively communicate security considerations to both technical and non‑technical stakeholders
Participate in the CSIRT team rotation
Operate as a self‑motivated, hands‑on security engineer with a strong builder mindset
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Worksite address
boston, MA, 02298, US
Who can apply
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