Cloud Security Engineer

Overview POSITION SUMMARY The Cloud Security Engineer designs, implements, and operates security controls across the organization’s cloud environments. This position partners with cloud platform, infrastructure, application, DevOps, architecture, risk, and compliance teams to protect cloud workloads and data while enabling secure business delivery. The successful candidate must be familiar with cloud-native security services, identity and access management, network security, data protection, logging and monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and secure cloud architecture practices. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES The following job functions are not all-inclusive. The employee will be required to perform other job-related tasks/responsibilities as requested. Job duties may change as required by needs of company. Design, implement, and maintain security controls and reference architectures for cloud environments across IaaS, PaaS, container, serverless, and managed-service workloads.Manage and optimize Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and related cloud-native security tools, including onboarding accounts and subscriptions, tuning policies, validating findings, reporting risk, and coordinating remediation.Build, deploy, and maintain preventive and detective cloud guardrails through policy as code, infrastructure as code, automated compliance checks, and cloud-native policy services.Develop, publish, and maintain cloud security standards, baselines, patterns, and procedures aligned with business requirements, regulatory obligations, and recognized security frameworks.Partner with cloud platform, DevOps, application, and architecture teams to embed security requirements into landing zones, CI/CD pipelines, templates, and solution designs.Review cloud architectures and configurations for identity and access management, network segmentation, private connectivity, encryption, key management, secrets management, logging, and data protection.Implement and maintain least-privilege access models, privileged access controls, service identities, and workload identity protections across AWS and Azure.Monitor and investigate cloud security findings, misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, anomalous activity, and policy violations, and coordinate risk-based remediation with accountable teamsCreate and maintain cloud security documentation, diagrams, runbooks, metrics, and risk reports for technical and leadership audienceParticipate in the Security Engineering team on-call rotation. SKILLS/KNOWLEDGE/ABILITIES Required Experience BA/BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field, or equivalent experience5 years of experience in information security, cloud engineering, systems engineering, or related technology roles, including hands-on experience securing AWS and/or Azure environmentsExperience administering CSPM, Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), or cloud workload protection capabilities and driving findings through remediationExperience implementing cloud guardrails, policy as code, and infrastructure as code in enterprise cloud environmentsExperience creating and applying cloud security standards, configuration baselines, and secure design patternsExperience with cloud security monitoring, vulnerability management, incident response, and remediation workflowsExperience in highly regulated environments, preferably Financial Services or similarKnowledge and Skills Required Strong knowledge of AWS and Azure security services, shared-responsibility models, account and subscription governance, and secure cloud architecture principlesKnowledge of cloud identity and access management, privileged access, role-based access control, and least-privilege designKnowledge of cloud network security, segmentation, private endpoints, firewalls, web application protection, DNS security, and secure connectivity patternsKnowledge of encryption, key and certificate management, secrets management, data classification, storage security, and backup and recovery controlsSkill with Terraform, CloudFormation, or comparable infrastructure-as-code technologies and source-control workflowsSkill with Python, Bash, PowerShell, or comparable scripting languages used to automate security controls and reportingAbility to interpret CSPM findings, cloud logs, vulnerability data, and security alerts and translate them into prioritized corrective actionsKnowledge of security frameworks and cloud benchmarks such as NIST, CIS, and Cloud Security Alliance guidanceStrong research, analytical, troubleshooting, and risk-assessment skillsStrong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain cloud security requirements to technical teams and business stakeholdersQuick learner who is adaptable, collaborative, customer-service oriented, and accountable for closing the loop with stakeholdersCERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES, and/or REGISTRATION Preferred certifications include CCSP, CISSP, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Architect Expert, GIAC Cloud Security certifications, or equivalent cloud and security credentialsLOCATION & COMPENSATION This role will be a remote position, however if we find a candidate near one of our office locations (Coral Gables, FL, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Denver, CO or New York, NY), a hybrid scheduled (Tues – Thurs) is preferred. A performance based bonus will be available as well as a base salary. Compensation will depend on experience and skillset brought by individual candidates. EEOC Bayview Asset Management is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All aspects of consideration for employment and employment with the Company are governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.