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Skills
Job Description
Job Summary
| We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Security Engineer to join immediately. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on expertise across Azure and AWS security platforms, a strong foundation in cloud-native security tooling, and seasoned knowledge in security governance frameworks. This is an urgent vacancy — only candidates available to join immediately will be considered. |
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Role Details
| Job Title | Cloud Security Engineer |
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| Availability | Immediate Joiner — Notice period not accepted |
| Employment Type | Permanent |
| Location | Hyderabad / Noida / Bengaluru |
| Experience | 5–10 years in Cloud Security / Information Security |
| Reporting To | [Head of Security / CISO / Cloud Architecture Lead] |
| Required Date. | Immediate |
Key Responsibilities
Cloud Security Architecture & Operations
- Design, implement, and maintain cloud security architectures across Azure and AWS environments.
- Configure and operate AWS Guard Duty for continuous threat detection, anomaly analysis, and incident triage.
- Manage Azure Security Centre (Microsoft Defender for Cloud) — policy assignments, regulatory compliance assessments, secure score monitoring, and alert management.
- Administer AWS Security Hub to aggregate, prioritize, and remediate security findings across multi-account environments.
- Leverage AWS Config for resource compliance evaluation, configuration drift detection, and automated remediation using conformance packs.
- Manage and analyze AWS CloudTrail (Cloud Trail) for audit logging, forensic investigation, and compliance reporting.
Security Governance & Compliance
- Define and enforce cloud security governance policies aligned to industry standards (ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Benchmarks, SOC 2).
- Conduct cloud risk assessments, security reviews, and third-party audits, producing governance-ready reports for senior stakeholders.
- Drive security baseline configuration across cloud estates, ensuring continuous compliance posture, support internal and external audit processes by providing evidence packs, access logs, and remediation records.
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture and delivery teams to embed security-by-design in new cloud workloads.
Skill Requirements
Required Technical Skills
| AWS Security Tooling | Azure Security Tooling |
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| ✓ AWS Guard Duty | ✓ Azure Security Centre |
| ✓ AWS Security Hub | ✓ Microsoft Defender for Cloud |
| ✓ AWS Config | ✓ Azure Policy & Blueprints |
| ✓ AWS CloudTrail | ✓ Azure Sentinel (SIEM) |
| ✓ AWS IAM & SCPs | ✓ Azure AD / Entra ID |
| ✓ AWS Inspector | ✓ Azure Key Vault |
Security Governance Knowledge (Essential)
- Proven expertise in cloud security governance frameworks: ISO 27001, NIST CSF, CIS Cloud Benchmarks, SOC 2 Type II.
- Ability to author and maintain security policies, standards, and exception processes.
- Experience managing cloud security posture management (CSPM) tooling and reporting to senior leadership.
- Understanding of data residency, data classification, and cross-border data transfer regulations (GDPR, NIS2).
- Track record of working with GRC (Governance, Risk & Compliance) platforms or processes.
Qualifications & Certifications
Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
One or more of the following certifications — highly preferred:
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
CISSP / CISM / CompTIA Security+
Hands-on lab evidence or portfolio of cloud security implementations is an advantage.
Other Requirements
Qualifications & Certifications
Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related discipline (or equivalent experience).
One or more of the following certifications — highly preferred:
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500)
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)
CISSP / CISM / CompTIA Security+
Hands-on lab evidence or portfolio of cloud security implementations is an advantage.