Job Specifications
Position: Senior Cloud Security Engineer
Duration: 12 Months
Location: Columbia, SC - 29201 - Hybrid (3 days remote, 2 days in office - Per week.)
Note: Candidates local to South Carolina are required. Candidates local to Georgia or North Carolina will be considered if they are willing to relocate to South Carolina at their own expense.
Scope of the project:
The Senior Cloud Security Engineer will collaborate with Product Owners, Applications Owners, Network and Security teams to design and deliver optimal solutions for large-scale app and infrastructure cloud solutions.
Candidates should possess proficiency in both public and hybrid cloud models. Exceptional consulting skills and the ability to clearly derive desired states from customer requests are essential.
The role also requires the ability to work with delivery teams.
Importantly, this role is hands-on in delivery, requiring active involvement in the implementation and execution of security solutions. This is not a developer role.
Daily Duties / Responsibilities:
Design and deploy highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure and apps with a focus on AWS and Azure Cloud.
Design and develop automation to build cloud security accelerators and IP.
Experience with Security Operations teams to build and maintain SIEM, SOAR and XDR technology.
Analyze and resolve configuration issues in development, test, and production environments.
Familiar with major security compliance frameworks and building effective monitoring, logging, and auditing of production systems to ensure compliance with mandated compliance policies (e.g., NIST, HIPAA, PII, SOX, PCI, CMMC, CUI, etc.).
Experience implementing secure (Zero Trust) Infrastructure in Cloud.
Security experience with State and Local Government customers
Open to Travel as needed to customer engagements.
Required Skills (Rank in Order of Importance):
5-10 years' experience in Information Security and Engineering
5+ years of experience with Firewalls in AWS AND Azure
5+ years of experience with PALO ALTO Firewalls
5+ years of experience deploying, configuring, and maintaining cloud VM series Palo Alto; Palo Alto Firewalls.
Experience Designing and Maintaining Infrastructure in AWS/Azure
Cloud Security Design, Operations, And Automation experience
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
Documentation of Security Tools, Deployment Configuration, Incident Reports, etc.
Required Education/Certifications:
Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent experience.
Must hold AWS or Azure Certification.
Preferred Skills (Rank in order of Importance):
Experience Deploying, Configuring and Maintaining Cloud VM Series Palo Alto Firewalls in AWS and Azure
Prisma Cloud Forescout
Cisco Umbrella
Palo Alto Firewalls
F5 Load Balancing/Firewall
Preferred Certifications:
CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional
SC100 - Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect
AWS Certified Cloud Solutions Architect,
PRISMA Certified Cloud Security Engineer,
PCNSA, PCNSE
About the Company
Navitas Partners LLC is a diversity led business, headquartered in NJ, as a dynamic IT professional services and workforce solutions company. We believe creating the best solutions in human resource services means always going above and beyond - and people are our most important asset. Our "DNA"
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