AWS Cloud Security Engineer
Position Description:
CGI is hiring an AWS Cloud Security Engineer to play a crucial role in helping our client build and maintain a secure cloud environment! With your knowledge of AWS security tools and best practices you will help identify and mitigate potential security risks, implement access control policies and monitor cloud infrastructure for any security threats.
This is a great opportunity to work in a fast-paced team environment supporting multiple user groups and customers. We take a new way to supporting our clients, working side-by-side in an agile environment using new technologies.
• We partner with 15 of the top 20 banks globally, and our top 10 banking clients have worked with us for an average of 26 years!
• We have over 91,000+ CGI Members in 40 countries and over 5k committed Clients who are demonstrating our end-to-end services across the globe.
This position is open to Remote work anywhere in the US where there is a local CGI Office.
Your future duties and responsibilities:
Responsible for deploying, configuring, and maintaining security baselines within the Azure and/or AWS cloud environment.
Set up and handle access to cloud resources using accounts, users, and groups. They should be knowledgeable about potential vulnerabilities of virtual machines and container deployment systems.
Drive consistency to federal and state compliance requirements by leading all aspects of continuous monitoring activities and incident response.
Provide guidance and oversight over the implementation of approved security architecture/policies/procedures for a portfolio clients and engagements Initiate and conduct project security reviews to identify cloud infrastructure security risks
Review and be responsible for the implementation of approved recommendations on cloud security design and implementation
Support clients with data protection, IoT, and overarching cloud capabilities.
Implement core and cloud infrastructure security to run risks and exposure.
Perform cyber reconnaissance to illuminate a potential charge surface area.
Provide threat and vulnerability management to federal clients and teams.
Analyze tactical network architectures and topologies to assess security risks.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role:
It required 10-12 years of relevant IT experience as a Security Engineer.
Develop and update cloud templates, standards, and best practices to be used by multiple cloud projects.
It required 3 + years of AWS experience, specifically with one or more AWS services: GuardDuty, Config, WAF, Shield, Macie, CloudTrail, SecurityHub.
Hands-on experience writing infrastructure-as-code in languages such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm, etc.
You have hands-on experience working with AWS container technologies.
Providing strategic and technical leadership for client teams establishing a cloud infrastructure design, migrating data centers to cloud platforms, developing infrastructure as code, or deploying cloud solutions.
Crafting and integrating marketplace-leading vulnerability management, threat management, monitoring and data protection processes and platform tools.
Building and operating automated security operations
Crafting and advising against security requirements to support cloud migration efforts.
Proven grasp of industry trends in security technology.
Desired Skills
• Hands-on experience in AWS cloud engineering
• Prior professional services
• Experience with CI/CD - Deployment pipelines, and automated build and configuration tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, and terraform
• Good interpersonal skills and shown ability to work with end users as well as with business analysts, developers and other systems professionals.
• A comprehensive understanding of writing KQLs, and the use of PowerShell to write queries in all cloud platform
Education Requirement:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, Information Systems or a related field
- AWS Certification desired
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CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit-based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $75,600.00 - $186,000.00.
We offer a competitive compensation package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to our business. In addition, our benefits package includes multiple medical, dental, & vision options, both a Shared Purchase Plan (SPP) for CGI stocks and a 401(k) plan, as well as numerous other lifestyle benefits. CGI also provides sick leave and vacation pay.
Skills:
- Helm
- Terraform
What you can expect from us:
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While technology is at the heart of our clients’ digital transformation, we understand that people are at the heart of business success.
When you join CGI, you become a trusted advisor, collaborating with colleagues and clients to bring forward actionable insights that deliver meaningful and sustainable outcomes. We call our employees “members” because they are CGI shareholders and owners and owners who enjoy working and growing together to build a company we are proud of. This has been our Dream since 1976, and it has brought us to where we are today — one of the world’s largest independent providers of IT and business consulting services.
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