Cloud & Container Security Specialist

Prudential Financial

Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type: Hybrid
Location: NJ
Salary: $96,200–$158,800 / yr
Posted: 6 days ago
Nearby: 92 roles within 25 mi

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $165k

This role $128k

$83k most similar roles pay here $218k

This role pays less than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $132,749–$196,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $128k versus about $165k for comparable roles.

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About Prudential Financial

Prudential Financial is a global financial services leader and premier active global investment manager.

Prudential Financial currently has 50 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $124,350–$204,100 across 46 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Cloud & Container Security Specialist

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As a Specialist for Cloud/Containers on the Attack Surface Management Team at Prudential, you will collaborate with security professionals across various departments to enhance cloud security practices globally. Your daily tasks include triaging and remediating issues related to technology configuration and software weaknesses, contributing to project workstreams, and implementing security improvements in the environment. You will also provide expert guidance on remediation strategies and share compliance updates with stakeholders while evolving reporting metrics for leadership. This role requires expertise in cloud and container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, along with a strong understanding of compliance frameworks like CIS and NIST. Additionally, you should possess an engineering mindset, effective communication skills, and experience with CI/CD and SecDevOps practices to drive continuous improvement in security posture management processes.

Skills

Docker Kubernetes Python CI/CD CIS NIST SOC2 PCI/DSS PowerShell Bash CSPM Terraform AWS Azure GCP PostgreSQL Prometheus Grafana

What you'll do

Contribute to the design and implementation of cloud and container monitoring capabilities.
Triage and remediate issues related to cloud and container misconfigurations.
Identify and implement security improvements in the environment proactively.
Provide expert guidance on remediation and exception requests for stakeholders.
Share reporting metrics that reflect risk posture with leadership.
Ideate and improve processes, metrics, and documentation for security maturity.
Develop security policies based on industry standards to enhance compliance.

What we're looking for

Demonstrated expertise in cloud and container security
Expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, EKS/ECS, and related technologies
Skilled in compliance posture management and risk/threat correlation
Experience improving cloud and container environment risk assessment processes
Ability to collaborate with engineering teams on vulnerability mitigation
Engineering mindset for creative problem solving and deductive reasoning
Effective communication and documentation skills

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