The Cloud Engineer III joins the Cloud Ecosystem team within the Global Technology Infrastructure & Operations department. This role focuses on delivering enterprise security platform engineering outcomes, automating security remediations, and supporting DevOps teams who consume cloud resources. The engineer will build prototypes, perform proof of concepts, and develop programs for automated remediation, security baselines, and policy-as-code to streamline governance. Key responsibilities include implementing identity and access management, data protection, threat detection, and vulnerability management while performing penetration testing and red/blue teaming. The role requires expertise in cryptography, infrastructure security, and incident response. Candidates must possess professional-level cloud certifications in AWS or Azure and have experience with multi-cloud environments including Google Cloud Platform. This position addresses the technical challenge of securing large-scale cloud environments through automated pipelines and robust security posture improvements.
What does a Cloud Engineer earn?
Median $149317 from 30 postings across 9 companies.
Automate cloud monitoring, security baselines, and remediation using pipeline engineering concepts.
Implement core security capabilities including identity management, data protection, and threat detection.
Perform penetration testing, red/blue teaming, and gap analysis with audit partners.
Design and deploy automated scripts and dashboards to enhance cloud security posture.
Build prototypes and conduct proof of concepts to demonstrate new security values.
Create compliance automation and policy-as-code to streamline cloud governance.
Act as a subject matter expert for technical questions regarding cloud security.
Mentor junior engineers and provide guidance on cloud standards and best practices.
What we're looking for
Must have 5+ years of cloud development and support experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Must possess a Bachelor's degree or a Master's degree with 3 years of relevant experience.
Must hold professional-level cloud certifications in AWS or Azure.
Expert technical knowledge in at least three and strong knowledge in six of the listed security domains including cryptography, identity, and infrastructure.
Demonstrated ability to provide architectural design, leadership, management, and mentoring to team members.
Experience developing design specifications, test plans, and protocols.
Ability to create system flow diagrams, data flow diagrams, sequence diagrams, and UML diagrams.
Excellent written and oral communication skills to interact with both technical and non-technical staff.