Cloud Security Engineer
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Requirements
- Strong experience with the secure delivery of AWS-based Linux and Windows workloads, related systems, processes, API Gateway, Lambda, Sumo Logic, Data Dog, Docker, Linux, Windows.
- Experience auditing system security to ensure Encoura platforms meet relevant compliance benchmarks (e.g., GDPR, PCI, SOC2 and TX-RAMP).
- Knowledge of AWS Core Services, Okta, PostgreSQL, MS SQL Server, MongoDB, Databricks, Node.JS, Python, Kubernetes, GitHub, GitHub Actions, StackHawk, JIRA & Confluence, LaunchDarkly, GraphQL, OneTrust, Tenable, CrowdStrike, Snowflake, and Ninjio technologies or equivalent experience with similar tools/technologies.
- Experience in tracking and remediation management of vulnerability issues and system patches (e.g., CCPA).
- Ability to develop security reports and dashboards for the Exec team as well as techies, deploy a security alerting and monitoring strategy, conduct systems access level inventory and auditing.
- Experience in providing operational support of applications/platforms or equivalent experience with similar responsibilities (e.g., CCPA).
- Ability to partner with development teams on security architecture decisions as well as implement tagging and reporting strategy for measuring risk impact, gain functional knowledge of all Encoura applications, serve in an on-call rotation for potential security issues or equivalent experience.
Responsibilities
- Within 3 months, you’ll: support your security team members for tactical support of product, process and SOC2 audit evidence.
- Within 6 months, you’ll: begin to take ownership and provide security-minded improvements.
- Within 1 year, you’ll: be an integral part of the security team, securing Encoura’s systems and data, learning and growing your career.
- Experience securely delivering in a complex AWS-based micro-services application environment.
- Strong understanding of the AWS-based security tooling and services.
- Strong understanding of AWS-based IAM roles and accounts.
- Strong understanding of AWS CloudWatch/Athena.
- Proficiency and understanding of the AWS console and CLI.
- 3+ years experience securing a similarly complex AWS-based environment.
- 5+ years of IT experience designing and implementing security solutions.
- Strong automation skills – you believe you can automate everything.
- Hands-on experience with troubleshooting, securing, and improving AWS environments.
- As related to related to security, familiar with the concepts of microservice architecture and how those concepts are implemented in AWS.
- Experience installing, configuring, and managing and patching cloud-based and on-prem systems.
- A solid security foundation – you’re always thinking, “what happens if this system is compromised?”
- Experience working with application development teams who work in Agile/Scrum/Kanban.
- Able to balance security requirements with budgetary requirements.
- Experience working with SaaS-based solutions that integrate with AWS is a plus.
- Experience with Linux and Windows administration.
- Information Security experience preferred.
- BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent, or a Bachelor’s in an unrelated field with at least 5 years of professional technology-based experience.
- AWS Security – Specialty certification (strongly preferred).
- Additional AWS certifications are a plus, as are other relevant certifications.
- A detail-oriented, data-driven decision-maker with a strong appreciation for simplicity in system architecture.
- A collaborative team player, comfortable mentoring others and cross-functionally communicating.
- What Sets Us Apart
- What Sets Us Apart
- Mission driven culture
- Comprehensive health and benefits package
- 401k company match that vests immediately upon participation
- Paid holidays and a generous PTO policy
- Paid parental leave
- Encoura’s mission is to empower students and institutions to create meaningful connections so everyone can make the most informed decisions to achieve their goals. Since 1972, the Company has evolved its products and services to better represent the link between students and higher education institutions and to create the highest probability of student success.
- Encoura’s expertise now spans enrollment, research, marketing, student success, and advancement and provides an unmatched combination of higher education experience and innovative solutions for colleges and universities. The Company also offers Encourage® — the nation’s largest free college and career planning program used by millions of high school students and educators nationwide.
Benefits
- Broad governance, risk, and compliance responsibility for evaluating systems, providing recommendations, supporting GDPR, PCI, SOC2 and TX-RAMP compliance programs.
- Opportunity to grow as needed the data fed to SIEM (Security Information and Event Management) system for visibility into potential security events.
- Development of security-minded reports and dashboards for Exec team and techies.
- Serve in an on-call rotation for security or potential security-related issues within 1 month into the role progression timeline.