Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Cherokee Federal seeks a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to support cloud security operations for the U.S. National Science Foundation. You will identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, monitor cloud environments, respond to incidents, assess infrastructure, and strengthen security controls and risk management practices. This remote role requires an active Public Trust clearance.

Responsibilities

• Identify, analyze, and mitigate cloud system vulnerabilities and configuration issues.
• Monitor cloud environments for breaches and respond to security incidents.
• Assess cloud systems, identify weaknesses, and recommend corrective actions.
• Develop and update cloud security protocols, procedures, and risk management programs.
• Conduct gap analyses and improve security controls and risk management processes.
• Optimize cloud security tools and collaborate with teams to strengthen monitoring and threat response.

Required Skills

• Cloud infrastructure security
• AWSMicrosoft Azure
• Google Cloud Platform
• AWS Guard
• Duty
• Prisma Cloud Compute
• Cloud vulnerability management
• Security incident response
• Cloud risk management
• Security gap analysis