Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Job Title: Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Job Location: Montreal, QC

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $60.00hr - $65.00hr

Job Overview:

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Cloud Security Engineer with strong expertise in Golang, HashiCorp Vault, and Public Cloud Platforms (Azure/AWS/Google Cloud Platform). The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available infrastructure and security solutions. This role requires deep technical expertise in secrets management, authentication mechanisms, cloud-native development, and enterprise security architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise-grade applications and security platforms using Golang.
• Architect and implement secure secrets management solutions using HashiCorp Vault.
• Develop and manage Vault authentication backends, secrets engines, policies, and plugins.
• Design scalable and resilient cloud-native solutions across Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform environments.
• Collaborate with security, application, and infrastructure teams to enforce security best practices.
• Automate security operations using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and DevSecOps methodologies.
• Build APIs, microservices, and platform services with high availability and scalability requirements.
• Perform security reviews, threat modeling, vulnerability remediation, and compliance assessments.
• Monitor platform performance and troubleshoot complex production issues.
• Contribute to technical architecture decisions and mentor junior engineers.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Golang development.
• Strong knowledge of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) and software design principles.
• Expertise in HashiCorp Vault, Vault Enterprise Features, Secret Engines, Authentication Backends, Policy Management, and Plugin Development.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with Kubernetes and Containers.
• Experience with REST APIs and Microservices.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevSecOps practices.
• Strong knowledge of Authentication & Authorization.
• Strong knowledge of Encryption and PKI.
• Strong knowledge of Security Compliance Frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of Distributed Systems Design.

Preferred Skills:

• Terraform.
• Kubernetes/OpenShift.
• Service Mesh.
• SRE Practices.
• Observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk).

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• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Disability Insurance (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Paid Sick Leave (where required by applicable state or local law)
• Supplemental Insurance Plans
• Identity Theft Protection
• Pet Insurance
• Employee Wellness Programs
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Career Growth and Professional Development Opportunities