AWS Cloud Security Engineer I

Position Summary

This role focuses on the technical aspects of security within AWS cloud environment, requiring active participation in project-based work. The AWS Cloud Security Engineer collaborates closely with domain engineers and architects to drive innovation, evolution, and the design of Weill Cornell Medicine’s enterprise cloud platforms. This position offers a unique opportunity to engage with various facets of IT cloud infrastructure, leveraging risk analysis, industry expertise, and security standards to develop and implement robust security solutions that enhance our environment without compromising productivity. The role specifically emphasizes securing AWS services, including IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda, ensuring compliance with AWS best practices and security frameworks.

Job Responsibilities

• Assists architects and senior engineers to implement security and identity environments and ensures related controls run optimally and effectively
• Identifies opportunities for efficiency improvements. Leads related efforts through automation and orchestration of repeatable tasks.
• Evangelizes security and secure practices while promoting and maintaining a favorable and positive work environment for yourself and others to assist in the overall mission of the medical college and hospital
• Assists in event monitoring and incident response activities. Includes assisting in creation and execution of playbooks.
• Assists in developing and maintaining metrics and reports to provide senior management insight and evidence supporting the effectiveness of security infrastructure, controls, projects, and processes
• Responsible for innovative security work identifying, deploying, and integrating security, identity, and related technologies.
• Maintains an awareness of ever evolving cyber threats and continuously updates skillset as needed.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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Salary : $101,600 - $113,500