Cloud Security Engineer
Memphis, Tennessee, United States
Stifel
Stifel is a full service brokerage and investment banking firm. The Company provides securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers,...Summary
The Cloud Security Engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining security
measures within cloud computing environments. They ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability
of cloud-based systems and data by conducting risk assessments, developing security policies and
procedures, implementing security controls, monitoring security incidents, and responding to and
mitigating security breaches. The Cloud Security Engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to
identify and address potential security vulnerabilities and continuously improves the security posture of
cloud-based infrastructure and applications.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Identify and resolve security issues across the cloud infrastructure.
- Build, deploy, and manage security tools and services.
- Design and implement scalable processes to provision cloud access.
- Maintain a low-touch, reliable, and user-friendly infrastructure.
- Evaluate and respond to alerts and events from security tools.
- Tune security tool configuration to minimize false positives.
- Develop event response documentation and processes, including diagrams for system
environments, cloud operations, and security tools. - Collaborate with security leadership, engineering, and compliance to execute security strategies.
- Assist other teams in solving security issues that comply with business requirements and best
practices. - Assess our current cloud security and propose improvements or solutions.
- Review our architecture and design through a security lens to provide actionable, timely
requirements and recommendations. - Serve as a subject matter expert for security tools, applications, and processes.
Qualifications
- Experience deploying and customizing security tools such as vulnerability scanners, static
analyzers, IDS/IPS, firewalls, and endpoint security monitoring. - Experience using CI/CD pipelines for change management and automated security testing.
- Experience with networking and Unix/Linux servers.
- Experience developing software with object-oriented languages like Python, Java, C++, or Ruby.
- Experience with database programming and administration.
- Experience with log management and/or correlation systems.
- Fluent in one or more programming or scripting languages.
- Thorough understanding of cloud and network security.
- Ability to write SQL queries and build dashboards and reports.
- Knowledge of networking and web protocols.
- Knowledge of modern cloud technology components and deployment patterns.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Strong analytical problem-solving skills.
Education & Experience
- Minimum Required: Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or a related
field. - Minimum Required: 5+ years of experience working with a public cloud infrastructure, preferably
within AWS.
Licenses & Credentials
- NIST or ISO Certification is preferred.
Systems & Technology
- Experience with Python, Java, C++, or Ruby.
- Experience with SQL.
About Stifel
Stifel is a more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up. We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas. Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients’ money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.
While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations. Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more. Let’s talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.
At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.
Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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