Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Verinext

📍 United States, North Carolina, United States

Contract Computer Occupations Posted February 23, 2026

Job Description

We are seeking a hands-on Senior Cloud Security Engineer to strengthen our Azure- and AWS-based cloud platforms within a highly regulated banking environment. This role will engineer security guardrails, implement policy-as-code, improve cloud security posture, and secure containerized workloads across public and private cloud environments.

What You’ll Do

  • Implement and enforce Zero Trust controls in Azure
  • Engineer cloud security baselines across Azure and AWS
  • Develop policy-as-code using Sentinel, Rego, Python, and Terraform
  • Embed security into Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines
  • Build parity across Azure Policy, Defender for Cloud, and Wiz CSPM
  • Manage AWS security services including GuardDuty and Config
  • Improve Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and drive remediation
  • Develop dashboards and reporting for engineering and leadership
  • Secure container platforms including: