Accelya

Senior Engineer - Cloud Engineering

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1 day ago
Bogotá, ColombiaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Analyze and remediate code-level vulnerabilities, dependency issues, insecure configurations, and IaC misconfigurations.
  • Triage and remediate Upwind CSPM findings across AWS accounts, workloads, and services, including root-cause fixes and remediation runbooks.
  • Partner with engineering teams to fix issues in Terraform, CloudFormation, container images, and application code.
  • Operate and improve AWS security detection and remediation workflows using Security Hub, GuardDuty, Config, IAM Access Analyzer, Inspector, and related tools.
  • Automate security workflows where feasible using Lambda, EventBridge, and SSM Automation.
  • Track security posture metrics, remediation velocity, aging findings, and risk trends.
  • Support cloud security incident investigations, log analysis, impact assessment, containment, remediation, and post-incident reviews.
  • Participate in cloud security architecture reviews covering IAM, network segmentation, encryption, and data protection.
  • Provide practical risk-based security recommendations to engineering and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

  • At least 3 years of hands-on cloud security experience with deep practical AWS experience.
  • Direct experience remediating CSPM or CNAPP findings using platforms such as Upwind, Wiz, Prisma Cloud, or Orca.
  • Experience analyzing and remediating application and code-level vulnerabilities through SAST, SCA, and container image scanning.
  • Working knowledge of Terraform and/or CloudFormation, with the ability to remediate misconfigurations directly in code.
  • Scripting ability in Python and/or Bash for automation and investigations.
  • Familiarity with incident response processes and cloud-native log sources.
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills.
  • Fluent English, as interviews will be conducted in English.
  • Preferred experience securing EKS, ECR, and Kubernetes security policies.
  • Preferred exposure to CI/CD security integration, scanning gates, policy-as-code, and pipeline hardening.
  • Preferred familiarity with SOC 2, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and NIST 800-53 Baseline Controls.
  • AWS Security Specialty or Solutions Architect certification, vendor CSPM certification, or prior dedicated cloud security or DevSecOps team experience is preferred.
  • Experience with ethical hacking and certifications such as CEH, OSCP, GCIH, or CISSP are nice to have.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement in Bogotá, Colombia, with 2 days per week in the office.

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