Cloud Security Engineer

3 hours ago

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Acestack Full-time

Role: Cloud Security Engineer
Employment: Full Time
Location: Toronto, ON
Work Arrangement: Onsite

Job Description

We are seeking a Full Time Cloud Security Engineer with strong experience designing and implementing security architecture across Azure, AWS, and OCI cloud environments

Key Responsibilities

  • Design and implement cloud security architecture across Azure, AWS, and OCI
  • Configure and manage Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Defender for Endpoint Plan 2, and Sentinel SIEM
  • Implement Azure Firewall, WAF policies, OWASP rules, and DDoS Protection
  • Manage AWS GuardDuty, Security Hub, Inspector, AWS Config, and Macie
  • Configure OCI Cloud Guard, Security Zones, and VSS
  • Enforce CIS Benchmarks, security baselines, and regulatory compliance controls
  • Implement EDR solutions and manage hybrid endpoint security
  • Design and review NSGs, Security Groups, Security Lists, and NVA traffic inspection
  • Integrate SIEM/SASE solutions and support SOC operations
  • Develop detection and response runbooks
  • Conduct security risk assessments, threat modelling, and architecture reviews
  • Prepare governance documentation and executive-level security reporting

Required Qualifications

  • 6+ years of security engineering experience
  • 3+ years of cloud security experience with Azure, AWS, or OCI
  • Hands-on Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, and Defender for Endpoint experience
  • Strong knowledge of cloud-native security services across at least two major cloud providers
  • Experience with SIEM, threat detection, and incident response
  • Strong understanding of firewalls, WAF, IDS/IPS, and Zero Trust principles
  • Knowledge of CIS, NIST, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 frameworks
  • SC-200 or AZ-500 certification preferred
  • AWS Security Specialty or OCI Security Professional certification is a strong asset

Nice to Have

  • Experience with SASE solutions such as Zscaler, Palo Alto Prisma, or Netskope