Join our team at AMGEN Capability Center Portugal, the #1 company in Best WorkplacesTM (201–500 employees category) in 2024 by the Great Place to Work Institute. As a Specialist Cloud Security Engineer, you will be providing remediation strategies, and executing project activities to complete tactical objectives. You will play a key role in designing, deploying, and maintaining solutions, automate security assessments, audits, policy and standard enforcements, and more.
Requirements
- Design and implement secure cloud architectures ensuring alignment with enterprise security frameworks and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and enforce cloud security controls including IAM policies, network segmentation, encryption standards, and key management (KMS, HSM) to safeguard data and workloads.
- Continuously assess cloud configurations using automated compliance and vulnerability management tools to identify misconfigurations and security risks.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) templates (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation) with embedded security guardrails and policy-as-code enforcement.
- Integrate cloud-native logging and monitoring services (e.g., AWS CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, GCP Cloud Logging) into centralized SIEM platforms for threat detection and analysis.
- Collaborate with DevOps and application teams to embed security into CI/CD pipelines and implement automated scanning, secrets management, and dependency validation.
- Respond to cloud-related security incidents, conduct forensic investigations, and implement remediations to prevent recurrence and strengthen detection mechanisms.
- Conduct threat modeling and risk assessments for new cloud solutions and emerging services, ensuring alignment with organizational risk appetite and compliance standards.
- Research and evaluate emerging cloud technologies and security tools to enhance resilience, efficiency, and automation across cloud environments.
- Develop and maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and operational standards for cloud security processes, controls, and procedures.
- Provide expert guidance and training to engineering, operations, and product teams on secure cloud design principles and best practices.
- Lead efforts and participate in audits covering information security services and technologies.
Benefits
- Amgen Total Rewards Plan – Comprehensive benefits in healthcare, finance, and well-being.
- Flexibility – Hybrid work model with time split between our Lisbon office and remote work.
