Senior Security Engineer - Cloud Specialist
CARFAXVirginia, United States
Posted August 8, 2025
Full Time
About the Company
CARFAX is a leading provider of vehicle history information, offering the most comprehensive database with over 35 billion records. The company helps millions of people confidently shop, buy, own, and sell used cars through innovative solutions. CARFAX is renowned for its workplace culture, consistently recognized as one of the best places to work.
Job Description
Join CARFAX as a Senior Security Engineer - Cloud Specialist to help safeguard the organization's information assets by designing, implementing, and maintaining robust security measures.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cloud Computing, or a related field, or equivalent work experience in information technology.
- 4-7 years of experience in cloud management within a Cloud Security Operations team with a focus on Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Strong understanding of cloud technologies, tools, and frameworks (e.g., cloud management platforms, cloud security tools) and knowledge of programming languages and automation scripts (e.g., Python, PowerShell).
- Skilled in interpreting and analyzing data from multiple cloud management and security tools and sources to detect indicators of performance issues and malicious activities.
- Deep technical expertise in public and private cloud compute infrastructure and cloud-native technologies.
- Deep technical knowledge of security threats, risks, and vulnerabilities within IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments and integrations.
- Experience in cloud networking architecture and hybrid-cloud operations, network and encryption experience, including virtual private networks (VPNs), IPsec, SSL/TLS, LDAP, and public key infrastructure (PKI).
- Experience in a multi-platform environment with containerized or VM-based Linux and Windows.
- Experience with container risk monitoring at both build and runtime and developing and maintaining expertise in cloud-native security solutions, including container security, Kubernetes, and cloud networking and security services.
- Excellent problem-solving skills, written and verbal communication skills, with an emphasis on clear and concise risk-based reporting; ability to work both collaboratively in a team environment and independently; eagerness to learn and a proactive attitude towards professional development.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and generous time-off policies
- 4-Day summer work weeks and a winter holiday break
- 401(k)/DCPP matching
- Annual bonus program
- Casual, dog-friendly, and innovative office spaces