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Blackstone · 5 hours ago

Senior Cloud Security Engineer, AVP - BXTI Cybersecurity

Miami

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$128K/yr - $200K/yr

8+ years exp

Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager, seeking to create positive economic impact and long-term value. The Senior Cloud Security Engineer will be responsible for building and managing cloud security programs, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring robust security controls across multiple cloud platforms.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Build and own a multidiscipline cloud security program and strategy that encompasses data security in the cloud as a primary focus

Design, build, and manage robust and resilient cloud security controls to AWS, Azure, and GCP

Influence and drive standardization of secure by default services and frameworks that help scale security

Work on cloud security risk mitigation campaigns to eliminate or reduce the most impactful threats to BXTI’s cloud environment

Mentor and train junior-level engineers on the team to help them not only enhance their skillsets but better protect the firm long term

Be at the forefront of cloud security in the community by working with product teams from established and emerging organizations that can better serve the needs of the team’s strategy and benefit anyone who uses the products

Build and own a distributed systems architecture used to scan cloud configuration, container artifacts, and any infrastructure as code (IaC)

Understand and work towards a balanced approach for enabling developers to reliably identify and fix cloud security flaws while they actively develop

Communicate security vulnerabilities, best practices, and mitigation options to stakeholders; balancing the business’ agility with security

Partner with developer teams to meet security objectives through training and integrating vendors or building your own solutions into software development processes

Establish policies & standards to guide developers to meet security requirements

Collaborate with the SOC investigations of cloud security incidents by assisting in mitigating incidents and conducting post-incident reviews to implement improvements and reduce future risks

Implement and manage IAM policies and solutions to ensure proper access controls, enforce least privilege principles, and continuously monitor and manage user access and permissions

Qualification

Cloud SecurityAWSInfrastructure Risk AssessmentProgramming LanguagesTerraformMulti-Cloud ArchitectureContainerizationAnalytical SkillsProblem-Solving SkillsMentoringCommunication Skills

Required

A minimum of 8 years of professional experience in software development, with a strong proficiency in programming languages relevant to cloud platform development (e.g., Python, Java, Go)

Efficiently managing support activities, including both general and security-related support tasks, adeptly handling tickets, requests, and other operational tasks as a security engineer, ensuring seamless assistance for the organization

Designing and building efficient, resilient, and well-documented systems to reduce operational overhead

Working with Platform, Systems, and DevOps teams to define and integrate key objectives into technology roadmaps and system designs

Mentoring and training junior-level engineers, encouraging their professional growth and empowering them to enhance their skillsets, while effectively safeguarding the long-term security of the organization

A minimum of 3 years of professional experience in specializing in cloud security and infrastructure risk assessment, with expertise in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks by implementing robust security controls and secure-by-default services to protect cloud infrastructure and enhance data protection

Cloud-native and containerized workload architecture and development, with a strong preference for AWS and Kubernetes, ensuring secure, scalable and efficient deployment of applications in cloud environments

Proficiently engaging in infrastructure-as-code development, demonstrating a strong preference for utilizing Terraform as the preferred tool

A minimum of 1 years of experience in multi-Cloud architecture design and cloud security integration

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills in both software development and cybersecurity roles, effectively identifies and implements resolutions to address complex security and software issues

Proven track record of effectively communicating complex cloud security vulnerabilities and mitigation strategies to non-technical stakeholders

A Bachelors' degree (or equivalent degree) in computer science, cybersecurity or a related field is required

A Masters' degree (or equivalent degree) in cyber security is required

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, and FSA benefits

Paid time off

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Discretionary bonuses

Equity and other incentive compensation at Blackstone’s sole discretion

Company

Blackstone

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Blackstone is the world’s largest alternative asset manager.

Founded in 1985

New York, NY, US

1001-5000 employees

http://www.blackstone.com

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