Encoura · 3 hours ago
Cloud Security Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expEncoura is a company focused on empowering students and institutions to create meaningful connections for informed decision-making. They are seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to ensure the security of AWS-based systems, manage compliance programs, and partner with development teams to optimize security controls and practices.
EducationManagement Information Systems
Responsibilities
Risk & compliance tracking against government standards (e.g. CCPA, NIST, SOCII)
Tracking and remediation management of vulnerability issues and system patches
Review and recommend additional or changes to existing AWS security-minded services
Work with managed security service provider to triage and respond to potential security events
Grow, as needed, the data fed to SIEM to provide visibility into potential security events
Develop security-minded reports and dashboards for the Exec team, and for techies
Develop and deploy security system alerting and monitoring strategy
Systems access level inventory and auditing
Provide as-needed security-minded operational support of our applications and platforms
Partner with development teams on security architecture decisions
Implement tagging and reporting strategy to measure security event risk/impact
Gain functional knowledge of all Encoura applications
Serve in an on-call rotation for security, or potential security-related issues
Qualification
Required
Experience securely delivering in a complex AWS-based micro-services application environment
Strong understanding of the AWS-based security tooling and services
Strong understanding of AWS-based IAM roles and accounts
Strong understanding of AWS CloudWatch/Athena
Proficiency and understanding of the AWS console and CLI
3+ years experience securing a similarly complex AWS-based environment
5+ years of IT experience designing and implementing security solutions
Strong automation skills – you believe you can automate everything
Hands-on experience with troubleshooting, securing, and improving AWS environments
As related to related to security, familiar with the concepts of microservice architecture and how those concepts are implemented in AWS
Experience installing, configuring, and managing and patching cloud-based and on-prem systems
A solid security foundation – you're always thinking, 'what happens if this system is compromised?'
Experience working with application development teams who work in Agile/Scrum/Kanban
Able to balance security requirements with budgetary requirements
Experience working with SaaS-based solutions that integrate with AWS is a plus
Experience with Linux and Windows administration
Information Security experience preferred
BS in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent, or a Bachelor's in an unrelated field with at least 5 years of professional technology-based experience
AWS Security – Specialty certification (strongly preferred)
Additional AWS certifications are a plus, as are other relevant certifications
A detail-oriented, data-driven decision-maker with a strong appreciation for simplicity in system architecture
A collaborative team player, comfortable mentoring others and cross-functionally communicating
Benefits
Comprehensive health and benefits package
401k company match that vests immediately upon participation
Paid holidays and a generous PTO policy
Paid parental leave
Company
Encoura
Encoura is a non-profit membership organization.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2018-07-24Acquired
Leadership Team
Jenn Sager
Senior Product Designer
Mary Loeffler
Chief People Officer
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2025-11-24
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