Cloud Security Engineer​

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES  

 

Cloud Security Engineering 

• Implement and enhance security controls across AWS, Azure and/or GCP following established engineering patterns and standards. 

• Build and maintain secure Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, OpenTofu or similar tools. 

• Contribute to development of reusable secure cloud modules, guardrails and reference architectures. 

• Assist in designing secure, scalable and resilient cloud environments aligned to enterprise best practices. 

 

Automation & Tooling 

• Develop and maintain security automation workflows using Python or other scripting languages. 

• Support CI/CD and IaC security automation using platforms such as Spacelift, GitHub Actions or equivalent tools. 

• Help embed scanning, secret protection and policy checks into developer pipelines. 

 

Operations & Compliance 

• Implement guardrails, policies and controls to ensure secure and compliant cloud platforms. 

• Monitor security posture, system health and platform reliability using cloud-native and third-party tooling. 

• Triage security findings, troubleshoot infrastructure issues and collaborate with senior engineers on root cause analysis. 

 

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement 

• Work with application teams, SRE, security and architecture groups to deliver end-to-end secure cloud solutions. 

• Contribute to platform modernization initiatives, identifying opportunities to automate, optimize or simplify. 

• Share knowledge, documentation and best practices to uplift security engineering maturity. 

 

Cyber Security Applications & Platforms in Scope 

The role engineers, secures and operates the cloud infrastructure underpinning Pfizer's core cyber security application estate, including: 

• Ping - enterprise identity and access management / federation and single sign-on. 

• SailPoint - identity governance and administration, access certification and lifecycle management. 

• CyberArk - privileged access management, secrets management and credential vaulting. 

• CrowdStrike Falcon LogScale running on Amazon EKS - large-scale security log ingestion, retention and threat hunting. 

 

Cutting-Edge & Agentic Cloud Security Capabilities 

This role sits at the front edge of AI-enabled security engineering. You will work with, evaluate, and operationalise emerging agentic capabilities that are reshaping how cloud security is delivered, including: 

• Developer-embedded secret and credential protection - preventing credentials and secrets from ever reaching a repository, using GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS) push protection, secret scanning, code scanning and dependency review. 

• Autonomous security agents for offensive testing - agent-driven penetration testing (black-box against external cloud estates and white-box against our own accounts) and continuous AI-assisted source code security review. 

• AI red team and blue team agents within our cloud-native application protection tooling - using agentic red teaming to continuously probe cloud configurations and workloads, and blue team agents to accelerate detection, triage and response. 

• AI-assisted vulnerability remediation - evaluating and adopting emerging code-repair models that generate and validate security fixes rather than only reporting findings. 

• Hyperscaler-native security agents - early access and alpha programmes from AWS, Microsoft and Google that bring agentic reasoning to cloud security posture, threat detection and automated remediation. 

• Agentic security engineering at scale - building the guardrails, evaluation harnesses, and human-in-the-loop controls that let autonomous agents operate safely against a regulated, global pharmaceutical cloud estate. 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS  

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience. 

• 2+ years of hands-on cloud, platform or security engineering experience. 

• Proficiency in at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, or GCP). 

• Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform preferred). 

• Experience with automation and scripting (Python strongly preferred). 

• Solid understanding of networking, identity, encryption and security fundamentals in a cloud-native context. 

• Ability to collaborate in global, cross-functional engineering environments. 

• Demonstrated experience in an agile work environment possessing qualities such as a collaborative mindset, adaptability to change, and a proactive problem-solving approach.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Multi-cloud familiarity (AWS + Azure or GCP). 

• Exposure to CSPM/CNAPP, SIEM or log analytics, vulnerability management or application security scanning tools. 

• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration security (Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, AKS or GKE). 

• Exposure to IAM/SSO, identity governance or privileged access management platforms. 

• Interest in AI / agentic security tooling. 

• Experience with Spacelift, OpenTofu or similar IaC automation platforms. 

• Familiarity with compliance frameworks (NIST, CIS, ISO 27001) or regulated environments. 

• Relevant cloud or security certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP Security, Security+, CCSP). 

• Curious, self-driven and committed to continuous skill development, particularly around emerging AI security capabilities. 

• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset, especially for complex cloud systems. 

• Comfortable operating with high ownership and autonomy. 

• Customer-focused mindset with the ability to balance engineering excellence, security and business outcomes. 

Please apply by sending your CV in English.

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid

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