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Job Title:CPE&O - Data Engineer Consultant - Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Khobar, Saudi Arabia

Employment Type: Contract

Location - Dhahran, KSA
 

Data Engineer Consultant - Cloud Security Engineer

Job Summary:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Data Engineer Consultant with a strong focus on Cloud Security Engineering to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for enabling secure cloud environments by implementing security logging, monitoring, IAM, encryption, and network security measures. This role requires a deep understanding of cloud security best practices, zero-trust architecture, and experience collaborating with cybersecurity teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Enable the creation of security logs and metrics in Cloud services and solutions.
• Setup monitoring mechanisms for Cloud native solutions (e.g., events/alerts, errors, and traffic detection).
• Design IAM roles, permissions, and pipelines according to predefined functions.
• Determine and apply Cloud encryption requirements to ensure alignment with Cloud policies.
• Define a security governance process and respective mechanisms to ensure security is built into the design of new Cloud services and workloads.
• Setup network architecture and necessary zoning, tools, and protection mechanisms towards a zero-trust network architecture.
• Provide security expertise to support the ideation, design, and development of Cloud solutions/demands, when required.
• Create security and infrastructure engineering design packages to be reviewed by Public Cloud cybersecurity teams.
• Identify threat cases and work with the cybersecurity teams to implement cybersecurity monitoring.
• Implement security and compliance measures.

Required Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering or a related field, with a strong emphasis on cloud technologies.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience in cloud security engineering, specifically within major cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Proven experience in implementing security logging and monitoring solutions in cloud environments.
• Deep understanding of Identity and Access Management (IAM) principles and best practices.
• Experience designing and implementing secure network architectures in the cloud, including network segmentation and zero-trust principles.
• Solid understanding of cloud encryption techniques and key management.
• Experience in defining and implementing security governance processes and controls.
• Familiarity with security compliance frameworks and standards (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001).
• Experience collaborating with cybersecurity teams on threat modeling and vulnerability management.
• Proficiency in scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash) and infrastructure-as-code tools (e.g., Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Certifications:

• Professional Cloud Security Engineer (e.g., AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer)  

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