Guidehouse Digital, LLC is hiring a Cloud Security Engineer to design, implement, and maintain security controls across AWS environments while embedding security into CI/CD and day-to-day operations. This onsite role in San Antonio, TX supports secure cloud architecture, compliance alignment, and incident readiness across cloud accounts and services.
What you’ll do
- Design, implement, and maintain security controls across AWS cloud environments.
- Protect cloud workloads using security best practices for identity management, monitoring, threat detection, and secure operations.
- Build secure AWS architectures using services including IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, Config, and monitoring tools such as Sentry and Datadog.
- Deliver centralized logging, monitoring, and alerting, including threat modeling, vulnerability scanning, and penetration testing practices.
- Ensure AWS environments align to relevant security and compliance frameworks: CIS Benchmarks, NIST, HIPAA, FedRAMP, and SOC 2.
- Support incident detection, investigation, and response while maintaining audit trails across AWS accounts and services.
- Automate security controls and compliance checks using Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation.
- Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines, partnering with engineering teams to enable secure build and deployment workflows.
Core skills and requirements
- U.S. Citizenship or Green Card required, with ability to obtain a Public Trust clearance.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related field, or 4 additional years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- 6+ years of relevant experience in cloud security, cybersecurity, and AWS security.
- Strong knowledge of AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, CloudTrail, Config, and KMS.
- Experience supporting secure CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, build troubleshooting, release coordination, and developer enablement.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, ArgoCD, Helm, Docker, secrets management, environment configuration, and Terraform templates.
- Ability to validate account handoffs, review pipeline configurations, verify secrets, support deployment dry runs, and assist with cutover and rollback planning.
- Strong scripting/development experience with Python, Bash, or similar languages.
- Proven ability to work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams on complex security, operational, and reliability challenges.
Tools you’ll work with
AWS, IAM, KMS, CloudTrail, Config, Sentry, Datadog, Infrastructure as Code, Terraform, CloudFormation, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild, ArgoCD, Helm, Docker, Python, Bash, along with EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53.
Benefits
- Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
- Parental Leave
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Group Term Life and Travel Assistance
- Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
- Health Savings Account, Health Care & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Transit and Parking Commuter Benefits
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
- Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development, Certifications & Learning Opportunities
- Employee Referral Program
- Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
- Care.com annual membership
- Employee Assistance Program
- Supplemental Benefits via Corestream (Critical Care, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance and ID theft protection, etc.)
- Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
Nice to have
- AWS Certified Security – Specialty (highly desirable)
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer certifications
- CISSP, CISM or GIAC certifications
Salary range: $92,000.00-$153,000.00 annually. Travel required: up to 10%. Clearance required: ability to obtain Public Trust. Job family: Software Development & Support.
