Cloud Security Engineer

Requisition Number: 215931

External Description:

We are looking for a Cloud Security Engineer to join our team of security pros to partner with teams across the organization to ensure we meet a high standard of security for our customers and ourselves. You will leverage a broad range of technical knowledge and security capabilities to deploy and enhance security solutions in partnership with IT and Product to deliver secure, high-powered analytics to our customers.

Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with security leadership, architecture, compliance, and operations teams to execute on security strategies
• Partner closely with Product and IT teams to implement cohesive security solutions across diverse computing environments
• Deploy and configure production security tools and services to monitor and protect cloud workloads, networks, and endpoints
• Maintain knowledge of emerging security threats, trends, and best practices
• Champion the implementation of security best practices, design principles, and standards
• Implement scalable processes for provisioning cloud access and maintaining least-privilege
• Assess and propose solutions regarding cloud security to leadership
• Problem solve and identify potential alternatives to solve challenges, explaining any trade-offs and risks effectively

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 4+ years’ experience in technical domains including application development, cloud computing, security, identity and access management and infrastructure
• Experience working in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP and their security offerings
• In-depth knowledge of cloud, network, and infrastructure security
• Experience securing solutions in complex hybrid cloud enterprise and SaaS environment(s)
• Demonstrated ability to implement security best practices in partnership with development teams and systems owners
• Ability to understand and implement secure architectural design patterns in the cloud
• Knowledge of security best practices and common security frameworks such as NIST, ISO, Common Criteria, OWASP, etc.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills; ability to communicate requirements and risks to stakeholders from engineering to senior leadership
• Experience documenting deployment diagrams and operational run books

Bonus Points:
• Experience in a customer-facing role such as consultant or solutions engineer
• Security focused certifications like CCSK, CCSP, CISSP
• Experience working with FedRAMP, PCI-DSS, HIPAA
• Experience contributing to the security community (e.g., open-source tools, presenting at conferences)
• Experience as a software developer or intermediate scripting ability

CountryEEOText_Description: Our Culture We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success. We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally. We are an anti-racist company because our dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a statement. It is a deep commitment to doing the work to foster an equitable environment that celebrates people for all of who they are. Teradata invites all identities and backgrounds in the workplace. We work with deliberation and intent to ensure we are cultivating collaboration and inclusivity across our global organization. ​ We are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

City: San Diego

State: California

Community / Marketing Title: Cloud Security Engineer

Job Category: Security

Company Profile:

Our Company

Teradata is the connected multi-cloud data platform for enterprise analytics company. Our enterprise analytics solve business challenges from start to scale. Only Teradata gives you the flexibility to handle the massive and mixed data workloads of the future, today.

The Teradata Vantage architecture is cloud native, delivered as-a-service, and built on an open ecosystem. These design features make Vantage the ideal platform to optimize price performance in a multi-cloud environment.

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Location_formattedLocationLong: San Diego, California US