DETAILS:
Domain: Financial
Position: IT - Cloud Info Sec Engineer – Senior
Duration: 6-12 Months (Contract to Perm)
Location: Austin, TX/ Fort Mill, SC (Hybrid – 3 days/Week Onsite)
We are looking for an experienced AWS Cloud IAM Specialist to join our Offensive Identity Team. This role focuses on securing cloud identity infrastructure through policy design, drift remediation, and proactive threat modeling.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and optimize IAM policies, SCPs, and trust relationships in AWS
- Enforce identity controls using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CDK)
- Remediate drift in AWS Identity Center and ensure consistent access posture
- Collaborate with cloud security and IAM teams to simulate identity-based threats
- Identify misconfigurations and excessive permissions across AWS accounts
Required Skills & Experience
- 5+ years in cloud IAM or AWS security engineering roles
- Strong experience with AWS IAM, SCPs, and trust policies
- Proficiency in Terraform or AWS CDK for identity enforcement
- Familiarity with cloud threat modeling and identity attack techniques
- Experience with AWS Identity Center and permission boundaries
