- Company Name
- Cozen Technology Solutions Inc
- Job Title
- Cloud Engineer
- Job Description
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**Job Title:** Cloud Operations and Security Monitoring Engineer
**Role Summary:**
Ensures the reliability, performance, and security of AWS cloud environments through daily operations, monitoring, automation, and incident response. Works with application and security teams to maintain resilient, cost‑efficient services while enhancing observability and governance.
**Expectations:**
- Maintain continuous availability and optimal performance of cloud workloads.
- Detect, investigate, and remediate security incidents and vulnerabilities.
- Drive automation and documentation to improve operational efficiency.
- Participate in on‑call rotation and post‑incident analysis.
**Key Responsibilities:**
- Administer AWS compute, storage, networking, and IAM services.
- Monitor system health, performance, and security telemetry; manage alerts and dashboards.
- Deploy and configure environments using IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation) and automation tools.
- Troubleshoot service disruptions, performance issues, and integration problems.
- Optimize resource utilization and control cloud costs through rightsizing and lifecycle management.
- Manage backup, disaster recovery, and recovery testing for critical systems.
- Conduct security monitoring, log analysis, and incident response; maintain detection rules and thresholds.
- Support vulnerability management, patching, and remediation tracking.
- Assist with security audits, compliance evidence collection, and control validation (e.g., NIST, CIS).
- Develop and maintain runbooks, SOPs, and operational documentation.
- Contribute to automation of monitoring, alerting, and remediation workflows.
**Required Skills:**
- 5+ years operating and supporting AWS workloads.
- Hands‑on experience with cloud monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
- Strong understanding of networking, IAM, and system administration fundamentals.
- Proven incident investigation and security alert response experience.
- Scripting/automation proficiency (PowerShell, Python, Bash).
- Analytical thinking, clear documentation, and effective communication.
**Required Education & Certifications:**
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field **or** equivalent professional experience.
- Preferred certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, CompTIA Security+, or similar.