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# Cloud Security Engineer

- **Company:** Acuity Brands
- **Location:** Atlanta, GA, United States
- **Salary:** $120,800.0 - $261,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Kubernetes Security, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Distributed Systems, Information Security Management, Open Source Technology, Role-Based Access Control, Azure Active Directory, Zero Trust Network Access, Single Sign-On, Policy as Code, Cloud Platform System, Okta, Kubernetes, Bicep, Terraform, Prisma Cloud Platform, Devsecops, Serverless Computing, Static Application Security Testing, Dynamic Application Security Testing
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/usf8564c1fa63267f72d5dd023f06b7838/eaa

## About the Role

* Basic familiarity with cloud security standards, reference architecture patterns, and reusable security controls; exposure to contributing to their development or maintenance is a plus.
 * Exposure to supporting cloud security posture improvements and helping development teams strengthen their security practices.
 * Foundational understanding of secure-by-design and Zero Trust principles; exposure to communicating related security recommendations across teams is a plus.

Preferred Skills and Experience

 * Effectively document and communicate security assessment findings, recommendations, and remediation strategies to a diverse audience, including technical teams and non-technical business stakeholders, ensuring clarity and actionable guidance for all parties involved.
 * Demonstrable ability to analyze business direction and problems, understand long term vision and risk in developing strategic technical solutions.
 * Azure Security Certifications are a plus

## Description

We're seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to join the product security team and help secure our cloud applications and solutions within Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Working closely with engineering teams, you will assess cloud architectures, monitor internal and external threats, and analyze potential vulnerabilities across internal and cloud environments.
The role requires strong expertise in Cloud security, CNAPP, and modern DevSecOps practices, with a focus on proactively reducing risk across infrastructure, workloads, and application pipelines.
Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
Cloud Security Architecture & CNAPP

 * Lead secure design and architecture reviews for cloud-native and distributed systems, including IoT-integrated platforms
 * Experience with leading CNAPP platforms such as Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Prisma Cloud, Wiz, Orca Security, or Lacework etc. Consequently, ability to drive Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) capabilities, including:

 * CSPM (Cloud Security Policies & Posture management)
 * CWPP (Runtime protection for VMs, Containers, Serverless applications)
 * CIEM (Identity entitlement and Least privilege Enforcement)
 * Kubernetes and container security (AKS, image hardening, runtime controls)
 * Experience assessing identity and access architectures using Microsoft Entra ID and other identity providers, such as Okta, and guiding engineering teams on secure authentication, federation, single sign-on (SSO), and least-privilege access for users and workloads, including Microsoft Entra service principals and Azure managed identities.
 * Experience with reviewing the architecture and security controls for:

 * AKS/Kubernetes environments
 * Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep)
 * Service-to-service and API communication patterns

DevSecOps & Automation

 * Collaborate with engineering squads on integrating automated security checks and risk-based deployment gates into CI/CD pipelines to identify and address security risks before deployment.
 * Drive adoption of:

 * Application security testing: Static application security testing (SAST) for source code, Dynamic application security testing (DAST) against running applications in authorized test environments, and Software composition analysis (SCA) for open-source dependencies and known vulnerabilities.
 * Container image scanning for known vulnerabilities and image configuration issues, and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) scanning for insecure resource configurations before deployment.
 * Policy-as-code guardrails that evaluate infrastructure configurations and deployment requests against defined security requirements, with risk-based enforcement and approved exception handling.