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Senior Cloud Engineer

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Job Summary

Senior Cloud Engineer role focused on designing and operating secure cloud platforms for automotive solutions using Security Command Center and Certificate Authority Service. The role involves enhancing threat visibility protecting digital certificates and ensuring compliant cloud operations while collaborating with cross functional teams in an office based day shift environment.


Responsibilities

  • Design secure cloud architectures that integrate Security Command Center and Certificate Authority Service to protect automotive platforms and associated digital services in a scalable manner
  • Implement robust security monitoring configurations that use Security Command Center to detect misconfigurations and threats across multiple cloud projects supporting automotive workloads
  • Optimize alert policies and tuning in Security Command Center to minimize false positives while ensuring timely detection of genuine security incidents that affect connected vehicle and mobility solutions
  • Develop automated workflows for incident triage and response that leverage Security Command Center findings to streamline remediation activities for infrastructure and application teams
  • Configure and manage Certificate Authority Service to issue manage and rotate certificates used by automotive applications application programming interfaces and internal services to maintain strong cryptographic hygiene
  • Establish clear policies for certificate lifecycle management including issuance renewal revocation and auditing to reduce operational risk and service disruption across cloud environments
  • Collaborate with development and site reliability teams to embed security by design practices into cloud native automotive platforms and to ensure secure configuration baselines
  • Create infrastructure as code templates to consistently provision secure cloud resources including network segmentation identity controls and logging required for regulated automotive domains
  • Develop monitoring dashboards and reports that communicate security posture trends and key risk indicators derived from Security Command Center and certificate related metrics to technical stakeholders
  • Conduct regular security assessments of cloud environments supporting automotive platforms and document remediation plans that enhance resilience against emerging threats
  • Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to peers regarding best practices for Security Command Center Certificate Authority Service and secure cloud patterns tailored for automotive industry requirements
  • Coordinate with compliance and governance teams to align cloud security controls with automotive cybersecurity regulations industry standards and internal audit expectations
  • Document operational runbooks standard operating procedures and troubleshooting guides for Security Command Center and Certificate Authority Service to support consistent day to day operations in an office based setting

  • Qualifications

  • possess a bachelor degree in computer science information technology or related discipline and bring six to eight years of hands on experience in cloud engineering roles
  • demonstrate strong practical experience administering and tuning Security Command Center for large scale cloud environments including rule configuration asset coverage and integration with ticketing tools
  • show proven expertise working with Certificate Authority Service including custom certificate templates policy definition and automation of issuance and rotation workflows for production services
  • bring solid background in automotive industry domains such as connected vehicles digital mobility platforms or automotive manufacturing systems with awareness of relevant security considerations
  • exhibit advanced skills in infrastructure as code tooling cloud networking identity management and logging solutions that support secure automotive workloads
  • display familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks and automotive focused security standards and apply them pragmatically to cloud environments
  • communicate effectively with cross functional teams and document technical solutions in a clear structured manner to support collaboration within a work from office model

  • Certifications Required

    Preferred certifications include Professional Cloud Security Engineer or equivalent cloud security credential and an automotive cybersecurity course such as ISO based training


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