Senior Cloud Engineer – Governance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, monitor, and enforce cloud governance frameworks and policies.

• Ensure that the cloud infrastructure complies with security best practices and regulatory standards.

• Conduct periodic security assessments and audits.

• Implement and manage identity and access management policies.

• Oversee the management and implementation of hardware security keys, such as YubiKeys.

• Monitor cloud usage and expenditures, and establish strategies for cost optimization.

• Provide regular reports and insights on cloud costs and usage trends to senior leadership and the Finance team.

• Create automated, efficient, and user-friendly solutions to reduce repetitive manual tasks.

• Collaborate with development and security teams to integrate cloud governance policies into workflows while minimizing restrictions.

• Offer communication, training, and guidance to development teams regarding new policies, procedures, and best practices for cloud resource management.

• Develop CI/CD pipelines for deploying policies and other cloud service provider management tasks.

• Respond to and resolve incidents and issues related to cloud governance.

• Provide root cause analysis when necessary.

• Assist in ensuring that Delinea's identity security platform safeguards human and machine identities across on-premises, multi-cloud, and ephemeral infrastructure.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong understanding of cloud platforms such as Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

• Extensive knowledge and proven capability to manage an Enterprise-scale Entra environment effectively.

• Experience in implementing Zero Trust security strategies and demonstrated ability to protect identities, endpoints, data, applications, and infrastructure.

• Proficiency in scripting and automation languages, including Python, PowerShell, and Bash.

• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Azure Resource Manager templates, and/or CloudFormation Templates.

• Experience in managing large-scale cloud service provider accounts and vendor relationships.

• Proven ability to align cloud environments with compliance standards such as GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC2, FedRAMP, and NIST.

• Expertise in Identity and Access Management (IAM).

• Strong understanding and experience with SAML and OIDC for authentication purposes.

• Solid understanding and experience with Just-In-Time (JIT) privilege elevation.

• Experience with cloud cost management tools and strategies, along with the ability to analyze and report on cloud cost data.

• Excellent communication skills, capable of explaining complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong teamwork and collaboration skills.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.

• Relevant cloud certifications, such as Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect.

• Previous experience in a similar role focused on cloud governance.

• Candidates must complete a comprehensive criminal background check, verification of education, and verification of employment upon a conditional offer.

• Ability to work remotely within the U.S.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Performance-based bonus plans or role-based incentive programs.

• Healthcare insurance.

• Pension/retirement matching.

• Comprehensive life insurance.

• Employee assistance program.

• Time off plans.

• Paid company holidays.

• Meaningful work.

• Culture of innovation.

• Great career progression.