Cloud Security Engineer - Offensive Security

Penetration Tester – Cloud Security

Position : Security Engineer

Department : Cybersecurity / Cloud Security

Experience : 2–5

We are seeking an experienced cloud penetration tester to assess, exploit, and strengthen the security of our cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP). The role involves simulating real-world cyberattacks, identifying vulnerabilities, and delivering actionable remediation recommendations.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform in-depth penetration testing on cloud infrastructures (AWS / Azure / GCP).
• Conduct cloud-specific vulnerability assessments and configuration reviews.
• Simulate cyber-attacks to identify weaknesses in cloud applications, networks, APIs, and IAM configurations.
• Evaluate cloud-native security controls (Security Groups, IAM roles, Key Management, WAF, CloudTrail, etc.).
• Test containerized and serverless environments (Docker, Kubernetes, Lambda, Cloud Functions).
• Identify misconfigurations, privilege escalation paths, insecure storage, authentication issues, and API exploits.
• Prepare detailed technical reports and executive summaries with remediation steps.
• Work with DevOps and Cloud teams to improve security posture and ensure secure architecture.
• Assist in threat modeling and secure design of new cloud features / services.
• Stay updated on modern cloud attack tools and techniques (e.G., Pacu, ScoutSuite, Prowler, KubeHound).

🧠 Skills & Qualifications

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