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Lead Cloud Security Engineer in USA

  • Cognizant
  • Full time
  • Email
  • New York, NY

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement automated containment workflows across SIEM, SOAR, endpoint, identity, network, and cloud security platforms.
  • Develop incident response playbooks for endpoint isolation, account restriction, malicious IP blocking, credential containment, and cloud workload quarantine.
  • Define automation eligibility, approvals, rollback procedures, exception handling, and human-in-the-loop controls.
  • Architect an agentic SOC roadmap with security agents, orchestration workflows, and MCP integrations.
  • Build secure integrations among security platforms, AWS services, case-management systems, and enterprise APIs using Python.
  • Develop cloud-native security automation using AWS, EKS, Terraform, and related platform services.
  • Validate response workflows through testing, Purple Team exercises, and incident response simulations.
  • Create metrics, dashboards, architecture documentation, runbooks, support procedures, and knowledge-transfer materials for operational transition.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity engineering, security operations, cloud security, incident response, or security automation.
  • Strong hands-on expertise with AWS security services, cloud-native architecture, and enterprise security operations.
  • Experience designing automated incident response and containment workflows across SIEM, SOAR, EDR, IAM, network, and cloud platforms.
  • Strong programming and automation skills using Python, APIs, and event-driven integration patterns.
  • Hands-on Terraform and Infrastructure as Code experience for secure, repeatable cloud deployments.
  • Experience with AWS EKS, containerized workloads, Kubernetes security, and cloud workload containment.
  • Understanding of agentic SOC architectures, AI-enabled security workflows, MCP integrations, and human-in-the-loop controls.
  • Experience with Git-based development and CI/CD tools such as Bitbucket or equivalent platforms.
  • Knowledge of incident response, Purple Team testing, approval controls, rollback mechanisms, and exception management.
  • Strong architecture, troubleshooting, documentation, stakeholder communication, and operational transition skills.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
  • Paid holidays and paid time off.
  • 401(k) plan and contributions.
  • Long-term and short-term disability coverage.
  • Paid parental leave.
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program based on performance and applicable plan terms.

Salary: $115k - $134k/yr

Cognizant

Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) is an AI Builder and technology services provider, bridging the gap between AI investment and enterprise value. We build full-stack AI solutions powered by deep industry, process and engineering expertise — embedding an organization's unique context into technology system...

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