AWS Cloud Security Engineer
Cygnify, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
The role
The AWS Cloud Security Engineer is responsible for leading and managing the security posture of the organization’s cloud environments. This role oversees cloud security architecture, governance, compliance, incident response, and cloud security operations to ensure secure design, implementation, and ongoing management of cloud workloads. The manager will work closely with cloud engineering, DevOps, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and application teams to embed security-by-design across all cloud deployments.
What you will do
- Cloud Security Governance & Strategy – Develop and maintain AWS cloud security policies, standards, and frameworks; lead security strategy aligned with business and regulatory requirements; enforce AWS Well-Architected, CIS, and Zero Trust principles.
- Cloud Security Architecture & Engineering - Design, review, and approve secure AWS architectures; guide secure cloud-native implementations; govern IAM (RBAC, least privilege, automated remediation); oversee network security controls including WAF, Shield, and service mesh.
