Senior Cloud Engineer III – Location: Warren, NJ (Hybrid)

Location: Warren, NJ

Time Type: Full time

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Posting Title: Senior Cloud Engineer III – Location: Warren, NJ (Hybrid)

JOB DESCRIPTION

Design, implement, and manage a secure, scalable, high-performance cloud-based infrastructure. Ensure robust networking, security, automation, and operational excellence across multi-cloud environments. Develop and enforce cloud security policies, ensuring compliance with frameworks such as NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and Zero Trust Architecture. Architect and optimize cloud networking solutions, including VPC peering, hybrid connectivity, private endpoints, and firewalls. Lead container security efforts, integrating Kubernetes security policies, pod security standards, service mesh, and runtime protection tools. Manage and implement automation infrastructure provisioning, configuration, continuous security, and vulnerability management. Work with development teams to design secure microservices architectures, API security mechanisms, and service-to-service encryption strategies. Conduct network forensics, traffic analysis, and incident response for cloud security events. Define and maintain cloud governance, identity and access controls, and privileged access management (PAM). May work remotely two (2) days a week from within the Warren, NJ area.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree (U.S. or foreign equivalent) in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field and five (5) years of progressive, post-baccalaureate experience in cloud infrastructure, networking, and security engineering.

• Prior experience must include five (5) years in/with: cloud networking, identity access management (IAM), and security best practices to design secure and scalable network architectures with proper access controls; using networking protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, VPN, and TLS) to troubleshoot complex networking scenarios.

• Prior experience must also include three (3) years in/with: multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud) to develop and maintain hybrid connectivity and interoperability across platforms; cloud-native security tools (Azure Firewall, AWS WAF, Google Cloud Armor) to design secure perimeter and application-level protections within cloud environments; Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform); scripting using Python, Bash, PowerShell, and Go to automate network/security configurations and system monitoring.  

• Prior experience must also include two (2) years in/with: Kubernetes container security to ensure secure workload deployments; DevSecOps principles.

• Must also have prior experience (any amount) in/with: embedding security into CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins; Istio open-source service mesh; supply chain security (Sigstore, SLSA) to secure software delivery pipelines. Certified Azure Network Specialist Certification Required Pre-Hire.

• Salary: $189,592/year, 40 hours/week.

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What if I don’t meet every requirement? At Everest we are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace. So, if you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every element in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Please let us know if you need any accommodations throughout the application or interview process.

Our Culture

At Everest, our purpose is to provide the world with protection. We help clients and businesses thrive, fuel global economies, and create sustainable value for our colleagues, shareholders and the communities that we serve. We also pride ourselves on having a unique and inclusive culture which is driven by a unified set of values and behaviors. Click here to learn more about our culture. 

• Our Values are the guiding principles that inform our decisions, actions and behaviors. They are an expression of our culture and an integral part of how we work: Talent. Thoughtful assumption of risk. Execution. Efficiency. Humility. Leadership. Collaboration. Inclusion and Belonging.
• Our Colleague Behaviors define how we operate and interact with each other no matter our location, level or function: Respect everyone. Pursue better. Lead by example. Own our outcomes. Win together.  

All colleagues are held accountable to upholding and supporting our values and behaviors across the company. This includes day to day interactions with fellow colleagues, and the global communities we serve. 

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