AWS Cloud Security Engineer
Cygnify
| Company | Cygnify |
| Category | Engineering |
| Location | Petaling Jaya |
| Remote | Hybrid |
| Employment | Not stated |
| Level | Not stated |
| Salary | Not stated by the employer |
| Posted | 6 Jul 2026 |
| Last verified | 30 Jul 2026 |
| Source | Employer career page (ashby) |
Description
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.
Accountabilities:
- Cloud Security Governance & Policy - Establish, maintain, and enforce cloud security policies, standards, and governance frameworks to ensure secure cloud adoption across the organization.
- Secure Cloud Architecture & Design Assurance - Review and approve cloud solution designs, ensuring secure-by-design principles, threat modeling, and compliance with best practices and reference architectures.
- Identity & Access Management (IAM) Control - Own and govern cloud IAM strategy, enforcing least privilege, strong authentication, privileged access control, and periodic access reviews.
- Cloud Security Operations & Monitoring - Oversee continuous monitoring of cloud environments, ensuring timely detection and remediation of misconfigurations, vulnerabilities, and security threats.
- Compliance, Audit & Risk Management - Ensure cloud environments meet regulatory, legal, and internal compliance requirements; manage risk assessments, audits, and cloud security reporting.
- Incident Response & Forensics - Lead cloud security incident response, including investigation, containment, recovery, and root cause analysis for cloud-related security events.
- Leadership, Stakeholder Engagement & Continuous Improvement - Provide cloud security expertise to stakeholders, lead security teams, manage security tools/vendors, and drive cloud security capability enhancements.
Responsibilities:
- 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.
- Cloud Security Operations, Monitoring & Incident Response - Manage continuous monitoring with AWS-native tools and SIEM; oversee vulnerability management and misconfiguration remediation; lead incident response including detection, investigation, containment, and recovery; automate security guardrails and remediation workflows.
- Compliance, Risk Management & Audit Assurance - Ensure compliance with regulatory and internal requirements (SOC 2, GDPR, MAS TRM, PDPA); conduct cloud risk assessments and threat modeling; coordinate penetration testing; prepare documentation and evidence for audits.
- Data Protection & Cloud Security Controls - Ensure effective protection of sensitive data through encryption, access governance, classification, and DLP controls; manage cloud data exposure risks and ensure secure storage and handling of information across AWS services.
- Leadership, Collaboration & Security Culture - Serve as AWS cloud security SME; collaborate with Cloud, DevOps, Network, and Cybersecurity teams to embed security-by-design; mentor teams and promote a strong security culture through training and stakeholder engagement
Team Scope/ Stakeholders:
- Reports to the Head of Cybersecurity : The candidate will work closely with the Head of Cybersecurity to design, implement, support, and maintain cybersecurity systems that safeguard the organization’s digital assets. This includes contributing to architecture design, operational readiness, system optimization, and ensuring al