Cloud Security Engineer – Risk Reduction (Remote)

Dahl Consulting is a leading national retailer with a large-scale digital and e-commerce footprint, seeking a Cloud Security Engineer – Risk Reduction to support enterprise cloud remediation efforts. This role focuses on strengthening security across complex, multi-cloud environments by identifying, prioritizing, and resolving critical risks, while collaborating with cross-functional teams to improve the security posture of cloud platforms.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and execute remediation strategies for high-priority cloud security issues across GCP, Azure, and AWS environments
• Update and maintain Terraform codebases to implement secure infrastructure changes across multiple projects
• Create and execute automation scripts and pipelines to resolve recurring issues at scale
• Coordinate with engineering and infrastructure teams to rotate and secure compromised or mismanaged secrets
• Identify and address root causes of security vulnerabilities to prevent recurrence in future deployments
• Validate and verify that remediation efforts have been completed across systems and environments
• Collaborate across cloud infrastructure, networking, backend systems, and data engineering teams to deliver scalable security solutions
• Analyze existing architecture and repositories to anticipate risks, dependencies, and potential service impacts during remediation efforts

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering with a strong focus on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
• Proven experience writing automation scripts and/or pipelines specifically in GCP environments
• 3+ years of hands-on experience writing production-level Terraform code in complex environments (e.g., 100+ GCP projects)
• Strong expertise in infrastructure and networking, including on-prem and cloud environments (SDN, compute, storage, databases, IAM)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code, scripting, and CI/CD practices
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues with minimal supervision
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture and the ability to assess risk, dependencies, and remediation impacts
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to collaborate across technical teams and explain concepts clearly
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying current with evolving cloud technologies
• Experience working with Azure or AWS environments
• Familiarity with tools such as GitHub or Atlantis
• Direct experience in cloud security engineering or security remediation initiatives
• A background that combines both infrastructure engineering and security disciplines