Cloud Security Engineering Analyst at UltraViolet Cyber

The Cloud Security Engineering Analyst will lead the design, testing, deployment, and compliance validation of AWS security policies and controls, integrating cloud-native and custom guardrails. Responsibilities include performing risk assessments, managing policy exceptions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to enforce security-by-default principles. This role involves designing, developing, and deploying custom and AWS-native security policies, performing pre-deployment compliance assessments, and remediating misconfigurations. The analyst will validate and monitor policy effectiveness, own and manage the AWS policy exemption workflow, maintain detailed documentation, participate in tool evaluations, and support continuous improvement of cloud security posture.