Cloud Security Engineer – Azure Vulnerability & Misconfiguration Management Chicago, Illinois;Charlotte, North Carolina; Denver, Colorado; Jacksonville, Florida; Addison, Texas **To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.** Acknowledge Refer a friend **To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.** Acknowledge (https://ghr.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/Lateral-US/job/Chicago/Cloud-Security-Engineer---Azure-Vulnerability---Misconfiguration-Management\_25036947) **Job Description:** At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! We are seeking a skilled and motivated Cloud Security Engineer to join our cybersecurity team. This role focuses on proactively identifying, analyzing, and mitigating vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across cloud-native environments (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS). The ideal candidate will have a deep knowledge of cloud security principles, hands-on experience with vulnerability assessment tools, and the ability to drive remediation through collaboration with engineering, operations, and governance teams. Role requires 3 years of experience. Job Responsibilities: • Identify vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across the Azure platform, resources, and workloads. • Maintain cloud security posture management (CSPM) and vulnerability management tools such as Defender, Wiz, Qualys, CrowdStrike. • Develop automated detection and monitoring for insecure configurations, excessive permissions, and non-compliant deployments. • Partner with engineering, DevOps, and application teams to provide remediation guidance and drive secure by design solutions. • Triage and report vulnerabilities with risk ratings to ensure timely remediation. • Research and stay ahead of emerging cloud threats, vulnerabilities, and industry best practices. • Contribute to cloud security standards, baselines, and playbooks to improve enterprise-wide security posture. • Support governance, risk, and compliance requirements by ensuring alignments with regulatory and internal policy standards. • Drive Cloud Security solutions in alignment with the Bank’s cloud strategy and in accordance with security best practices. • Develops strong partnerships by demonstrating operational expertise as a subject matter expert. Required Qualifications • Experience with Microsoft Azure native services, tools, and architecture. • Understanding of cloud security principles and practice • Working knowledge of cloud threat landscape • Technical experience in infrastructure and/or security functions • Understanding of DevSecOps and CI/CD pipeline integration through security engineering lifecycles. • Understanding of Threat modeling and frameworks • Understanding of vulnerability management and scanning tools • Experience in project management • Well-developed analytic, qualitative, and quantitative reasoning skills with a demonstrated creative problem-solving ability. • Ability to work independently with little oversight on complex initiatives. • Extremely motivated, hungry to learn • Ability to communicate complex concepts to all levels of understanding and technical ability. Desired Qualifications • CISSP/CCSP/CISM • Cloud specific Security certifications such as SANS/GIAC • Vendor specific and relevant certifications – AZ-500, SC-200, AZ-204, CKA, CKS, RHCE, etc • Bachelors degree in a technical field **Shift:** 1st shift (United States of America) **Hours Per Week:** 40 Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. 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