Cloud & Security Engineer

Novacis Digital is hiring a Senior Cloud / Security Engineer to design, secure, automate, and operate cloud infrastructure for enterprise healthcare, AI, and digital technology workloads. This hybrid role in Atlanta, GA supports Microsoft Azure and/or AWS environments, partnering closely with software, data, AI, architecture, and security teams to deliver reliable, compliant, and scalable cloud platforms. Enjoy a competitive salary and comprehensive health and dental benefits
, plus paid time off and vision insurance
.

• Design, build, and operate secure cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure and/or AWS for enterprise healthcare applications.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, Cloud Formation
  , or equivalent tooling, including reusable modules and controlled promotion across environments.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines with Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins
  , or similar platforms.
• Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes
  , and cloud-native services such as AKS and EKS
  .
• Apply Dev Sec Ops  security controls
  , including SAST
  , DAST
  , dependency scanning, container scanning, secrets detection,
  policy-as-code
  , and vulnerability remediation.
• Engineer secure cloud networking with VNets/VPCs
  , subnets, routing,
  private endpoints
  , load balancers, DNS, firewalls, VPNs, and certificate management.
• Implement identity and access controls using Microsoft Entra ,
  Azure RBAC
  , AWS IAM
  , managed identities, key management, and least-privilege principles.
• Establish centralized logging, metrics, tracing, alerting
  , security monitoring, and operational dashboards.
• Support patching, backup, disaster recovery, capacity planning,
  cost optimization
  , incident response, and root-cause analysis.
• Maintain architecture diagrams
  , security documentation, operating procedures, deployment standards, and environment configuration baselines.

• 3-5 years of experience in Cloud Engineering, Dev Ops, Dev Sec Ops , Security Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure and/or AWS in production environments.
• Strong experience with Terraform or equivalent Infrastructure as Code tooling.
• Hands-on experience with Docker
  , Kubernetes
  , AKS/EKS
  , container registries, ingress, and workload deployment.
• Strong CI/CD experience with Azure Dev Ops
  , Git Hub Actions
  , Jenkins
  , Git Lab CI
  , or similar tools.
• Strong understanding of Linux
  , networking, DNS, TLS/certificates, load balancing, storage, compute, and core cloud security fundamentals.
• Experience with Python
  , Bash
  , Power Shell
  , or similar scripting and automation languages.
• Experience implementing IAM
  , RBAC
  , secrets management, key management, secure configuration, and vulnerability management.
• Strong troubleshooting, documentation, and cross-functional communication skills.

• Experience with Azure Government
  , AWS Gov Cloud
  , FedRAMP
  -aligned environments, or government cloud workloads.
• Knowledge of NIST 800-53
  , FISMA
  , Zero Trust
  , HIPAA
  , SOC 2, or similar security and compliance frameworks.
• Experience supporting healthcare
  , federal,
  AI/ML
  , intelligent document processing, data analytics, or case management platforms.
• Experience with observability and security tooling such as Azure Monitor
  , Application Insights
  , Cloud Watch
  , Prometheus
  , Grafana
  , ELK/Open Search
  , or SIEM tooling.
• Azure, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, or cybersecurity certifications.

Microsoft Azure
, AWS
, Terraform
, Bicep
, Cloud Formation
, Azure Dev Ops
, Git Hub Actions
, Jenkins
, Git Lab CI
, Docker
, Kubernetes
, AKS
, EKS
, SAST
, DAST
, policy-as-code
, VNets
, VPCs
, private endpoints
, load balancers, DNS, firewalls, VPNs, certificate management,
Microsoft Entra ,
Azure RBAC
, AWS IAM
, managed identities, key management, least-privilege,
Linux
, TLS/certificates
, Python
, Bash
, Power Shell
, centralized logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, security monitoring, disaster recovery, incident response, root-cause analysis, and architecture diagrams.

• A security-first and automation-first engineering mindset with strong ownership of production environments.
• Ability to translate security and reliability requirements into repeatable cloud engineering controls
  .
• Sound judgment balancing security
  , performance
  , availability
  , maintainability
  , and cost
  .
• Strong collaboration with software, AI, data, architecture, compliance, and program teams.