Sr. Hybrid-Cloud System Eng

The Port of Portland is hiring a

Senior Hybrid-
Cloud System Engineer (Security)*

The Senior Hybrid-Cloud System Engineer (Security) ensures the Port’s hybrid IT infrastructure is secure, resilient, and scalable by leading the design, integration, and deployment of modern cloud and on-premises technologies. This role serves as a technical security expert, partnering closely with Information Security to translate emerging threats and standards into effective operational controls. By architecting solutions across AWS, Azure, and on-premises environments, this position enhances the Port’s security posture and supports critical business objectives.

Join us at a pivotal moment in the Port of Portland’s technology transformation. The Port Forward ERP program is modernizing our enterprise systems—Workday, Maximo, integrations, identity, cloud, and security services to create a more efficient, data-driven, and future-ready organization. This initiative isn’t just a system upgrade; it’s a full re-architecture of how the Port operates, collaborates, and delivers services across all business lines.

As a Systems Engineer on our IT Infrastructure Operations team, you’ll be at the center of this transformation. You’ll design and support the foundational identity, network, cloud, and security services that power our new ERP ecosystem—ensuring stability, security, and long‑term sustainability. Your work directly enables enterprise‑critical integrations, modern architecture alignment, and the reliability our future operations depend on.

If you want to solve complex engineering challenges, influence enterprise architecture, and help build the future state of technology at the Port, this is a rare opportunity to make a lasting impact.

* This is a limited-duration role lasting approximately 24 – 36 months to assist the Port of Portland with an ERP implementation. The role may be lengthened or shortened based on business need.

• Engineer secure, scalable, and operationalized cloud and on-prem infrastructure solutions using modern architectural frameworks and automation‑first strategies.
• Develop, maintain, and optimize CI/CD pipelines with integrated security scanning, compliance validation, and deployment automation.
• Implement and manage infrastructure‑as‑code workflows and automation (Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins).
• Design and administer application‑layer, network, and cloud security controls, including firewalls, IAM policies, segmentation, and monitoring.
• Integrate complex systems and services with automated scanning, policy enforcement, and security instrumentation.

• Lead the design and implementation of secure hybrid‑cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and on‑prem systems.
• Partner with the Information Security team to translate organizational security requirements into engineered controls, secure deployment patterns, and automated policy enforcement.
• Develop and maintain secure configuration standards, reference architectures, and runbooks for infrastructure and application‑layer security technologies.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (AI, Kubernetes orchestration, service mesh architectures, Git Ops workflows, and advanced cloud constructs) to drive innovation and organizational transformation.

• Respond as primary security engineer to hybrid‑infrastructure security events, outages, and complex incident investigations.
• Conduct root cause analysis, implement containment and remediation actions, and lead preventative hardening efforts across multi‑cloud and on‑prem systems.
• Support internal, external security and operational…