Cloud Security Engineer

Location: Austin, United States of America

Thales people architect identity management and data protection solutions at the heart of digital security. Business and governments rely on us to bring trust to the billions of digital interactions they have with people. Our technologies and services help banks exchange funds, people cross borders, energy become smarter and much more. More than 30,000 organizations already rely on us to verify the identities of people and things, grant access to digital services, analyze vast quantities of information and encrypt data to make the connected world more secure.

This is a Hybrid role in Austin, Texas.

Position Summary

Cloud Center of Excellence of Thales is currently seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to join the team in Austin, TX. This role may require onsite presence once restrictions have been lifted.

You have a deep interest in Security for the Cloud?

You like to innovate and pursue new technologies, solve problems and contribute to high profile projects?

You have good development experience?

You are familiar with automation on AWS Cloud infrastructure?
You are passionate about protecting critical infrastructure, applications, services, and data systems?

You love challenges and want to participate in building new experiences on services?

Come and join our team to collaborate with leaders, developers, and security teams to secure our Cloud 
infrastructure.

Participate in a culture where security tools and best practices is something everyone thinks about every day.

Build security services to reinforce Thales products all over the world.

Special Position Requirements

Duty of 1 week is required and happen one or two time per month.

Regulatory Compliance Requirements

CFIUS clearance

CJIS clearance

Must have U.S. Citizenship to obtain the post-hire Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Clearance from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and must be able to obtain post-hire clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investments in the U.S. (CFIUS) and Department of Treasury

Key Areas of Responsibility 

• Evaluating, designing, developing, creating proof of concept and implementing security-focused tools and services.
• Supporting the company-defined cloud strategy.
• Ensuring and advocating cloud security practices.
• Driving engineering teams across all security practices.
• Making sure about continuous Thales CDI Cloud improvements.
• Identifying, raising and mitigating security weaknesses on Thales CDI Cloud infrastructure.
• Operating security framework on Cloud environments.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field with a minimum of 5-8+ years of relevant work experience or Master’s degree in 
related field with 4+ years of relevant work experience
• 4+ years of experience building and architecting on Cloud-based Platforms.
• 4+ years experience working on Cloud Provider AWS.
• Experience working with Gitlab, Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Experience in programming in Python.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology or a related technical field of study.
• Have a high interest for new technology.
• Global knowledge on security.

Why Join Us?

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This position will require successfully completing a post-offer background check. Qualified candidates with [a] criminal history will be considered and are not automatically disqualified, consistent with federal law, state law, and local ordinances.

Thales champions inclusion and we believe diversity strengthens the fabric of our culture. Thales is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/veterans.

If you need an accommodation or assistance in order to apply for a position with Thales, please contact us at [email protected].

The reference Total Target Compensation (TTC) market range for this position, inclusive of annual base salary and the variable compensation target, is between

Total Target Cash (TTC) 105,905.00 - 183,637.50 USD Annual

This reflects how companies in a similar industry and geographic region generally pay for similar jobs. This range helps the Company make pay decisions as one data point among many. Where a position falls within this range is also dependent on other factors including – but not limited to – the employee’s career path history, competencies, skills and performance, as well as the company’s annual salary budget, the customer’s program requirements, and the company’s internal equity. Thales may offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s status protected by local, state, or federal law.

(For Internal candidate, if you need more information, please raise HR request through MyThales)

 

Thales provides an extensive benefits program for all full-time employees working 30 or more hours per week and their eligible dependents, including the following:

•Elective Health, Dental, Vision, FSA/HSA, Voluntary Life and AD&D, Whole Group Life w/LTC, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Accident Insurance, Legal Plan, Identity Theft, and Pet Insurance

•Retirement Savings Plan after 30 days of employment with a company contribution and a match, and with no vesting period

•Company paid holidays and Paid Time Off

•Company provided Life Insurance, AD&D, Disability, Employee Assistance Plan, and Well-being Program