Cloud Security Engineer

Role Overview:

At Cornerstone Research, you will be part of a thriving, 1,000-strong team that spans nine offices, comprises more than 55 nationalities, and leads the industry in its commitment to develop team members across all levels. Inc. Magazine has recognized Cornerstone Research three times as a Best Workplace for its outstanding employee engagement, collaborative culture, and professional growth opportunities.

You'll Love It Here If You:

• Embrace learning and continuous improvement

• Set and strive for a high bar of excellence

• Believe that teamwork leads to success: ask us what it means to be #onefirmfirm!

• Take pride in always doing your best work, even if it's harder or takes longer

• Are passionate about what you do

How You'll Help Our Team Succeed:

• Designs and engineers secure cloud solutions leveraging Google Cloud, AWS and Azure IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, with a focus on security best practices.
• Researches, designs, and implements new cloud security technologies to enhance Cornerstone's cloud security posture.
• Supports applications hosted in cloud environments, ensuring they meet stringent security standards.
• Deploys and develops cloud cost management, budgeting, and expensing capabilities, with an emphasis on security aspects to control unauthorized access and expenditures.
• Manages and reports on cloud costs, identifying and reporting unusual expenditures with a focus on security implications.
• Conducts periodic audits of accounts, permissions, and access rights for cloud services in compliance with security policies.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships across IT teams, fostering collaboration on cloud security issues.
• Performs periodic gap analyses against current and future security requirements to improve cloud security measures; recommends relevant improvements.
• Administers and supports secure connectivity to cloud services, ensuring encrypted and protected data transfers, using AWS Direct Connect and Azure Express Route.
• Monitors daily maintenance event logs for cloud-based environments and addresses any noted issues.
• Maintains security patches in alignment with industry best practices.
• Creates and maintains cloud-related security policies and procedures in partnership with the Director, Information Security.
• Creates and maintains cloud security operational documentation and training materials for use by IT staff.

What You'll Need to Be Successful:

• 8+ years of experience in cyber security roles required, with professional services experience preferred.
• Extensive experience supporting and administering AWS, Azure, Google Cloud and O365 cloud environments.
• Experience with cloud security implementations, migrations, and integrations within secure frameworks.
• Familiarity with programmatic means of cloud security administration, such as cloud APIs and CloudFormation Templates on AWS, with a focus on secure configuration.
• UNIX/Linux experience with a strong exposure to server administration.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent combination of education, skills and experience.
• Cloud Professional Certification required (e.g., AWS Certified Security - Specialty and/or Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate or similar).
• Additional security related IT certifications (e.g., CISSP, CISM, CompTIA Security+) are a plus.

Cornerstone Research is offering a competitive market base salary for this position. The base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position in all eligible locations. This range may differ based on your geographic location and cost of living considerations. At Cornerstone Research, we believe compensation is more than just a base salary. We offer a competitive total compensation package that includes an annual performance bonus and comprehensive benefits such as flexible options for healthcare, paid time off, and retirement savings. Relocation assistance is not offered for this position.

Boston: $141,400 - $171,500

Chicago: $134,00 - $162,500

Los Angeles: $140,400 - $170,300

New York: $143,800 - $174,400

San Francisco: $154,200 - $187,000

Washington, D.C.: $138,800 - $168,400

We're looking for passionate individuals who share our firm's core values and can bring varied perspectives and experiences to our team.

Who We Are:

Cornerstone Research provides economic and financial analysis and expert testimony in all phases of commercial litigation and regulatory proceedings.

We work with a broad network of testifying experts, including leaders from academia and industry, who are recognized for their depth of knowledge, accomplishments, and research. Our staff consultants contribute expertise in economics, finance, accounting, and marketing, as well as business acumen, familiarity with the litigation process, and a commitment to produce outstanding results.

We're looking for passionate individuals who share our firm's core values and can bring varied perspectives and experiences to our team. The firm's uniquely collegial, supportive atmosphere makes Cornerstone Research a great place to work. We invest in our people in a host of ways, from providing meaningful learning and development opportunities to organizing memorable social events. To many, our culture and our people are the most exciting, enriching aspects of a Cornerstone Research career.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Cornerstone Research provides Equal Employment Opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to legally protected categories, such as age, sex, gender, gender identity, race, color, creed/religious belief, medical condition, predisposing genetic characteristics or genetic information or testing, disability, marital status, pregnancy status, military status, veteran status, arrest or conviction record (except where permitted by law), sexual orientation, ethnic background, citizen status, ancestry, national origin, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local law.