Cloud Security Engineer Jobs in New York
Cloud Security Engineer jobs in New York represent one of the most active and competitive markets in the country, concentrated in financial services, healthcare, media, and enterprise technology sectors at every level from junior analyst to principal architect. The heaviest hiring is centered in New York City, with additional demand in Albany and Buffalo driven by state government modernization and regional financial institutions. Major employers with a lasting footprint here include JPMorgan Chase, IBM, and Pfizer, all of which maintain large security engineering teams across the state. Demand is strongest right now in cloud infrastructure security, zero-trust architecture, and compliance automation. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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Job Description
Requisition ID
94175
Department
Tech Data AI Ventures
Job Function
Tech Data AI Ventures
Location
Remote, New York, United States
Role Location Designation
Hybrid - 3 days per quarter
Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per quarter
The Senior Cloud Security Engineer helps architect, deploy and operate a secure cloud application infrastructure that aligns with business needs. The position is responsible for supporting operational innovation and providing security direction to the business to elevate the company’s security posture within a cloud computing infrastructure. An advanced role, the cloud security engineer helps deliver applications at scale and with resiliency to support business initiatives. The cloud security engineer is also expected to possess advanced administrative and troubleshooting skills, and be knowledgeable about architecture, engineering and design principles. The cloud security engineer should be adept at dealing with disparate applications and data systems to maintain the level of rigor required to adhere to business direction. Along with depth of system coverage, the role requires planning and design of policies and maintenance.
In tandem with security leadership, cloud security engineers consistently assess the threat landscape and adapt quickly to protect the business from risk. They must be highly technical and possess at least 5-7+ years’ experience in security and systems administration across a wide variety of cloud infrastructure, including software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). They are also expected to have a strong work ethic, leverage analytical and critical thinking, and be skillful at meeting change requests at a moment’s notice. Because the role often interfaces with other business units, strong listening and communication skills are expected.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop and maintain secure, resilient enterprise-grade cloud processes in tandem with architects and system engineers.
- Secure business applications and computing environments across public, private or hybrid cloud infrastructures.
- Protect business applications in compliance with privacy, security, business resiliency and compliance frameworks as defined in corporate policies.
- Maintain a consistent, secure environment using configuration management solutions (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.). Conduct rigorous oversight of security systems and security configuration administration to reduce risk to enterprise systems and accounts.
- Deploy strong identity and access management (IAM) controls across applications and computing environments.
- Attend regular technical project and implementation meetings, and serve as the security consultant to help guide secure application and infrastructure configurations.
- Actively monitor, assess and recommend tactical and strategic initiatives based on new and emerging threats posing risk to cloud computing environments.
- Manage remediation efforts after security assessment findings outline weaknesses requiring attention.
- Document, formulate and enforce areas of security improvement that balance risk with business operations and do not diminish efficiencies or innovation.
- Assist in maintaining strong oversight with cloud computing vendors and solution providers to safeguard against undue risk presented by external entities. Escalate to security management and business unit leads when points of weakness are discovered.
- Stay apprised of current and proposed security changes impacting regulatory, privacy and security industry best practice guidance. Apply learned knowledge across key lines of business, including products, practices and procedures.
- Act as a key figure in incident response to track occurrence and resolution, with strict documentation and reporting as well as engagement with security operations and incident response teams.
- Attend and fully engage in change and project management meetings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What You’ll Bring:
- At least 5-7+ years’ experience in cybersecurity as a practitioner and with at least 2-3+ years exposure with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure or VMware.
- Strong Linux and Windows support skills.
- Experienced in cloud networking architecture and cloud operations, with cloud access security broker (CASB) experience preferred.
- Familiarity with tools such as Git, Jenkins, Chef, Puppet and Salt.
- Network and encryption experience, including virtual private networks (VPNs), IPsec, SSL/TLS, LDAP and public key infrastructure (PKI).
- IAM experience, including familiarity with authentication protocols (e.g., OAuth, SAML and OpenID) and privileged access management (e.g., secret manager, cyberARK) is preferred.
- Familiarity with security solutions such as Wiz and SentinelOne, as well as tools such as Docker, Kubernetes and AWS CloudTrail.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, PowerShell and JavaScript.
- Experienced in the use of threat intelligence services in a production environment.
- Experience and understanding of various regulatory requirements and laws is a plus. Relevant regulations include but are not limited to: Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), New York State Department of Financial Services.
- Experience achieving compliance with established framework (e.g., ITIL, NIST, CSA, ISO).
- Up-to-date understanding of a wide-range of incident response, system configuration, vulnerability management and hardening guidelines.
- Track record of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating effectively.
- Team leadership experience to help with the organizational and team dynamics in a growing field.
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $147,500-$211,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities—inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you’ll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what’s next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities.
Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of New York Life.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees’ needs.
Job Description
Requisition ID
94175
Department
Tech Data AI Ventures
Job Function
Tech Data AI Ventures
Location
Remote, New York, United States
Role Location Designation
Hybrid - 3 days per quarter
Location Designation: Hybrid - 3 days per quarter
The Senior Cloud Security Engineer helps architect, deploy and operate a secure cloud application infrastructure that aligns with business needs. The position is responsible for supporting operational innovation and providing security direction to the business to elevate the company’s security posture within a cloud computing infrastructure. An advanced role, the cloud security engineer helps deliver applications at scale and with resiliency to support business initiatives. The cloud security engineer is also expected to possess advanced administrative and troubleshooting skills, and be knowledgeable about architecture, engineering and design principles. The cloud security engineer should be adept at dealing with disparate applications and data systems to maintain the level of rigor required to adhere to business direction. Along with depth of system coverage, the role requires planning and design of policies and maintenance.
In tandem with security leadership, cloud security engineers consistently assess the threat landscape and adapt quickly to protect the business from risk. They must be highly technical and possess at least 5-7+ years’ experience in security and systems administration across a wide variety of cloud infrastructure, including software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS). They are also expected to have a strong work ethic, leverage analytical and critical thinking, and be skillful at meeting change requests at a moment’s notice. Because the role often interfaces with other business units, strong listening and communication skills are expected.
What You’ll Do:
- Develop and maintain secure, resilient enterprise-grade cloud processes in tandem with architects and system engineers.
- Secure business applications and computing environments across public, private or hybrid cloud infrastructures.
- Protect business applications in compliance with privacy, security, business resiliency and compliance frameworks as defined in corporate policies.
- Maintain a consistent, secure environment using configuration management solutions (e.g., Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.). Conduct rigorous oversight of security systems and security configuration administration to reduce risk to enterprise systems and accounts.
- Deploy strong identity and access management (IAM) controls across applications and computing environments.
- Attend regular technical project and implementation meetings, and serve as the security consultant to help guide secure application and infrastructure configurations.
- Actively monitor, assess and recommend tactical and strategic initiatives based on new and emerging threats posing risk to cloud computing environments.
- Manage remediation efforts after security assessment findings outline weaknesses requiring attention.
- Document, formulate and enforce areas of security improvement that balance risk with business operations and do not diminish efficiencies or innovation.
- Assist in maintaining strong oversight with cloud computing vendors and solution providers to safeguard against undue risk presented by external entities. Escalate to security management and business unit leads when points of weakness are discovered.
- Stay apprised of current and proposed security changes impacting regulatory, privacy and security industry best practice guidance. Apply learned knowledge across key lines of business, including products, practices and procedures.
- Act as a key figure in incident response to track occurrence and resolution, with strict documentation and reporting as well as engagement with security operations and incident response teams.
- Attend and fully engage in change and project management meetings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
What You’ll Bring:
- At least 5-7+ years’ experience in cybersecurity as a practitioner and with at least 2-3+ years exposure with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure or VMware.
- Strong Linux and Windows support skills.
- Experienced in cloud networking architecture and cloud operations, with cloud access security broker (CASB) experience preferred.
- Familiarity with tools such as Git, Jenkins, Chef, Puppet and Salt.
- Network and encryption experience, including virtual private networks (VPNs), IPsec, SSL/TLS, LDAP and public key infrastructure (PKI).
- IAM experience, including familiarity with authentication protocols (e.g., OAuth, SAML and OpenID) and privileged access management (e.g., secret manager, cyberARK) is preferred.
- Familiarity with security solutions such as Wiz and SentinelOne, as well as tools such as Docker, Kubernetes and AWS CloudTrail.
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, PowerShell and JavaScript.
- Experienced in the use of threat intelligence services in a production environment.
- Experience and understanding of various regulatory requirements and laws is a plus. Relevant regulations include but are not limited to: Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), New York State Department of Financial Services.
- Experience achieving compliance with established framework (e.g., ITIL, NIST, CSA, ISO).
- Up-to-date understanding of a wide-range of incident response, system configuration, vulnerability management and hardening guidelines.
- Track record of acting with integrity, taking pride in work, seeking to excel, being curious and adaptable, and communicating effectively.
- Team leadership experience to help with the organizational and team dynamics in a growing field.
Pay Transparency
Salary Range: $147,500-$211,000
Overtime eligible: Exempt
Discretionary bonus eligible: Yes
Sales bonus eligible: No
Actual base salary will be determined based on several factors but not limited to individual’s experience, skills, qualifications, and job location. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition to base salary, employees may also be eligible to participate in an incentive program.
Company Overview
At New York Life, our 180-year legacy of purpose and integrity fuels our future. As we evolve into a more technology-, data-, and AI-enabled organization, we remain grounded in the values that drive lasting impact.
Our diverse business portfolio creates opportunities to make a difference across industries and communities—inviting bold thinking, collaborative problem-solving, and purpose-driven innovation. Here, you’ll find the rare balance of long-standing stability and forward momentum, supported by an inclusive team that honors tradition while embracing progress.
As a Fortune 100 mutual company, we offer a place to grow your skills, contribute to meaningful work, and deliver solutions that matter. Your ideas drive what’s next, and your growth powers it.
Our Benefits
We provide a full package of benefits for employees – and have unique offerings for a modern workforce, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs. Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work. Click here to discover more about our comprehensive benefit options or visit our NYL Benefits Site.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
At New York Life, fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to who we are and how we serve our communities. We have a longstanding commitment to creating an environment where individuals can contribute their best and succeed together. This foundation is rooted in our core values of humanity and integrity, ensuring that every employee feels valued and supported. By embracing a broad range of perspectives and experiences, we achieve greater success and fulfill our promise of providing financial security and peace of mind to families across all communities.
Recognized as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, New York Life is committed to improving local communities through a culture of employee giving and volunteerism, supported by the Foundation. We're proud that due to our mutuality, we operate in the best interests of our policy owners. To learn more about career opportunities at New York Life, please visit the Careers page of New York Life.
Visit our LinkedIn to see how our employees and agents are leading the industry and impacting communities.
Visit our Newsroom to learn more about how our company is constantly evolving to meet our clients' and employees’ needs.
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Where New York roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Cloud Security Engineer Job Market in New York
A snapshot from current New York openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
- New York Life4
- OpenAI4
- Amazon3
- DoubleVerify2
- Fastly2
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software21
- Investment & Asset Management8
- Banking & Financial Services5
- Insurance5
- Science & Research5
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in cloud security engineer jobs across New York.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or a closely related technical field
- Hands-on experience securing cloud environments on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
- Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, or equivalent credentials
- Demonstrated knowledge of zero-trust architecture, IAM, and cloud network security controls
- Experience with compliance frameworks including SOC 2, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, and NIST standards
- Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform and scripting languages like Python
Cloud Security Engineer Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a cloud security engineer in New York?
Cloud security engineering has no state-issued license in New York, so the path runs through education and vendor-neutral credentials. Most New York employers expect at minimum a bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a related field, paired with certifications like CCSP or AWS Security Specialty. Building hands-on experience through lab environments, open-source projects, or an entry-level IT security role at a New York financial institution or health system is the most reliable route into the field.
How much do cloud security engineers make in New York?
Cloud security engineers in New York earn a median of about $134,660 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $83,110 for the lowest 10% to over $216,220 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire cloud security engineers in New York?
Employers hiring cloud security engineers in New York right now include New York Life, OpenAI, and Amazon, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. New York's deep concentration of regulated industries, particularly financial services and healthcare, means many of these roles carry compliance and risk requirements that are specific to doing business in the state.
Which New York cities have the most cloud security engineer jobs?
New York, New York, and New York City account for the most cloud security engineer openings in New York. New York City dominates the distribution because of its density of global banks, insurance carriers, and media companies that run large cloud security teams, while Albany draws demand from state government IT modernization programs and Buffalo from regional financial institutions and healthcare networks expanding their cloud infrastructure.
Are there remote cloud security engineer jobs in New York?
Yes, and more than most technical fields. About 41% of cloud security engineer openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of June 2026, reflecting how much of this work involves configuring and monitoring cloud environments rather than being physically present in a data center. The most remote-friendly sub-areas are cloud security architecture, threat modeling, and security operations center analysis.
How can I get hired as a cloud security engineer in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a junior security analyst or cloud operations associate role at a large New York employer, then a lateral move into cloud security once you have environment access and internal context. Financial services firms like Citigroup and major health systems like NYU Langone run structured associate and rotational IT security programs for recent graduates. Earning an entry-level credential like CompTIA Security+ or AWS Cloud Practitioner alongside a hands-on home lab portfolio gives candidates a meaningful edge in New York's competitive market.
Where can I find and apply to cloud security engineer jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to cloud security engineer jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Search the listings to see roles that match your experience level, preferred location, and specialization, then apply directly to the ones that fit.
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