Security Engineer Jobs in Arizona
Security Engineer jobs in Arizona are in strong demand, concentrated in defense contracting, financial services, government IT, and cloud infrastructure, with openings at every level from entry-level analysts stepping into security roles through senior engineers and architects. Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Tucson anchor the market, where established employers like Raytheon Technologies, Intel, and Wells Fargo maintain large security teams. The most sought-after specialties include cloud security, network security engineering, and identity and access management. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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The Opportunity: We are looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer to help establish, automate, and continuously improve security controls across Google Cloud environments. This position focuses on cloud-native security architecture, policy automation, infrastructure governance, and secure-by-default deployments.
The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering, cloud security, CNAPP, sales, and customer-facing teams to develop scalable controls, troubleshoot complex infrastructure challenges, and strengthen the overall security and operational posture of Google Cloud environments.
- Role: Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer
- Experience: 7+ years
- Work Location: Phoenix, AZ (100% onsite). Candidates must currently reside within commuting distance. Relocation is not available.
- Project Duration: 12+ Months Contract
- Develop and maintain security controls across Google Cloud infrastructure, covering identity, networking, compute, storage, logging, monitoring, and other foundational cloud capabilities.
- Assess Google Cloud services and infrastructure patterns to establish appropriate security requirements, technical standards, operational procedures, and governance practices.
- Analyze existing security requirements and determine their suitability for automated enforcement through Policy as Code.
- Build and enhance Policy as Code capabilities using HashiCorp Sentinel and native cloud policy mechanisms.
- Integrate automated security policies and guardrails into Infrastructure as Code delivery workflows, particularly Terraform-based deployment pipelines.
- Partner with cloud security and CNAPP teams to strengthen preventive controls and establish secure-by-default configurations across cloud environments.
- Develop reusable policy frameworks that improve consistency, security, and governance throughout the infrastructure deployment lifecycle.
- Evaluate cloud-native services spanning compute, storage, data, communications, and emerging agentic AI workloads to understand their architectural and security implications.
- Investigate complex cloud infrastructure issues by reproducing customer-reported scenarios, analyzing underlying architectures, identifying root causes, and developing appropriate remediation or policy solutions.
- Review cloud architectures to support resilient, highly available environments while maintaining strong security controls and comprehensive operational visibility.
- Implement and evaluate controls related to network isolation, data protection, identity management, centralized logging, metrics, monitoring, and security analytics.
- Work with engineering teams to identify technical deployment challenges and provide practical solutions that align security requirements with business and operational needs.
- Serve as a technical advisor to internal engineering, sales, and customer organizations on Google Cloud infrastructure security and deployment requirements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of cloud governance, automation, and security engineering practices.
- Stay current with emerging cloud technologies and rapidly adopt relevant capabilities to improve security, automation, and operational efficiency.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- 5 years of experience working with Google Cloud infrastructure and core capabilities such as IAM, VPC, Cloud Logging, security controls, storage, and compute services.
- 5 years of practical experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation technologies, particularly Terraform.
- Experience working with Policy as Code technologies such as HashiCorp Sentinel or comparable cloud-native policy frameworks.
- Experience designing and implementing automated security controls for cloud-native infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of Google Cloud architecture and its core services, including compute, storage, networking, data, and identity capabilities.
- Knowledge of cloud security concepts involving network isolation, data protection, identity and access management, logging, monitoring, and security visibility.
- Ability to assess cloud services and translate security requirements into enforceable technical controls and automated policies.
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure deployment pipelines and integrating security guardrails into Infrastructure as Code workflows.
- Programming or software development experience in at least one object-oriented or general-purpose language such as Java, Go, or Python.
- Ability to troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues, reproduce technical scenarios, investigate underlying causes, and develop effective solutions.
- Strong understanding of high-availability cloud architectures and the relationship between resilience, security, and observability.
- Ability to understand technical requirements and business objectives and translate them into practical engineering solutions.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience working with CNAPP platforms and cloud security posture management capabilities.
- Experience developing advanced Sentinel policies or native cloud policy controls at scale.
- Familiarity with FinOps concepts and cloud cost-management practices.
- Exposure to security requirements for data-intensive, telephony, communications, or AI-driven cloud workloads.
- Knowledge of agentic AI architectures and associated cloud infrastructure considerations.
- Experience working with XQL or comparable security analytics and query languages.
- Familiarity with enterprise cloud governance and automated compliance enforcement.
- Experience supporting customer-facing technical engagements or cloud security consulting.
- Understanding of Agile software development and engineering practices.
- A cloud security engineer who can combine infrastructure knowledge with practical security automation.
- Someone who can transform security requirements into scalable, enforceable policies and automated guardrails.
- An engineer who enjoys analyzing complex cloud architectures, troubleshooting difficult infrastructure problems, and determining effective root-cause solutions.
- A technically curious professional who can quickly understand emerging Google Cloud capabilities and evaluate their security implications.
- A collaborative subject matter expert who can work across engineering, security, sales, and customer organizations.
- A strong communicator who can translate complex technical requirements into clear and actionable solutions.
- A proactive problem-solver who continuously looks for opportunities to improve cloud security, automation, governance, and deployment efficiency.
Technologent is an Equal Opportunity Employer - EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled - for reasonable accommodations, please contact us at hr@technologent.com
Technologent is a Global Provider of Edge-to-Edge℠ Information Technology Solutions and Services for Fortune 1000 and SMB companies. We offer a unique blend of business practices that are aligned to solve for top CIO concerns. Our core competencies focus on data center infrastructure, business continuity, data protection, service automation and orchestration, continuous intelligence, monitoring, connectivity, collaboration and cybersecurity. These practices are supported by our professional services, digital transformation services and financial services offerings. By providing custom solutions and services designed to fit your business needs, we enable your organization to be more agile, responsive and competitive. Technologent empowers your company to ascend to the next level in IT.
Headquartered in Irvine, CA, Technologent has offices throughout the US and proudly serves clients around the world. When partnering with Technologent, organizations benefit from the highest caliber of professionals, committed to delivering exceptional business outcomes backed by unmatched service and support.
The Opportunity: We are looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer to help establish, automate, and continuously improve security controls across Google Cloud environments. This position focuses on cloud-native security architecture, policy automation, infrastructure governance, and secure-by-default deployments.
The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering, cloud security, CNAPP, sales, and customer-facing teams to develop scalable controls, troubleshoot complex infrastructure challenges, and strengthen the overall security and operational posture of Google Cloud environments.
- Role: Cloud Infrastructure Security Engineer
- Experience: 7+ years
- Work Location: Phoenix, AZ (100% onsite). Candidates must currently reside within commuting distance. Relocation is not available.
- Project Duration: 12+ Months Contract
- Develop and maintain security controls across Google Cloud infrastructure, covering identity, networking, compute, storage, logging, monitoring, and other foundational cloud capabilities.
- Assess Google Cloud services and infrastructure patterns to establish appropriate security requirements, technical standards, operational procedures, and governance practices.
- Analyze existing security requirements and determine their suitability for automated enforcement through Policy as Code.
- Build and enhance Policy as Code capabilities using HashiCorp Sentinel and native cloud policy mechanisms.
- Integrate automated security policies and guardrails into Infrastructure as Code delivery workflows, particularly Terraform-based deployment pipelines.
- Partner with cloud security and CNAPP teams to strengthen preventive controls and establish secure-by-default configurations across cloud environments.
- Develop reusable policy frameworks that improve consistency, security, and governance throughout the infrastructure deployment lifecycle.
- Evaluate cloud-native services spanning compute, storage, data, communications, and emerging agentic AI workloads to understand their architectural and security implications.
- Investigate complex cloud infrastructure issues by reproducing customer-reported scenarios, analyzing underlying architectures, identifying root causes, and developing appropriate remediation or policy solutions.
- Review cloud architectures to support resilient, highly available environments while maintaining strong security controls and comprehensive operational visibility.
- Implement and evaluate controls related to network isolation, data protection, identity management, centralized logging, metrics, monitoring, and security analytics.
- Work with engineering teams to identify technical deployment challenges and provide practical solutions that align security requirements with business and operational needs.
- Serve as a technical advisor to internal engineering, sales, and customer organizations on Google Cloud infrastructure security and deployment requirements.
- Contribute to continuous improvement of cloud governance, automation, and security engineering practices.
- Stay current with emerging cloud technologies and rapidly adopt relevant capabilities to improve security, automation, and operational efficiency.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or another technical discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
- 5 years of experience working with Google Cloud infrastructure and core capabilities such as IAM, VPC, Cloud Logging, security controls, storage, and compute services.
- 5 years of practical experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation technologies, particularly Terraform.
- Experience working with Policy as Code technologies such as HashiCorp Sentinel or comparable cloud-native policy frameworks.
- Experience designing and implementing automated security controls for cloud-native infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of Google Cloud architecture and its core services, including compute, storage, networking, data, and identity capabilities.
- Knowledge of cloud security concepts involving network isolation, data protection, identity and access management, logging, monitoring, and security visibility.
- Ability to assess cloud services and translate security requirements into enforceable technical controls and automated policies.
- Experience working with cloud infrastructure deployment pipelines and integrating security guardrails into Infrastructure as Code workflows.
- Programming or software development experience in at least one object-oriented or general-purpose language such as Java, Go, or Python.
- Ability to troubleshoot cloud infrastructure issues, reproduce technical scenarios, investigate underlying causes, and develop effective solutions.
- Strong understanding of high-availability cloud architectures and the relationship between resilience, security, and observability.
- Ability to understand technical requirements and business objectives and translate them into practical engineering solutions.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Experience working with CNAPP platforms and cloud security posture management capabilities.
- Experience developing advanced Sentinel policies or native cloud policy controls at scale.
- Familiarity with FinOps concepts and cloud cost-management practices.
- Exposure to security requirements for data-intensive, telephony, communications, or AI-driven cloud workloads.
- Knowledge of agentic AI architectures and associated cloud infrastructure considerations.
- Experience working with XQL or comparable security analytics and query languages.
- Familiarity with enterprise cloud governance and automated compliance enforcement.
- Experience supporting customer-facing technical engagements or cloud security consulting.
- Understanding of Agile software development and engineering practices.
- A cloud security engineer who can combine infrastructure knowledge with practical security automation.
- Someone who can transform security requirements into scalable, enforceable policies and automated guardrails.
- An engineer who enjoys analyzing complex cloud architectures, troubleshooting difficult infrastructure problems, and determining effective root-cause solutions.
- A technically curious professional who can quickly understand emerging Google Cloud capabilities and evaluate their security implications.
- A collaborative subject matter expert who can work across engineering, security, sales, and customer organizations.
- A strong communicator who can translate complex technical requirements into clear and actionable solutions.
- A proactive problem-solver who continuously looks for opportunities to improve cloud security, automation, governance, and deployment efficiency.
Technologent is an Equal Opportunity Employer - EEO/AA Employer/Vet/Disabled - for reasonable accommodations, please contact us at hr@technologent.com
Technologent is a Global Provider of Edge-to-Edge℠ Information Technology Solutions and Services for Fortune 1000 and SMB companies. We offer a unique blend of business practices that are aligned to solve for top CIO concerns. Our core competencies focus on data center infrastructure, business continuity, data protection, service automation and orchestration, continuous intelligence, monitoring, connectivity, collaboration and cybersecurity. These practices are supported by our professional services, digital transformation services and financial services offerings. By providing custom solutions and services designed to fit your business needs, we enable your organization to be more agile, responsive and competitive. Technologent empowers your company to ascend to the next level in IT.
Headquartered in Irvine, CA, Technologent has offices throughout the US and proudly serves clients around the world. When partnering with Technologent, organizations benefit from the highest caliber of professionals, committed to delivering exceptional business outcomes backed by unmatched service and support.
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What Arizona Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in security engineer jobs across Arizona.
- Relevant certification such as CISSP, CEH, or Security+ recognized by Arizona employers
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a related technical field
- Hands-on experience with SIEM platforms, firewalls, and intrusion detection systems
- Proficiency in scripting or programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, or Bash
- Experience conducting vulnerability assessments and supporting incident response procedures
- Familiarity with compliance frameworks including NIST, CMMC, or PCI-DSS common in Arizona industries
Security Engineer Jobs in Arizona: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a security engineer in Arizona?
Most security engineer roles in Arizona require a bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or information technology combined with one or more vendor-neutral certifications. Arizona does not issue a state-specific license for security engineers, so employers rely heavily on credentials like CompTIA Security+, CISSP, or CEH to evaluate candidates. Building hands-on experience through internships, lab environments, or adjacent IT roles in Arizona's defense or financial sectors strengthens a candidacy considerably.
How much do security engineers make in Arizona?
Security engineers in Arizona earn a median of about $105,240 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $52,450 for the lowest 10% to over $166,870 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire security engineers in Arizona?
Employers hiring security engineers in Arizona right now include Edward Jones, American Express, and CVS Health, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Arizona's concentration of defense contractors, regional bank headquarters, and large healthcare systems means security engineering roles appear across a broader range of industries than in many other states.
Which Arizona cities have the most security engineer jobs?
Phoenix, Tempe, and Chandler have the most security engineer openings in Arizona. Phoenix drives the bulk of demand through its large financial services firms, corporate headquarters, and defense contractors, while Scottsdale and Tucson contribute through technology campuses, federal agencies, and university-affiliated research organizations that maintain dedicated security teams.
Are there remote security engineer jobs in Arizona?
Yes, and more than most fields. About 68% of security engineer openings tied to Arizona are remote or hybrid as of August 2026, reflecting the desk-based and analytical nature of much of the work. Roles focused on cloud security architecture, threat intelligence, and security operations center analysis tend to be the most remote-friendly, while positions involving physical infrastructure or on-site government clearance work typically require in-person presence.
How can I get hired as a security engineer in Arizona with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is moving from an adjacent IT role such as systems administrator, network technician, or help desk analyst into a junior security analyst position, then progressing toward engineering responsibilities. Large Arizona employers in defense and financial services, including government contractors around the greater Phoenix area, regularly bring on candidates with CompTIA Security+ or a related entry-level certification. Completing a cybersecurity degree program at Arizona State University or the University of Arizona, or pursuing an apprenticeship through programs tied to Arizona's workforce development initiatives, provides a structured route in.
Where can I find and apply to security engineer jobs in Arizona?
You can find and apply to security engineer jobs in Arizona on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings across the state. Find roles that fit your experience and specialization and apply directly.
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