Cloud Operations and Security Monitoring Engineer

About this role

Job Summary
100% remote, but must already be a resident of Wisconsin. Can accommodate if candidate wants to work onsite in Madison.


The Cloud Operations and Security Monitoring Engineer is responsible for the day to day reliability, performance, and security visibility of the organization's cloud environment, with a primary focus on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This role ensures cloud services are resilient, well governed, cost efficient, and continuously monitored for security threats and operational risks. The position partners closely with application and security teams to maintain stable operations while improving automation, observability, and incident response capabilities.


location: Madison, Wisconsin


job type: Contract


salary: $49.66 - 54.66 per hour


work hours: 8am to 5pm


education: Bachelors


Responsibilities

• Administer and support AWS infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and identity services.
• Monitor system health, availability, and performance across cloud workloads.
• Manage deployments, configuration changes, and environment provisioning using infrastructure-as-code and automation tools.
• Troubleshoot service disruptions, performance degradation, and integration issues.
• Optimize cloud resource utilization and cost management through rightsizing and lifecycle controls.
• Maintain backup, recovery, and disaster recovery readiness for critical systems.

Security Monitoring and Response

• Monitor cloud security telemetry, logs, and alerts to identify potential threats or anomalous behavior.
• Investigate security events and coordinate incident response activities.
• Maintain and tune detection rules, alert thresholds, and monitoring dashboards.
• Support vulnerability management, patching, and remediation tracking for cloud resources.
• Assist with security audits, compliance evidence collection, and control validation.
• Collaborate with security engineering and governance t...