Company - Our client is a technologically progressive public-sector organization focused on large-scale property data, analytics, cloud transformation, and digital innovation initiatives. Known for leveraging modern cloud technologies, automation, and machine learning to improve operational excellence, the organization offers a cooperative environment with strong executive investment in cloud and cybersecurity leadership.
Job Title - Principal Security Engineer (Cloud & AWS) / AWS Security Lead
Location - Hybrid in Pickering, ON (minimum 2 days onsite)
Role Type - Direct Hire
Must Have Skills: Deep hands-on AWS security expertise with the ability to function as the strongest AWS technical resource on the team
Strong experience across AWS services including IAM, VPC, WAF, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, Security Hub, EC2, ALB, Route53, CloudFront, KMS, and Security Groups
Proven ability to lead technical discussions, challenge architecture decisions, and design creative multi-service AWS security solutions
Strong DevSecOps and automation experience including secure CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, container security, Python, and PowerShell
Experience operating as a technical lead or cloud security authority within enterprise or cloud-native environments
Responsibilities and Job Details:



Serve as the organization’s lead AWS security expert and trusted technical advisor across cloud security initiatives
Design, implement, and optimize secure AWS architectures across complex enterprise environments
Lead technical discussions with engineering, cloud operations, development, and executive stakeholders
Evaluate current cloud environments and recommend innovative security improvements and optimization strategies
Drive AWS security best practices across IAM, networking, logging, monitoring, encryption, and threat detection services
Develop and enhance secure DevSecOps pipelines, infrastructure-as-code standards, and cloud automation frameworks
Build and implement security automation using Terraform, Python, and PowerShell
Partner cross-functionally with infrastructure, development, and leadership teams to improve execution standards and cloud maturity
Influence cloud architecture decisions and elevate internal AWS technical capabilities across the organization
Participate in deep technical security assessments, incident response support, and cloud risk mitigation initiatives
Mentor peers and help establish stronger accountability, innovation, and operational excellence within the engineering organization
Support strategic cloud transformation and modernization initiatives with visibility across senior IT leadership

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📌 Principal Security Engineer (Cloud & AWS) / AWS Security Lead (Ontario)
🏢 Covenant HR
📍 Ontario