aws cloud security

1. AWS Organizational Governance: Service Control Policies (SCP) design, multi-account patterns, delegated admin setups.

2. Logging & Audit Foundations: Org CloudTrail, AWS Config aggregator, S3 log archive hardening, GuardDuty, Security Hub.

3. CSPM / CNAPP Operations(Wiz.io): Onboarding accounts/resources, tuning posture policies, integrating with ticketing and log routing (e.g., Cribl/SIEM).

4. Infrastructure as Code: Terraform modules, reusable patterns, policy-as-code integration, CI scanning.

5. Vulnerability & Risk Prioritization: Combining CVSS, exploit context, asset criticality, and signal sources into severity logic.

6. Automation & Scripting: Python (boto3), AWS CLI, shell tooling for validation, evidence export, reporting.

7. Identity & Access: IAM least privilege, cross-account role assumptions, permission boundaries, automation roles.

8. Observability / Data Routing (Plus): Cribl / Firehose / Kinesis or equivalent pipeline familiarity.

9. Compliance Awareness: HIPAA safeguard themes (auditability, access control, data protection, etc).

10. Metrics & Reporting: Designing & extracting KPIs (coverage %, MTTR, SLA compliance, control efficacy).

Technical Skills

Skill Depth Needed Context

Terraform Advanced CNAPP onboarding, scanning pipeline

Python (boto3) Advanced Validation & evidence automation

AWS Security Services Deep Guardrails + findings pipeline

SCP / IAM Policy JSON Deep Precise preventive controls

CNAPP tooling Advanced Wiz configuration

AWS Config / Conformance

Packs Advanced Framework rule deployment

Event & Log Pipelines Intermediate Cribl

CI/CD (GitHub Actions,

Azure DevOps, or similar) Intermediate Shift-left scanning & gating