Cloud Security Engineer

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

Passionate about precision medicine and advancing the healthcare industry?

Recent advancements in underlying technology have finally made it possible for AI to impact clinical care in a meaningful way. Tempus' proprietary platform connects an entire ecosystem of real-world evidence to deliver real-time, actionable insights to physicians, providing critical information about the right treatments for the right patients, at the right time.

We’re seeking a Cloud Security Engineer to join our cybersecurity team and help secure our rapidly growing cloud infrastructure.  The position is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing security controls across multi-cloud environments to enhance Tempus’ cloud security posture.  This role requires hands-on engineering skills, strong collaboration with DevOps and Cloud teams, and a deep understanding of cloud-native security practices.

Main Duties:

• Monitor for security misconfigurations, threats, and vulnerabilities; support DevOps teams with remediation efforts

• Conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and incident response for cloud-native services

• Build and maintain cloud security tooling (e.g., CSPM)

• Create scripts to achieve a high level of automation

• Define and enforce security policies and guardrails using tools like Terraform;  provide guidance and security best practices to engineering teams

• Conduct POCs, evaluate security tools, services, and approaches to improve cloud security posture while fostering valuable vendor relationships

• Configure and create custom monitoring & alerting functions in the cloud

• Collaborate with Leadership in developing policies and standards for Containerization, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud configurations, Cloud Network Security, and Compute workloads

Qualifications:

• 3+ Years of overall IT Experience with a major emphasis on Information Security

• 3+ Years of experience building and integrating systems within cloud providers

• Strong written and verbal communication skills

• Strong knowledge of GCP and AWS

• Proficiency in using APIs with automation to complete tasks

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills and attention to detail

• Understanding of containerization technologies

• Experience with log analysis software and techniques

• Experience working with Jira

• Knowledge of cyber security frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST 800-53, CIS Controls)

Nice to Have's:

• Strong knowledge of Azure

• AWS/Azure/GCP certifications

Illinois Pay Range: $100,000 - $150,000

The expected salary range above is applicable if the role is performed from Illinois and may vary for other locations (California, Colorado, New York). Actual salary may vary based on qualifications and experience. Tempus offers a full range of benefits, which may include incentive compensation, restricted stock units, medical and other benefits depending on the position.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.