Hire cloud security engineers in a market where cloud security incidents are increasing 30% annually but qualified cloud security talent remains critically scarce. The shared responsibility model means your cloud provider (Azure, AWS) secures the infrastructure — everything else is your responsibility. Cloud security engineers close that gap.
Enterprise cloud security requires: Identity security — conditional access, PIM, managed identities, zero trust architecture. Network security — firewall rules, NSGs, private endpoints, DDoS protection, WAF configuration. Data protection — encryption at rest/transit, key management, classification, DLP. Threat detection — SIEM configuration (Sentinel, GuardDuty), automated response playbooks, incident investigation.