Any of the following certifications are valued but not required: AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), or Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS). Strong AWS expertise across security-relevant services: IAM, VPC, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Config, CloudTrail, Secrets Manager, KMS, Network Firewall, and PrivateLink.