Cloud Security Consultant

We are seeking a seasoned Cloud Security Consultant with expertise in crafting, deploying, and sustaining Cloud Security solutions within a cloud computing framework, aligning with established security policies, standards, and industry best practices. Your role will encompass researching, conceiving, constructing, and overseeing cloud-based security products and services, contributing to the safeguarding of our clients' cloud assets.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the formulation of a robust cloud architectural blueprint and practices supporting organizational business objectives and technical requirements. Advocate and enhance the adoption of secure cloud architecture and practices.
• Design, review, and architect cloud solutions, ensuring the ongoing development and maintenance of a secure cloud architecture that safeguards various cloud systems, encompassing compute, storage, network, and applications.
• Research and comprehend disruptive forces impacting digital transformation and Cloud Security technology, assessing their implications for cloud architecture and the overall Cloud Security business strategy.
• Collaborate in the creation and delivery of Cloud Security services, collaborating closely with subject matter experts across diverse business areas to achieve desired business outcomes.
• Provide consultation on the deployment of Cloud Security solutions within projects, aligning them with the secure cloud architecture and identifying areas for improvement to accommodate immediate or future needs.
• Collaborate with product managers, product owners, and peers to facilitate the adoption of Cloud Security solutions and services.
• Architect and design Cloud Security solutions tailored to customers' infrastructure, applications, and workloads, aligning with their specific business and technical requirements.
• Execute deployment, administration, management, configuration, testing, and integration of Cloud Security solutions and multi-account cloud architecture, covering compute, storage, network, and applications.
• Identify, analyze, and address vulnerabilities and issues in Cloud Security solutions and multi-account cloud architecture.
• Develop and maintain DevOps tools to establish a secure cloud-based orchestration platform for infrastructure as code (IaC).
• Design, develop, and maintain Cloud Security solutions for CI/CD pipelines, facilitating continuous integration, testing, delivery, and deployment practices in agile software development.

Requirements:

• Ideally possess 3 – 5 years of experience in designing, implementing, and operating within a large enterprise environment, demonstrating expertise in cloud technologies, Cloud Security solutions, infrastructure and network design, servers, storage, and virtualization, particularly in roles involving architecture or engineering.
• Thorough understanding of Cybersecurity technologies, practices, operations, vulnerability and risk management.
• Proficient knowledge coupled with hands-on experience in cloud systems such as AWS, Azure, or Google, along with expertise in Cloud Security technologies like Cloud-Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP), Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), and Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA). Familiarity with software-defined infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code (including tools like Terraform, Cloudformation, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.), and CI/CD pipelines is essential.
• Demonstrated experience in architecting, designing, developing, and maintaining a secure, complex, enterprise-grade, multi-account hybrid cloud infrastructure integrated with Cloud Security solutions.
• Ability to translate both business and technical requirements into practical secure cloud-based architecture and Cloud Security solutions, ensuring compliance with security policies, standards, and best practices.
• Proficiency in collaborating within large, team-oriented environments to accomplish organizational goals, with a passion for cultivating an innovative culture.
• Certification as a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and/or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) or a related field is desirable.

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