Cloud Security Architect

Marcus Donald are currently looking to identify an experienced Cloud Security Architect to join a popular Media firm - You are going to want to find out who!

As a Cloud Security Architect you will be part of the Information Security team and will be responsible for understanding, researching, designing and developing security solutions within the companies cloud environments. 

A pssion for Cloud Security is very important!

The successful individual will work closely with the architects and developers of the online systems to help deliver the company and security strategies. This may involve the development of specific policies, overseeing of the testing approaches, dissemination of security principles and attendance of development or strategy meetings to ensure that security is considered at the appropriate stages.

Cloud Security Architect – Responsibilities:

• The role will require the individual is to be accountable and own the security and architecture, including the configuration and application of the security protocols. 
• Shaping strategy and drive consistent implementations that enable their future strategy.
• Collaborating with architects, application, and infrastructure teams, helping to shape secure business solutions and adopt strategic security components and services
• Guiding the implementation approach for the implementation of new core security tooling
• Integrate security assessments into CI/CD tooling
• Make recommendations regarding the current configuration to help increase the levels of security within the cloud environments
• Be highly engaged in information security projects that evaluate existing security infrastructure and proposed changes as defined by security leadership and architects; deliver projects on time, within budget and in accordance with SLAs.
• Develop authentication and authorization security requirements to adhere to credential storage, privilege management and authenticity standards; support role- and attribute-based access control.

Cloud Security Architect – Experience & Skills:

• Proven experience in cybersecurity is preferred, including compliance and risk management with system and application security engineering.
• Active involvement with practices emerging from OWASP, NIST and SANS, among others.
• Knowledge of security fundamentals for software-as-a-service (SaaS) application integrations.
• Experience with cryptography controls and measures to secure applications and data.
• Proven excellence in communicating business risk from cybersecurity topics.
• Experience development lifecycle (SDLC) practices.
• Be educated on application security processes that comply with, Payment Card Industry (PCI), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ISO27001 and other applicable regulatory or industry standard requirements and privacy laws.
• Skilful in single sign-on (SSO), OAuth, OpenID Connect and SAML.
• Experience with implementing and designing appropriate security controls whilst working with internal and third party API’s.
• Experience working with Microsoft, AWS and Google cloud security environments
• Expected working knowledge of Windows, Linux and Unix.

Cloud Security Architect – Desirable

• SANS certifications (GWEB) and others, CISSP, CCSP and/or CSSLP, OSCP (and related).
• Experience working with one or more databases, including Oracle, MySQL, AWS RedShift and SQL Server.

If this position is of interested, please do not hesitate to contact Lola Reynolds for any questions that may need answering and/or further information regarding the company and role.