Cybersecurity Architect - AWS

Description

Our client, one of FORTUNE's World's Most Admired Companies and a Fortune 100 Best Companies to work for is hiring for an AWS Cybersecurity Architect to join the Information Security Services department.

This individual will have deep expertise in securing cloud-native workloads and services on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This architect will play a key role in improving our security posture by providing technical leadership on AWS security best practices, governance, and architecture. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on experience with AWS, along with a proven track record of designing and implementing scalable, secure cloud environments.

This role partners closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders across the enterprise to help drive secure cloud adoption aligned with a shared responsibility model.

What You'll Do

• Engage directly with business units, development teams, and strategic partners to define secure, scalable cloud solutions on AWS.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) and key contributor for initiatives involving secure deployment, architecture reviews, and risk reduction in the AWS environment.
• Conduct ongoing security posture assessments and configuration reviews across AWS services to ensure strong security controls and compliance alignment.
• Mentor and guide engineering teams by sharing AWS security best practices and providing hands-on training and guidance.
• Contribute security-focused requirements to product strategy and cloud roadmap planning.
• Participate as a key contributor in the organization's cloud security practice.
• Administer, tune, and continuously enhance AWS security policies relating to our Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) program.
• Stay informed on AWS roadmap developments and ensure the organization is leveraging new security capabilities effectively.
• Help develop governance guidance for secure use of AWS services including S3, EC2, Lambda, RDS, and more.

Requirements

• A degree in a technical field or comparable experience.
• Must have 3-5 years senior-level experience with related technologies.
• Strongly preferred: AWS Security Specialty Certification and AWS Solutions Architect Professional Certification.
• Highly desired: CISSP, CISM, CISA, or other relevant security certifications.
• Deep understanding of AWSsecuritypractices, andashared responsibility model.
• Experience securing large enterprise AWS environments (5,000+ users or assets).
• Experience withInfrastructure-as-Code(CloudFormation or Terraform) for automating security operations.
• Proficient in scripting and using tools such as AWS CLI, SDKs, and APIs.
• Strong knowledge of network and endpoint security principles, logging, monitoring, and incident response in cloud environments.
• Experience in architecture, security, configuration, and maintenance of related technology.
• Experience in integration of security controls with business and computer systems.
• Experience in understanding, designing, implementing, and applying security controls to enable the secure delivery of business capabilities.
• At least 3 years of project delivery experience inthe creation and design of medium and large scale systems.

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