Cloud Security Architect

Job#: 2023186

Job Description:
(100% Remote) - AWS Cloud Security Architect - ** $85.00 / Hourly Rate **
Apex Systems has an Immediate Need for a (100% Remote) AWS Cloud Security Architect !! This will be an Estimated "6+ Month Contract to Possible Perm Hire" opportunity, supporting one of our Largest Healthcare Clients across the Untied States. Please see below for Complete Details.

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- Job Title: AWS Cloud Security Architect SME
- Location: *** 100% Remote ***
- Contract Layout: Est. "6+ Month Contract" to Possible Perm Hire
- Contract Pay: $85.00 / Hourly Rate
- Starting Salary at Perm Hire: Negotiated with Client + Benefits

*** REQUIREMENTS ***

• 4+ Years of AWS Cloud Security Architecture & Design Experience
• 4+ years of Experience in Architecting/Designing CI/CD processes and tools as well as automation with Terraform and Ansible, following Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts.
• 3+ years of Experience in defining solution architecture, design detailing, and technology delivery.
• Strong background in Secure Coding is required, since daily work will entail both designing strategic architectures and delivering sophisticated CI/CD code solutions.
• Understand overall systems architecture and how to leverage Terraform and Ansible following Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts.
• Provide strategic and tactical security control recommendations, operational security blueprints and roadmaps, reference architectures for security patterns, and general security technology / application assessments.
• Participate in the Cloud Governance processes and community of practice.
• Recommend changes and updates to cloud security governance strategy based on NIST, regulatory and evolving threats drivers.
• Propose opportunities to improve security outcomes and reduce risks based on targeted or continuous assessments.
• Consider solutions in the light of legal / regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST, FISMA, etc.
• Work with business units to translate business strategy into discrete capabilities and helps to identify security capability gaps in systems.

Job Description
This technical role develops and drives our Cloud Platform Security Architecture and Strategy patterns to support Enterprise Security solutions, collaborating with cross-team Platform Engineers to ensure business and IT alignment with Security standards. Key requirements for this position include the ability to design, analyze, and implement sophisticated blueprints for Cloud Security Automation CI/CD pipelines and comprehensive testing plans to ensure security guardrails cannot be compromised

• analyze, and implement sophisticated code frameworks and comprehensive testing plans to ensure security guardrails cannot be compromised.
• Understand Cloud infrastructure environments and the challenges associated with secure Enterprise integration, contributing to big-picture strategy that aligns with industry best practices.
• Create automated event-driven security validation.
• Define, communicate, and drive security controls matrix. Monitor compliance to Enterprise-level security standards, documenting requirements through threat modeling and other artifacts.
• Understand overall systems architecture and how to leverage Terraform and Ansible following Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts.
• Provide strategic and tactical security control recommendations, operational security blueprints and roadmaps, reference architectures for security patterns, and general security technology / application assessments.
• Participate in the Cloud Governance processes and community of practice.
• Recommend changes and updates to cloud security governance strategy based on NIST, regulatory and evolving threats drivers.
• Propose opportunities to improve security outcomes and reduce risks based on targeted or continuous assessments.
• Consider solutions in the light of legal / regulatory requirements such as PCI-DSS, HIPAA, NIST, FISMA, etc.
• Work with business units to translate business strategy into discrete capabilities and helps to identify security capability gaps in systems.

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