Job DescriptionAbout FIS Are you curious, motivated, and forward-thinking? At FIS you'll have the opportunity to work on some of the most challenging and relevant issues in financial services and technology. Our talented people empower us, and we believe in being part of a team that is open, collaborative, entrepreneurial, passionate and above all fun.
About the roleWe're seeking a Lead Cybersecurity Analyst, specializing in Cloud Security to play a crucial role within our Cloud Security and Emerging Technologies team. This role is part of a function responsible for assessing the security posture of cloud environments, identifying risks and control gaps, defining practical remediation solutions and driving risk remediation activities to improve the security posture across the multi-cloud environment.
The ideal candidate will bring strong technical expertise in cloud security, a solution-oriented mindset, and the ability to collaborate across teams to influence remediation efforts while balancing scalability, and business needs. This role requires a combination of technical skills, problem-solving aptitude, and cybersecurity expertise.
About the teamThe Cloud Security and Emerging Technologies team is responsible for securing the organization's multi-cloud environments while enabling the safe adoption of new cloud capabilities and technologies.
The team combines security assessments, secure solution design, and scalable security engineering to identify risks, define remediation strategies, and implement preventative controls and guardrails across the cloud estate.
What you will be doing - Assess the security posture of cloud environments and services across multi-cloud platforms to identify risks, controls gaps, and improvement opportunities.
- Lead cloud security gap assessment for cloud service capabilities, providing actionable recommendations to strengthen the security posture.
- Develop and maintain cloud security reference architectures, secure solution patterns, and implementation guidance aligned with organizational security requirements.
- Design practical security solutions to address identified risks and partner with engineering and platform teams to drive the implementation of solutions across the cloud estate.
- Analyze cloud environments for misconfigurations and control deficiencies, and partner with stakeholders to prioritize and drive remediation efforts.
- Respond to and support investigation of cloud security incidents, including root-cause analysis and remediation.
- Interpret internal security policies, regulatory requirements, and industry standards and translate them into technical controls and implementation guidance.
- Provide technical leadership and advisory support on cloud security best practices, including identity and access management, network security, encryption, logging, monitoring, and data protection.
- Collaborate with engineering, platform and enterprise architecture teams to operationalize security requirements and improve consistency of controls across the cloud estate.
- Conduct security reviews of emerging technologies and new cloud services to evaluate risks and recommend secure adoption approaches.
- Drive enterprise cloud security initiatives and support security rollouts across the organization.
- Stay current on emerging cloud security threats, platform features, and defensive techniques.
- Be a champion and advocate of cybersecurity within the company.
What you bring- 10+ years of experience in information security, with at least 5 years focusing on cloud security.
- Strong understanding of cloud security principles, architecture patterns, and security controls across major cloud platforms. (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
- Experience conducting security assessments, gap analysis, and risk evaluations for cloud environments and services, with the ability to translate findings into actionable remediation plans.
- Demonstrated ability to design practical security solutions and implementation guidance to address cloud security risks, working collaboratively with engineering and platform teams.
- Experience developing or contributing to cloud security reference architectures, standards, or secure solution patterns aligned with organizational requirements.
- Familiarity with cloud security tooling and posture management platforms (e.g., CNAPP) and understanding of common cloud misconfiguration risks.
- Knowledge of compliance standards and benchmarks: SOC2, ISO 27001, CSA CCM, NIST CSF, PCI DSS, CIS benchmarks.
- Strong communication and leadership skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse teams.
Bonus if you have- CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional.
- CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate / Professional.
- AWS Certified Security Specialty.
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer.
- Microsoft Security Architect.
- Microsoft Security Engineer Associate.
What we offer you - A multifaceted job with a high degree of responsibility and a broad spectrum of opportunities.
- A broad range of professional education and personal development possibilities - FIS is your final career step!
- A competitive salary and benefits.
- A variety of career development tools, resources and opportunities.
- The chance to work on some of the most challenging, relevant issues in financial services & technology.
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EEOC StatementFIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here
For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
Sourcing ModelRecruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.
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