AWS Security Consultant

Location: Tempe, Arizona; Plano, Texas; Hartford, Connecticut; Raleigh, North Carolina; Richardson, Texas. Permanent position.

Required Skills and Experience

• Experience and proven track record in AWS Architecture and AWS Services (Compute, IAM, RDS, Resource Policies, Network, Messaging, Data Storage, CI/CD, AI/ML, ETL, Serverless, ECS/EKS).
• Experience with AWS security pillars, best practices, and well‑designed architecture. Experience in AI/ML is preferable.
• Experience with Information Security Architecture – application security, threat modelling, API security, DevSecOps, pipeline security, infrastructure security, AuthN/Z, encryption, key management, data discovery and encryption, SIEM, CSPM, CWPP, access controls, container security.
• Experience designing architectures based on security standards and threat‑modeling the designs to identify issues and design mitigating controls.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Knowledge of industry security standards and frameworks (OWASP, NIST, CIS, FedRAMP, ISO, SOX, etc.).
• Experience with system design, API‑driven architecture, open standards, stateless design, resiliency, high availability, system and SaaS integrations.
• AWS advanced certification (Professional, Specialty), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) or equivalent.