Cloud Security Architect

About the role

The Cloud Security Architect designs and governs secure cloud architectures that protect organizational data, applications, and platforms. They embed security into cloud strategy and solution delivery, ensuring cloud environments are resilient, compliant, and aligned with business and risk objectives. The Architect partners across engineering, security, and compliance teams to define standards, assess risks, and guide secure adoption of cloud and cloud native capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and Govern Secure Cloud Architectures
• Define and maintain cloud security architecture standards and patterns for public, private, and hybrid environments.
• Evaluate cloud solution designs to ensure alignment with security principles and organizational risk posture.
• Identify cloud security risks and recommend mitigation approaches that support business and technology goals.
• Advise teams on secure configuration and design decisions throughout the system lifecycle.
• Demonstrate experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud solutions is a requirement.
• Automate, provision and manage cloud resources across multiple environments with infrastructure as code (IaC) principles.
• Integrate Security into Cloud Delivery and Operations
• Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to embed security into cloud native designs, automation, and deployment workflows.
• Establish monitoring and alerting requirements to support visibility, threat detection, and incident response in cloud environments.
• Support cloud-related investigations by providing architectural insight and recommending remediation approaches.
• Promote consistent implementation of cloud security requirements across teams and environments.
• Enable Cloud Security Awareness and Collaboration
• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to engineers and security team members.
• Partner with compliance stakeholders to ensure cloud solutions meet internal policies and regulatory expectations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7-9 years of experience in cybersecurity, including hands-on cloud security work and designing and securing cloud environments across multiple service models (e.g., SaaS, IaaS, PaaS).
• Requires certifications: AWS Certified Security, AWS Certified Solutions Architect l, CISSP Certified Information Systems Security, CISM.
• Proficiency: Broad understanding of cloud security concepts, architectures, and shared responsibility models.
• Experience with cloud automation and provisioning approaches (e.g., infrastructure as code principles).
• Familiarity with monitoring, detection, and security operations practices related to cloud services.

Qualifications

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7-9 years of experience in cybersecurity, including hands-on cloud security work and designing and securing cloud environments across multiple service models (e.g., SaaS, IaaS, PaaS).
• Requires certifications: AWS Certified Security, AWS Certified Solutions Architect l, CISSP Certified Information Systems Security, CISM.
• Proficiency: Broad understanding of cloud security concepts, architectures, and shared responsibility models.
• Experience with cloud automation and provisioning approaches (e.g., infrastructure as code principles).
• Familiarity with monitoring, detection, and security operations practices related to cloud services.

Skills

• Experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud solutions.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
• Cloud automation and provisioning.
• Mechanisms for monitoring, detection, and security operations related to cloud services.

Benefits

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank provides a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, retirement plans, and paid time off.

Pay

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Schedule

Hybrid schedule available.

Contact

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