Specific duties include:

• Act as subject matter expert  (SME) on cloud security issues.  

• Design, develop, review and  build security architectures for public, private, and hybrid Cloud based  systems within Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or other cloud  providers. Identify, design and deploy solutions to secure cloud usage,  whether cloud-native or COTS solutions. 

• Communicate IT security related  programs and issues to management, as appropriate. 

• Design, develop and implement  cloud security standards. 

• Recommends security system  architecture solutions based on industry best practices. 

• Conduct audits, assessments,  penetration tests and coordinate remediation activities. 

• Provide direct support to IT  staff for security-related issues. 

• Ensure compliance with security  policies, standards, and procedures. 

• Coach other teams about cloud  security-relevant technologies, processes and tools. 

• Assists with the investigation  of security incidents, recommends and implements solutions to remediate or  mitigate them. 

• Provide threat modeling and  risk assessment services to characterize the risk and severity posture of  various systems and components in cloud environments.

• Implement and maintain automated  and flexible detection and response programs. 

• Collect security-related  operational metrics through automation and increase security visibility  across the organization; measure the coverage and effectiveness of  security tools; transparency over the security state of the Cloud). 

• Maintains current knowledge  of relevant security and privacy trends.