Cloud Security Architect

Vertisystem Inc.
Pleasanton, CA
27 Feb 2025

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Title: Cloud Security Architect (Only W2)

Location: Pleasanton, CA (Hybrid)

Duration: 7+ months contract with possible extensions

Position Summary:
  • The Enterprise Cloud Security Architect is responsible for understanding business requirements, gathering technical requirements, architecting solutions, understanding industry standards and executing deliverables adhering to Client policies around public, private, and hybrid cloud environments or creating those standards as needed.

Job Description
  • The Enterprise Security Architect will lead and coordinate the work of an integrated project team comprised of multiple technical disciplines, including developers, subject matter experts, database administrators, system administrators, and system architects to implement and maintain enterprise-level information technology applications in the cloud environments.
  • The role serves as a subject matter expert for best practices around security controls covering required compliance requirements based on data classification.
  • The role will also serve as an advisor to leadership concerning the development, design, maintenance, and implementation of enterprise-level systems.
  • Other key responsibilities will be to produce architecture diagrams, blueprints and to bring solutions to reality with a DevSecOps mindset & culture.
  • Gather security requirements, provide technical guidance and foster a collective understanding of data flows and security issues encountered in cloud applications and services
  • Develop Security Architecture through consulting with business and other technology teams to address complex application needs
  • Deliver Security Architecture on assigned projects using any Service Provider (xSP)
  • Work with various application, data, and infrastructure teams to execute planned activities for cloud solutions while addressing security requirements and assessing the ongoing security impact
  • Work closely with development and operational teams on implementing Clor security standards within the application development and operations lifecycle
  • Keep up to date on the latest security standards for all Cloud Service Providers and Cloud technology
  • Provide subject matter expertise to technical and business partners on all security-related areas
  • Estimate cost and budget for ongoing security improvements in our environments
  • Cultivate a culture of security awareness and continuous education of personnel to ensure security policies, standards, and guidelines are always adhered to

Requirements:
  • 5+ years as an Enterprise Security Architect and/or Systems Engineer; With an additional 2+ years in designing cloud frameworks or implementing cloud security
  • Experience in large scale enterprise Cloud projects from ideation to finished production product
  • 2+ years of experience doing application and/or infrastructure solution architecture
  • 2+ years of experience building cloud architecture within all Cloud Service Providers or equivalent products and services
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience migrating solutions to the cloud and designing DevOps operational processes, deployment checklists, etc.is desired
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, technology or similar field is desired
  • Experience in SAP Environment and integration.
  • Security certification(s) preferred: CISSP, CISM
  • Demonstrate understanding of Infrastructure as Code, Automation, and Orchestration within all Cloud Service Providers
  • Demonstrate experience in deploying web and service-based applications in Windows/Linux environments
  • Demonstrate experience in deploying data lakes, data transforms and data analytics in all Cloud Service Providers
  • Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud security (Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform), hybrid infrastructures secure, architecture designs, and technology management
  • Working knowledge of internal threat management and compliance as it relates to Microsoft 365 products and capabilities, specifically Microsoft Azure Information Protection, Microsoft Data Loss Prevention and Microsoft Purview.