Senior AWS Security Architect – 50% Travel 50% Remote – US Citizens, Greencard Only

This position requires 50% Travel and 50% Remote (Home Based)! Due to nature of the job, this role require US Citizenship or US Green card

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To all Candidates: Due to nature of the job, this role require US Citizen or US Green card. This role requires authorization to work for any employer in the US without visa sponsorship.

We are looking for strong Senior AWS Security Architect!

We are looking for candidate who is technically hands on doing ground up analysis and design of AWS cloud infrastructure and security architecture!

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

  • Analyze and design security solutions for applications and infrastructure, and provide expertise and consulting to clients. Identify and document information security risks and propose mitigating controls.
  • Will be responsible for understanding complex business IT needs, requirements, and projects scopes, with a focus on information security requirements.
  • Research, design, and develop new information security controls for clients. Assess current IT environments and make recommendations to increase security.
  • Ensure compliant implementation of security related integration points.
  • Assist clients in troubleshooting and resolving information security issues.
  • Author project and support documentation and diagrams. Implement security solutions.

WHAT YOU HAVE DONE

  • College degree or equivalent and 10+ years related work experience is required
  • Minimum 5 years experience with Security Architect
  • Minimum 5 years experience architecting solutions within Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Prior Splunk experience, strong understanding of security operations in the Cloud ,
  • 3-5 year of experience in AWS Containers & Kubernetes experience.
  • Experience in Elasticsearch
  • Experience in identity access management (IAM) tools such as PingFederate, TwistLock, & Aquasec
  • Security process documentation (e.g. experience documenting compliance requirements, IAM processes, etc.)
  • Assessed, developed and implemented, operationalized and documented comprehensive security technologies and processes.
  • Secure software development, data protection, cryptography, key management, identity and access management , network security (VPNs) within SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, and other cloud environments.
  • Architected solutions within AWS and other cloud providers and SOA for cloud-based services.
  • Worked with cloud security and governance tools, cloud access security brokers (CASBs), and server virtualization technologies.
  • Performed security design/architecture reviews, code reviews, and penetration tests of large applications, systems and/or networks.
  • Worked on large scale cloud based services (including SaaS, PaaS, IaaS) and understand security challenges involve in deploying Cloud Applications.
  • Created and maintained security policies and procedures, managing the protection of information systems and assets.
  • Performed threat modeling and design reviews assessing security implications and requirements introducing new technologies.
  • Hand-on experience with multiple security technologies such as Firewalls, Intrusion Detection/Prevention Systems, Vulnerability Scanning, WAF, Wireless LAN, NAC, DLP, DDoS Mitigation, WAN security, SIEM, Content Filtering, Cloud Security gateways, Secure Proxies, SSL crypto solutions.
  • Experience with deployment orchestration, automation, and security configuration management (Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, etc) preferred.
  • Solid understanding of a range of compliance, regulatory and legal requirements and relevant principles, best practices and standards across multiple industries. Preferred industries: financial services, telecommunications. Examples would include: PCI, SOX, GLBA, CSA, PCI, NIST, ISO, IEEE, FedRAMP, HIPAA and TCG.
  • Have working knowledge of common and industry standard cloud-native/cloud-friendly authentication mechanisms (OAuth, OpenID, SAML, Ping, Okta, etc) and key management (Safenet, Vormetric, other).
  • Ensure compliant implementation of security-related integration points.
  • Supported on security technologies including Identity Access Management (IAM), Cloudwatch, KMS, Cloud Trail, CloudHSM, Cloud Custodian and Inspector

ADDED BONUS

  • Cloud security architecture related certifications
  • AWS Certifications.
  • Industry security (e.g., CISSP), privacy (e.g., CIPP/US) or audit (e.g., CISA) certifications are a plus.

These contracts usually go long term, so this is a great, stable position for someone that enjoys a variety of work!

Job Type: Contract

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