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Cloud Security Architect

100% Remote (Must be in one of the hub spots to either the San Diego, Austin Texas, or Fort Mill, SC offices)

12-Month Contract

Pay Rate: $85/hour

TEKsystems is in search of a cloud security architect and expert in reviewing Architectural diagrams. They will be tasked to name all of the security controls, log monitoring, etc. This will be a cloud security architect with a focus on Data Security.

1. AWS Cloud Architecture - will be spending 90% of your time building out the architecture diagrams, reviews, patterns, etc - very hands on with security.

2. Security of Database (moving from SQL to go to Snow Flake and also pushing Postgres). Any experience with securing these would be beneficial.

3. Have strong knowledge of encryption and tokenization and how they are used to secure data.

4. SAS Data Warehouses (Snowflake).

5. Enterprise experience will be beneficial.

Description:

You will work side by side with our Development, Operations, Business units, and Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure our environments are secured and monitored. The right person for this role will have a broad technical cloud security background with a focus on security design, detection, prevention, and response to security threats.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate with a team of Security Engineers in solution architecture reviews and guidance for Technology projects.

Serves as a subject matter expert for Data security, providing guidance on industry best practices.

Creates best-of-class cloud/data security architecture designs and patterns using defensible industry reference architectures and standards.

Collaborate with Data Architects on securing data with encryption and/or tokenization. Considering the pros & cons of each security control.

Document, socialize, maintain, and train key stakeholders on security requirements that enables secure design and build of solutions.

Conduct project security reviews to identify security risk and oversee the implementation of approved recommendations on cloud security designs.

Analyze potential impact of new threats and exploits, develop, and implement solutions to mitigate those threats, and communicate risks to relevant business units.

Identify, design, and build secure solutions that can be adopted and deployed into a highly available production environment.

Participates in the evaluation, selection and implementation of technology solutions including providing detailed analysis of pros and cons.

Attend and provide feedback in meetings to capture key action items, discussion points, and deliver executive level status updates to all stakeholders as required.

Develop, track and report relevant metrics (KPIs, KRIs, OKRs), scheduled activities, and milestones to executives monthly that reflect execution statuses, risks, and opportunities.

Requirements:

5+ years of experience in cloud security, preferably AWS

5+ years of experience in Data Security: Databases (SQL, Oracle, Postgres), SAS Data Warehouses (Snowflake) , AWS Databases (Neptune, RDS, DynamoDB) and Data Platforms (Microsoft Dataverse).

5+ years of experience in Encryption and Tokenization and how and where they are used to secure Data.

5+ years of experience working knowledge of information security controls, guidelines, and standards (e.g., ISO27000 series, OWASP, CSA CCM, CIS 20 Critical Security Controls, SOX, and NIST).

5+ years of experience with technical knowledge/coding skills in any of the following: Java, C# .Net, Ruby and/or Python

CCSP/Other Cloud Specific Certification, CISSP and/or GIAC are a plus.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.