Cloud Security Architect Job at Stellar Professionals, Remote

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  • Stellar Professionals
  • Remote

Job Description

Location & Work Arrangement

  • City, State: Columbus, Ohio
  • Work Arrangement: Remote (Primary work location); Hybrid (In-person attendance for meetings is required as needed). Candidates local to Columbus are strongly preferred.
  • Contract: This is a Contract position.
  • Mode of Interview: In person interviews only.

Key Responsibilities and Technical Focus

The Cloud Security Architect will be responsible for building the foundation of cloud security and ensuring compliance and risk mitigation across all cloud workloads.

1. Architecture & Program Leadership

  • Program Creation: Lead the development and establishment of the Cloud Security Architecture program.
  • Tool Implementation: Lead the evaluation, selection, and implementation of Cloud Security detection and monitoring tools (e.g., Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Defender for Identity ).
  • Governance: Establish Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) , update related policy documents, and review solutions for compliance to Cloud Security standards.
  • Advisory: Participate on project teams to advise on cloud security best practices and solutions.

2. Cloud Platform Expertise & Security Domains

  • Cloud Platforms: Deep understanding of and thought leadership in AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) .
  • Cloud-Native Services: Familiarity with cloud-native services ( IAM, VPC, KMS, Security Groups ).
  • DevSecOps Integration: Leading and incorporating Cloud Security Architecture into the DevSecOps / DevOps program.
  • Workload Security: Expertise in securing workloads, containers, and orchestration technologies (i.e., Docker / Kubernetes ).

3. Mandatory Security Domains

Security Domain

Key Concepts

Security Architecture

Designing secure cloud architectures, applying Zero Trust principles , understanding the shared responsibility model .

Identity and Access

Role-based access control (RBAC) , Single Sign-On (SSO) , MFA, Federated identity, Privileged access management.

Data Protection

Encryption (at rest and in transit), Key Management Systems (KMS, HSM), Data classification and DLP .

DevSecOps & IaC

Integrating security into CI/CD pipelines , Infrastructure as Code (IaC) security ( Terraform, CloudFormation ), Security scanning tools (Snyk, Checkov).

Threat Modeling

Identifying/mitigating cloud-specific threats, using frameworks like STRIDE or MITRE ATT&CK for Cloud .

Compliance & Governance

Familiarity with standards like NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR , and Policy-as-code (OPA, Sentinel).

4. Training and Knowledge Transfer

  • Train Security Team members (DAS and JFS) in related tools and processes.
  • Conduct thorough knowledge transfer to internal staff.

Required Qualifications Summary

Skill Set Category

Key Technologies/Concepts

Minimum Experience

Cloud Security Architecture

Thought leadership in AWS, Azure, and/or GCP with a focus on security design.

3 Years

Compliance & Governance

Familiarity with standards like NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HIPAA, GDPR .

Required

DevSecOps / IaC

Integrating security into CI/CD pipelines , IaC security ( Terraform, CloudFormation ).

Required

Threat Intelligence

Using frameworks like STRIDE or MITRE ATT&CK for Cloud for threat mitigation.

Required

Security Tools

Experience evaluating and implementing Cloud Security detection/monitoring tools (e.g., Microsoft Defender for Cloud ).

N/A

Certifications (Desired)

CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, Google Cloud Security Engineer, CISSP .

Highly Desired

Job Tags

Contract work, Local area, Remote work,

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