Consultant/Senior Consultant – Cloud Security

Our client a top-tier Management, Strategy and IT Consulting firm is seeking to bring on a Consultant/Senior Consultant  onto their Cyber Security practice to support various consulting projects/efforts with their banking end clients. As a Consultant or Senior Consultant – Cloud Security, you will be an active team member on cybersecurity consulting engagements responsible for assessing our customer’s cloud security strategy and identifying cyber risk exposure inherent with using cloud infrastructure. You will be a part of teams working in close collaboration with our customers to define the security strategy and design the cloud security architecture across various deployment and hosting models to enhance overall cloud security posture. You will work alongside industry leaders to gain insight and experience as the practice continues to expand.

Responsibilities:

  • Advise financial services customers on best practices in design and implementation of secure cloud systems
  • Perform reviews of multiple cloud platforms and services to assess cyber risks around security risks such as data leakage and unauthorized access, and design controls to mitigate those risks
  • Design, develop, and implement security requirements into cloud-native architectures that will allow business requirements to be met with appropriate security controls present
  • Design and develop cloud-specific security policies, standards, and procedures
  • Provide technical design and architecture advice to customer teams on how to securely develop and build cloud-ready applications
  • Effectively articulate complex cloud topics and discuss business impacts with senior customers, positively influencing outcomes
  • Develop high-quality technical content such as security automation tools, reference security architectures, and white papers to help our consultants, partners, and customers build on the work you deliver
Qualifications:

  • 2-5 years of experience in Cloud Security Architecture and/or Engineering
  • Deep understanding of different cloud architecture models, hosting and deployment models
  • In-depth knowledge of the security and compliance capabilities of cloud platforms like Amazon AWS or Windows Azure
  • Experience working with financial institutions on integrating cloud services with common and industry standard cloud-native/cloud-friendly security mechanisms (protect, detect, breach response, and recovery)
  • Broad awareness of security engineering concepts and practices across all phases of the system development lifecycle
  • Deep technical knowledge of cyber security risks, threats and defenses to effectively assess the security implications and requirements for the introduction of new cloud technologies
  • Previous exposure to hybrid IT situations, including combining on-premise IT capabilities with Cloud IT capabilities
  • The ability to communicate effectively to diverse audiences and properly translate security and risk management terminology into business terms for these stakeholders
  • A bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in a cyber or information security related field
  • Security certifications highly desired (CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCSP, CCSK, AWS Security, Azure Security, etc.)