AWS Security Architect

Bachelor’s degree or four or more years of work experience.
Six or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.
Hands-on experience with cloud & container security tools and technologies across various security domains of network security, encryption, and identity management.
Experience implementing cybersecurity standards & framework including NIST and CSF framework.
Experience in System Administration, Software development, Design Architecture, and/or implementation experience.
Experience in different programming languages e.g. scripting using Python or bash, to automate the build, test, package & deployment security code & configuration.

Performing analysis of cloud & container threats and risks, and formulating mitigation and remediation plans to resolve security gaps.
Designing and developing security controls across diverse technical domains, with specific emphasis on cloud & container IAM, network infrastructure, and data protection.
Designing and implementing a resilient security architecture for the AWS cloud, ensuring alignment with industry standards and regulatory mandates.
Developing and creating reusable cloud security blueprints and templates, while upholding cloud security standards, procedures, and policies.
Analyze GenAI risk technologies in cloud environments to formulate and deploy mitigation strategies for managing AI risk.
Conducting thorough security architecture reviews and audits to detect potential vulnerabilities and weaknesses, and subsequently propose effective security solutions.
Evaluating the effectiveness of existing security controls and measures and offer practical recommendations for enhancement.
Maintaining awareness of emerging cloud threats and vulnerabilities, adjusting security measures as necessary to protect the cloud environment.
Collaborating with cross-functional teams to empower development teams in implementing secure cloud onboarding.
Promoting a culture of security awareness and collaboration throughout the organization.

Good understanding of Cloud security compliance, posture management & threat detection.
Certified in relevant cloud security and cyber specific certification.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer science, Math or related field.
Exposure to application Migration and hybrid cloud environments with DevSecOps methodologies.
Infrastructure & application security vulnerability detection, analysis, and remediation.
Knowledge of infrastructure (e.g., firewalls, load balancers, hypervisor, storage, monitoring, security) and experience with orchestration to develop a cloud solution.
Understanding of networking (e.g., DNS services, TCP, load-balancers, routing, firewalls) to be leveraged for designs and troubleshooting.
Experience with technical troubleshooting as well as partnering with vendors and other organizations to drive root cause analysis and solve complex technical problems.
Infrastructure expertise in system design for high availability and disaster recovery, monitoring, cloud efficiency, rightsizing, and patching.
Cloud and/or cyber security certification including AWS Certified Security – Specialty and CISSP/CCSP.