Cloud Security Architect

Location: Anywhere in United States, remote

We are looking for Cloud Security Architect for an immediate need. This is a client-facing role & the candidate will have regular interactions with various client managers.

Roles & Responsibilities:

·The solution architect is responsible for driving security engineering within large programs collaborating with a cross functional team to achieve clear security engineering objectives including but not limited to:

·Partner with product teams to roadmap and plan security backlog items.

·Refine security requirements into engineering patterns to drive security and privacy by design.

·Consider assurance solutions within CI/CD pipelines.

·Provide direction on cloud platform and workload security engineering for Azure and OCI.

·Provide security architecture and engineering guidance for SaaS cloud platforms.

·Be a transformation agent in adopting modern security engineering practices.

·Bring a software engineering mindset to security engineering and promote everything as code.

Qualification and Mandatory skills:

·Experience designing Microsoft based Azure security solutions (Sentinel, Defender, etc)

·Strong understanding of cloud security platform architecture (Azure/OCI) at tenant and workload level.

·Experience building assurance processes within CI/CD pipelines.

·Strong understanding of current cyber threats, mitigation and enterprise challenges.

·Deliver program level reporting on the program security plan execution, backlog prioritization and metrics.

·Strong understanding of control and threat models, and able to apply models to architecture designs.

·Experience with either IaC implementation, API Security and/or security code reviews.

·Experience implementing continuous security monitoring.

***Applications will be accepted until 5/13/2024

Salary and Other Compensation:

• The annual salary for this position is $131,300 to $163,700 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
• This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans. 

Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

·Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance 

·Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off 

·401(k) plan and contributions 

·Long-term/Short-term Disability 

·Paid Parental Leave 

·Employee Stock Purchase Plan 

Disclaimer: The benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

Why Cognizant?

·Collaborate with a community of experts to enhance and expand your skills.

·Join a team where global culture adopts diversity of thought and background. 

·Find balance with our hybrid model that prioritizes your health, safety and well-being. 

·Opportunity to work for leading global companies while advancing your career.