Senior Cloud Security Architect

Summary

Join CENSUS, an internationally acclaimed Cybersecurity services provider, and become a Product Security Professional. Leverage your cloud security expertise to develop security architectures, conduct design reviews, and risk assessments. You will analyze product security requirements, design secure cloud architectures, and audit externally developed designs. Responsibilities include threat modeling, technology research, and comprehensive security posture assessments. You will lead a small team and document security risks. This role requires a strong background in cloud security and relevant programming languages.

Requirements

• MSc or BSc. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 8 + years of experience in Information or IT Security
• 3 + years of experience in cloud application or cloud platform security related roles. Experience can be an engineering / development position (e.g., consumer or enterprise), an assessment / consultancy role, an equivalent role in other engineering organizations, or a combination of them
• Proven experience in developing or auditing security solutions for cloud platforms (public, private or hybrid Cloud Service Providers)
• Proficient in English and excellent communication skills
• Experience with designing, implementing and auditing cloud platform security architecture and engaged technologies
• Experience with the technologies of at least one of the major public Cloud Service Providers (GCP, AWS or Azure) and the security features they provide (Key & Secret management, IAM, Service Accounts, Workload / VM Identities, TLS / PKI, Load Balancing, storage encryption, data localization, etc.)
• Experience on developing & comprehending source code, discerning business logic, and identifying security flaws in Web- and Cloud-relevant languages, such as Java, Ruby, Rust, Go, Python, C#, Lua, and JavaScript
• Experience with application authentication, authorization, identity, access management, and secrets management technologies, such as OAuth, MFA, SSO, JWT, PKI, Cloud IAM, Password-less authentication, HashiCorp Vault, etc
• Experience with applied cryptography and cryptographic protocols, such as E2E protection, authenticated encryption, mTLS, Key Exchange / Agreement, Key Derivation, Key Wrapping and Remote Key Attestation
• Experience in identifying and mitigating security vulnerabilities on software running on cloud platforms (OWASP Web Top10 vulnerabilities, data encryption, transport layer protections, insecure configurations, secrets management, etc.)
• Experience with cloud confidential computing, virtualization, enclaves, containers, and workload attestation technologies
• Problem solving skills, analytical thinking, and willingness to learn/grow

Responsibilities

• Analyze product security requirements and apply industry-recognized methodologies to translate them into effective security controls
• Design and support the implementation of secure cloud architectures
• Audit externally developed product security designs, document missing security controls, and lead efforts to analyze and implement security improvements
• Conduct threat modeling, attack surface analysis, and attack tree creation for products running on cloud platforms
• Research, review, compare, and propose technologies that meet client requirements and align with their strategic objectives
• Perform comprehensive security posture assessments through source code auditing, functional testing, fuzz testing, and other relevant methodologies
• Validate CI/CD pipelines and audit deployment configurations across various hosting environments (native, hybrid, etc.)
• Ensure that the implemented solutions align with the product’s security architecture, requirements, and threat model
• Document and present product security risks in both technical and business contexts
• Lead and support a small team (2-3) of security engineers and consultants in assessing and researching cutting-edge technologies and products

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with debugging, instrumenting, and profiling software running on cloud platforms
• Familiarity with application reverse engineering or fuzz testing methods
• Experience of working with international teams in other regions and time zones worldwide

Benefits

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