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JOB TITLE: Cloud and App Sec- Security Consultant
As a Cloud and App Sec- Security Consultant, you will join the security team to design and deliver comprehensive AWS security strategies, architectures, and operations for diverse clients. You will lead the development of secure landing zones and multi-account environments while establishing governance, identity management, and data protection protocols. Your daily work involves assessing environments against frameworks like NIST, ISO 27001, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework to mitigate risks. You will utilize specific tools including AWS Organizations, Control Tower, Security Hub, IAM, VPC, WAF, KMS, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, and CloudWatch. By translating complex technical requirements into business recommendations, you will solve critical security challenges, manage vulnerabilities, and ensure regulatory compliance across cloud workloads to build long-term cyber resilience for global organizations.
Lead the design and delivery of AWS security strategy, architecture, implementation, and operations for clients.
Assess AWS environments to develop security roadmaps aligned with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
Design secure AWS landing zones and multi-account environments using AWS Organizations and Control Tower.
Define and implement identity and access management controls using AWS IAM and least-privilege principles.
Design AWS network security architectures using VPC, security groups, and AWS Network Firewall.
Develop data protection solutions using AWS KMS, encryption, and secrets management practices.
Establish cloud security monitoring, logging, and threat detection using GuardDuty and CloudTrail.
Lead client workshops, security assessments, architecture reviews, and executive presentations.
What we're looking for
Minimum 3 years of experience designing, implementing, or operating security controls in AWS environments.
Minimum 3 years of experience with AWS identity and access management, including IAM roles, policies, and multi-account governance.
Minimum 3 years of experience with AWS network security, including Amazon VPC, security groups, network ACLs, AWS WAF, or AWS Network Firewall.
Minimum 3 years of experience with AWS security monitoring and threat detection services like CloudTrail, Config, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Detective, or CloudWatch.
Experience securing AWS data and workloads through encryption, key management, secrets management, vulnerability management, and secure configuration practices.
Experience assessing AWS architectures against cloud security frameworks such as AWS Well-Architected Framework, CIS AWS Foundations Benchmark, NIST, or ISO 27001.
Minimum 3 years of experience leading cloud security projects using standardized project management principles.
Minimum 3 years of experience leading teams of five or more resources and producing technical documentation and executive-level recommendations.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years work experience).
Experience in IT Security Testing (preferred).
Experience in Identity and Access Management (preferred).
Experience in Infrastructure & Cloud Security (preferred).
Experience with application development (preferred).
AWS
Azure
Cloud Security
IAM
NIST
RMF
Zero Trust
STIGs
F5
Palo Alto
cATO
Encryption
Secrets Management
Logging
Monitoring
Infrastructure as a Service
Agile