Cloud Security Architect

Warner Bros. Discovery

Hybrid Actively hiring Posted this week
Silver Spring, MD Posted 4 days ago $133,140–$247,260 / year
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TL;DR

The Cloud Security Architect (AWS) at Warner Bros. Discovery is a senior-level role within the Cloud Security team, focusing on embedding security into cloud architectures and workflows across AWS environments with emergency support for Azure and GCP. This hands-on position involves identifying and mitigating public cloud security risks, designing secure network and compute architectures, providing IAM guidance, and evaluating cloud security vendors and tools. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in public cloud infrastructure, information security principles, and automation scripting languages like Python or Go. They should also be proficient with cloud-native security services, container technologies, and CI/CD pipelines, while maintaining excellent communication skills to articulate technical concepts clearly across various audiences.

Skills

AWS Azure GCP Python Terraform CloudFormation Kubernetes Docker CI/CD AWS GuardDuty Azure Defender for Cloud GCP Security Command Center GitHub Security features Bash PowerShell AWS CLI Azure CLI Splunk Wiz Brinqa

What you'll do

  • Serve as a Cloud Security SME for WBD’s Information Security organization.
  • Identify cloud security risks and design mitigation strategies across AWS, Azure, GCP.
  • Design secure network, compute, container, and serverless architectures with engineering teams.
  • Provide IAM guidance to ensure least-privilege access models in cloud environments.
  • Evaluate cloud security vendors and tools, conducting proof-of-value assessments.
  • Develop and maintain cloud security documentation for architectural standards.

What we're looking for

  • 6-8 years of hands-on experience in public cloud infrastructure and security
  • Proven expertise in designing and securing AWS-based cloud environments
  • Solid understanding of information security principles and compliance frameworks
  • Proficiency in automating security processes and integrating with CI/CD pipelines
  • Strong knowledge of cloud network architecture and VPC/VNet engineering
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
  • Continuous learning mindset, staying current on emerging cloud security threats and tools

Market check

Salary context

This $133,140–$247,260 range sits above 70% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$112,800–$204,150

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$142,400–$196,750

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery is a global media and entertainment company operating a broad portfolio of iconic content and brands including Warner Bros. film studio, HBO, CNN, Discovery Channel, and Max streaming service. Industry: Media & Entertainment

Warner Bros. Discovery currently has 50 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $133,140–$247,260 across 33 roles with salary data.

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