Cloud Security Architect

Location: Raleigh, NC

Job Description:

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.

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.

Cognizant is recognized as a Military Friendly Employer and is a coalition member of the Veteran Jobs Mission. Our Cognizant Veterans Network welcomes Veterans in building and growing a career at Cognizant that allows them to demonstrate the leadership, loyalty, integrity, and dedication to excellence instilled in them through participation in military service.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Employee Status : Full Time Employee

Shift : Day Job

Travel : No

Job Posting : Apr 24 2024

About Cognizant

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