Job Description:

This clients information security team is seeking an exceptional Principal Security Architect to engage on project efforts in Cloud, On-prem and Data security architectures. As the Principal Security Architect, you will work side by side with our Development, Operations, Business units, and Enterprise Architecture teams to ensure our environments are secured and monitored. The right person for this role will have a broad technical cloud security background with a focus on security design, detection, prevention, and response to security threats.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with a team of Security Engineers in solution architecture reviews and guidance for Technology projects through being tightly integrated with their SDLC process.

• Serves as a subject matter expert for Data security, providing guidance on industry best practices.

• Creates best-of-class cloud/data security architecture designs and patterns, using defensible industry reference architectures and standards.

• Collaborate with Data Architects on securing data with encryption and/or tokenization. Considering the pros & cons of each security control.

• Document, socialize, maintain, and train key stakeholders on security requirements that enables secure design and build of solutions.

• Conduct project security reviews to identify security risk and oversee the implementation of approved recommendations on cloud security designs.

• Analyze potential impact of new threats and exploits, develop, and implement solutions to mitigate those threats, and communicate risks to relevant business units.

• Identify, design, and build secure solutions that can be adopted and deployed into a highly available production environment.

• Participates in the evaluation, selection and implementation of technology solutions including providing detailed analysis of pros and cons.

• Stay up-to-date on the latest cloud security trends, technologies, and best practices, and share knowledge with the team to continuously improve their cloud security posture.

• Attend and provide feedback in meetings to capture key action items, discussion points, and deliver executive level status updates to all stakeholders as required.

• Develop, track and report relevant metrics (KPIs, KRIs, OKRs), scheduled activities, and milestones to executives monthly that reflect execution statuses, risks, and opportunities.

• Evaluate and assess security threats across a variety of environments.

What we are looking for:

• 8+ years of experience in cloud security, preferably AWS

• 8+ years of experience in Data Security: Databases (SQL, Oracle, Postgres), SAS Data Warehouses (Snowflake), AWS Databases (Neptune, RDS, DynamoDB) and Data Platforms (Microsoft Dataverse).

• 8+ years of experience in Encryption and Tokenization and how and where they are used to secure Data.

• 8+ years of experience working knowledge of information security controls, guidelines, and standards (e.g., ISO27000 series, OWASP, CSA CCM, CIS 20 Critical Security Controls, SOX, and NIST).

• 8+ years of experience with technical knowledge/coding skills in any of the following: Java, C# .Net, Ruby and/or Python

Core Competencies:

• Must be self-driven, yet flexible and highly adept at consulting, negotiating, communicating, consensus building, and presenting.

• Ability to remain calm under pressure while managing multiple tasks.

• Demonstrated ability to learn from mistakes and apply constructive feedback to improve performance.

Preferences:

• CCSP/Other Cloud Specific Certification, CISSP and/or GIAC are a plus.

• In-depth knowledge of AWS and its core services, including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and security-related services like security groups, ACLs AWS Security Hub, AWS WAF, and Amazon GuardDuty.

• Working knowledge of Terraform, Cloud Formation, Pulumi, and/or Ansible.

• Solid experience securing scalable web architectures and distributed systems.

• Solid understanding of malware, emerging threats, attacks, and vulnerability management.

Experience Level

Expert Level

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $80.00 - $90.00/hr.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: • Medical, dental & vision • Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital • 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available • Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) • Short and long-term disability • Health Spending Account (HSA) • Transportation benefits • Employee Assistance Program • Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Fort Mill,SC.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Feb 11, 2025.

About TEKsystems:

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.