Role: Principal Cybersecurity Specialist – Cloud Security
Location: Hyderabad (Hybrid)
Experience: 15+ Years
Role Summary
We are seeking a Principal Cybersecurity Specialist – Cloud Security who brings deep architectural expertise in cloud platforms combined with strong security engineering and design capabilities.
This role demands someone who thinks like a Cloud Architect and acts like a Security professional, with the ability to design, secure, and govern complex cloud-native architectures at scale.
This is not an operational or monitoring-focused role. Candidates whose cloud security experience is primarily limited to configuration, compliance checks, or CSPM tools (Wiz, Prisma, Orca, etc.)
Key Responsibilities
The Cloud Security Engineer will play a critical role in the ongoing development and execution of our Cloud program, ensuring that all new applications adhere to organizational security standards. This position requires deep technical cloud security expertise combined with hands-on experience in implementing and maintaining security protocols within cloud environments.
Design and implement security controls, policies, and best practices to safeguard cloud infrastructure, applications, and data. This includes configuring and managing security features such as identity and access management (IAM), encryption, firewalls, and network security in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Conduct regular security risk assessments, threat modeling, and vulnerability assessments of cloud-based systems. Identify potential security weaknesses and proactively develop strategies to mitigate risks, ensuring that cloud environments are secure from emerging threats. Lead or participate in cloud-related security incident investigations, identifying the root causes of security breaches, managing incidents, and providing recommendations for corrective actions. Ensure timely and effective responses to security incidents, minimizing impact to the organization.
CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES
- Act as a security advisor for cloud projects, providing guidance to teams on best practices and ensuring that all security requirements are thoroughly met.
- Act as a liaison between business units, IT Operations, and IT Security teams, ensuring smooth collaboration and communication on cloud security initiatives.
- Assist and educate cloud builders and business stakeholders to improve security awareness and adherence to security policies, fostering a culture of security-first thinking.
- Actively contribute to the development, implementation, and maintenance of security protocols that align with the Cloud Guide program to ensure robust application security.
- Design and integrate effective security gates and checkpoints throughout the application development lifecycle to ensure compliance with security best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Enhance Compliance Guidelines: Create and update actionable compliance guidelines to facilitate adherence to cloud security standards, ensuring these guidelines are clear and developer friendly.
- Collaborate with Development Teams: Work closely with development teams to integrate security measures seamlessly into the development process, promoting innovation while preventing security gaps.
- Automate Security Processes: Develop and implement automation tools to streamline security verification processes, reducing manual intervention while maintaining or enhancing security posture.
- Monitor and Report on Security Metrics: Establish and track security metrics to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Cloud Guide program and compliance rates, providing regular reports to stakeholders.
- Collaborate with Security Teams: Work in tandem with Cloud Security Operations, Application Security, Cryptography, and other security teams to ensure a unified and comprehensive security approach.
- Familiarity with cloud architecture, containers (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), microservices, and serverless computing security.
- Strong understanding of security frameworks and standards, including NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, and SOC 2, and how they apply to cloud environments.
- Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their native security tools (e.g., AWS GuardDuty, Azure Security Center).
- Deep understanding of cloud security principles, including IAM, encryption, network security, and vulnerability management in cloud environments.
- Drive change initiatives and improvements identified by the team and leadership
MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)
- 15+ years of experience
- Experience in risk management, risk assessments, and risk prioritization
- Strong understanding of Cyber Security NIST frameworks
- Strong communication skills to upper management and leadership
- Strong ability to collaborate with other IT organizations and business partners
- Experience managing a third-party vendor contracts
- Expert in agile work processes
- Strategic thinker
NICE TO HAVE (Preferred Qualifications)
Strongly Preferred:
- Specialized training on managing and communicating top secret/confidential information
- Certifications in information security, CISSP
- High degree of learning agility with the ability to readily consume and apply new information and concepts with developed analytical problem-solving skills.
- Strong business acumen, decision making, and influence skills across all levels of an organization.
- Experience in business capability and process modeling
- Excellent leadership and teamwork skills
- Strong results orientation (driving to deadlines, financial targets, project goals, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to work in a global, virtual organization.
- Excellent presentation skills, including the ability to translate technical information into business terms (e.g., ability to explain complex technical solutions and architecture strategies to non-technical resources)
- Knowledge in user experience modeling, information design, and concept generation.
- Technology depth and credibility with technical staff.
- Work experience in the Medical Device Industry, or other regulated industry.
- Ability to mentor and develop business, architecture, and technical resources.
