Security Cloud Architect

This is a remote position.

Role          : Security Cloud Architect Role (SAM)

Work Delivery Mode: Remote – One US Based Candidate

Commitment Type: Full time 

Project Start date : ASAP

Engagement Length & Effort: 1 Year 

Pricing Model: Hourly Rate 

Currency: USD

Security Account Manager IC4/IC5– Job Description (Consulting background | Large, critical, high-profile customers | Cloud security)

Role summary

The Security Account Manager (SAM) serves as a trusted security advisor and engagement lead for a portfolio of strategic, high-visibility customers and has a Cloud Based Security Background. This role combines a consulting-style approach with ongoing account security governance. The SAM partners with Sales, Customer Success, Support, Cloud Operations, and Product/Security teams to reduce risk, improve customer security posture, and drive adoption of cloud security best practices.

Key Responsibilities

•               Act as the primary security point of contact for assigned strategic/critical accounts.

•               Build multi-threaded relationships with customer security leadership (CISO org), IT, risk/compliance, and engineering teams.

•               Lead security governance cadences (e.g., monthly/quarterly) including security posture reviews, risk discussions, and roadmap alignment.

•               Conduct discovery to understand customer environments, threat models, regulatory requirements, and business priorities.

•               Advise on cloud security controls and best practices: IAM/SSO/MFA, least privilege, key management/encryption, network segmentation, logging/monitoring, vulnerability management, configuration baselines, and secure SDLC.

•               Partner with internal security specialists to address complex topics (e.g., crypto/KMS/HSM, workload isolation, data residency, Zero Trust

Qualifications

•               Demonstrates strong understanding of cloud architecture (and products – OCI, AWS, Azure, etc.) and can clearly describe components, data flows, trust boundaries, and shared responsibility across IaaS/PaaS/SaaS. Able to translate architecture into security posture implications, risks, and recommended controls for enterprise customers.

•               Background in security consulting (Big5 Type), cloud security architecture, or enterprise risk/GRC for regulated industries

•               Security certifications (one or more): CISSP, CISM, CCSP, GIAC, ISO 27001 LI/LA (as relevant)

•               Experience with complex escalations and cross-functional leadership in matrixed organizations

•               Familiarity with customer security assurance processes (questionnaires, audit requests, pen test coordination, attestations

•               Experience 10+ years