
Director, Cloud Security Architecture – Engineering
Breakthru Beverage Group
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Linthicum • Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $175,000 - $200,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCloudPythonSplunkTerraform
About the role
- Own and evolve the enterprise cloud security architecture across AWS, SaaS platforms, hybrid infrastructure, applications, networking, and operational technologies, ensuring alignment with business strategy and risk tolerance.
- Define and implement AWS-native security architectures including identity, encryption, network segmentation, logging, detection, and governance capabilities, to enable secure and scalable cloud adoption.
- Support the re-architecture and migration of Azure workloads to AWS, ensuring security-by-design principles are embedded throughout the migration lifecycle.
- Design, implement and enforce Zero Trust security models to ensure protection of cloud and hybrid environments.
- Collaborate with DevOps and cloud infrastructure teams to embed security into DevOps pipelines, leveraging automation for vulnerability management, code scanning, configuration validation and continuous compliance.
- Support the establishment and oversee cloud identity and access management (IAM) strategies, including federation, least privilege, just in time access, identity governance, and Zero Trust principles.
- Integrate with multiple IdPs including Entra ID and SAP IAS.
- Establish tailored governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) frameworks for cloud adoption, including policy-as-code and automated compliance monitoring aligned to industry standards and regulatory requirements.
- Monitor emerging cloud services, regulatory changes, and threat trends to proactively assess risk and advise leadership on security posture and mitigation strategies.
- Lead and develop cloud security architecture and engineering teams, setting technical direction, delivery priorities, and performance expectations.
- Provide architectural oversight and subject matter expertise for enterprise and cross-functional initiatives, ensuring security outcomes are consistently achieved.
- Own and evolve the cloud security tools, platforms, and services portfolio to maximize effectiveness and return on investment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, or information technology, or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum 12 years of IT Security experience, with 5 years focused on AWS architecture
- AWS Solutions Architect – Associate Certification
- AWS Security Specialty
- CISSP Certification
- Deep expertise in AWS-native and third-party security tools
- Strong understanding of cloud governance, infrastructure as code (IaC), encryption, networking, and identity management.
- Strong experience with Snowflake and S/4HANA
- Hands-on scripting and automation (Python, Terraform)
- Strong experience with Splunk
- Experience with multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, M635)
- Strong writing and communication skills across technical and executive audiences
- Experience with leading and team management
- Ability to multi-task, work independently and/or within a team, pay attention to detail and meet deadlines.
- Utilize sound judgement, business acumen and problem-solving skills and ability to work in fast-paced, high-volume, team environment.
Benefits
- This position is eligible for health care benefits
- life insurance
- time off benefits
- participation in the Company’s 401(k) plan
- bonus program
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Hard skills
AWS architecturecloud security architectureZero Trust security modelsidentity managementencryptionnetwork segmentationvulnerability managementinfrastructure as code (IaC)scriptingautomation
Soft skills
strong writing skillscommunication skillsteam managementproblem-solving skillsattention to detailability to multi-taskbusiness acumenleadershipcollaborationindependent work
Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect – AssociateAWS Security SpecialtyCISSP