Partner, coach and functionally lead IT, engineering, development and business teams through collaborative design discussions.
Educate internal and external clients on security risk and best practices.
Define and lead the security strategy across public cloud (GCP/AWS), private cloud, and on-prem environments with a focus on Zero Trust architecture and regulatory alignment.
Develop and maintain cloud security reference architectures, playbooks, and control frameworks, tailored to the bank’s technology stack and third-party oversight obligations.
Architect secure, scalable platforms for containerized banking workloads (e.g., GKE, EKS), VPC and network segmentation, secrets management, and secure compute/storage services.
Partner with cloud engineering, platform ops, application delivery organization, and enterprise architecture to embed infrastructure security throughout service lifecycles — from ideation through production.
Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code deployments (Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation), driving secure-by-design principles.
Ensure compliance with banking regulations including GLBA, SOX, FFIEC, PCI-DSS, NYDFS, and OCC cybersecurity guidelines, integrating security architecture into audit and regulatory programs.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with 5+ years in cloud and enterprise security architecture.
Demonstrated success leading security architecture for financial services, banks, or regulated industries.
Technical expertise in securing GCP, AWS, Kubernetes (GKE/EKS), Azure, cloud networking, and Application Security.
Strong command of cloud-native technologies and DevSecOps practices.
Experience with regulatory audits and control frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, FFIEC CAT).
Proven leadership in cross-functional teams, architecture review boards, and strategic planning sessions.
Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and executive audiences.
Preferred certifications: Google Cloud Security Engineer, AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, CCSP, CKA/CKS, GCSA.
Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
Management and prioritization skills
Ability to develop working relationships
Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities, work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
Self-starter with ability to take the initiative and master new tasks quickly
Methodical, attention to detail.

Benefits

medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k)
life, accident, and disability insurance
wellness programs
paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools

cybersecuritycloud security architectureGCPAWSKubernetescloud networkingApplication SecurityDevSecOpsinfrastructure-as-codeTerraform

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationpresentation skillsmanagement skillsprioritization skillsrelationship buildingability to manage multiple activitieswork under pressureself-starterattention to detail

Certifications

Google Cloud Security EngineerAWS Security SpecialtyCISSPCCSPCKACKSGCSA