Cloud Security Architect & IAM Specialist

COFOMO; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

COFOMO, a leading Canadian consulting firm, seeks a Cloud Computing Specialist (Cybersecurity Advisor) in Montreal. Hybrid work arrangement, focusing on cloud security architecture, risk assessment, and identity management.

You will drive security controls across IAM, encryption, logging, and threat modeling for cloud environments. The role demands extensive hands-on experience in information security with cloud specialization, strong knowledge of Azure and AWS, and experience with CSPM, CWP,

Qualifications

• At least 10 years in information security with cloud specialization.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Azure and AWS; GCP knowledge is a plus.
• Master IAM, privileged access, networking, data protection, encryption, key/secrets, logging and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Provide cloud security expertise during solution design, architecture reviews, project delivery and tech change initiatives.
• Evaluate cloud architectures against security requirements and risk appetite.
• Recommend security controls for IAM, networking, data protection, encryption, and logging.
• Support threat modeling and cloud risk assessments; translate risks into enforceable controls.
• Document security recommendations, residual risks, and corrective actions.
• Promote security-by-design and least privilege for cloud solutions; improve CSPM and workload protection.
• Review cloud configurations, security findings, and deviations from baselines; verify control effectiveness.
• Lead vulnerability management and remediation of cloud workloads and platforms.
• Define cloud security logging, alerting, and telemetry requirements; improve detection coverage.
• Communicate risks and recommendations to stakeholders and risk managers.

Skills

Cloud security

IAM

Threat modeling

Vulnerability management

Kubernetes

Encryption & key management

Logging & monitoring

Security architecture

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud security tools

Job description

COFOMO, a leading Canadian consulting firm, seeks a Cloud Computing Specialist (Cybersecurity Advisor) in Montreal. Hybrid work arrangement, focusing on cloud security architecture, risk assessment, and identity management.

You will drive security controls across IAM, encryption, logging, and threat modeling for cloud environments. The role demands extensive hands-on experience in information security with cloud specialization, strong knowledge of Azure and AWS, and experience with CSPM, CWP,