Cloud Security Governance & Policy Lead

Tekskills; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 5,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Tekskills seeks a Cloud Security Governance & Policy Lead to design, implement and govern organization-wide controls across Azure, AWS and multi-cloud environments. The role focuses on policy-as-code, Zero Trust, and remediation of non-compliant resources while collaborating with DevOps and cybersecurity teams.

The candidate will mentor others, drive CNAPP policy implementations, and embed security checks into CI/CD pipelines to strengthen governance throughout the SDLC, across Chennai,

Qualifications

• 10–15 years of cloud security/governance experience.
• Experience with Azure Policies, AWS Organizations, SCPs.
• Strong knowledge of RBAC and PBAC.
• Ability to design and implement organization-wide controls.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and manage organization-wide controls using Azure Policies, AWS Organizations, SCPs, Config Rules, and Cloud Custodian.
• Engineer Zero Trust and least privilege models (RBAC, PBAC), region restrictions, and security controls across Cloud Platforms.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Cybersecurity teams to remediate non-compliant resources.
• Monitor policy effectiveness and continuously improve cloud governance posture.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship on cloud policy best practices.
• Collaborate with risk, compliance, and audit teams to produce evidence of cloud control effectiveness.
• Implement and manage CNAPP policies using Wiz for continuous cloud posture assessment and remediation.
• Embed security early in the SDLC by integrating vulnerability scanning, IaC policy enforcement, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab Runners).
• Develop policy-as-code frameworks using OPA/Rego to prevent misconfigurations before deployment.
• Integrate security controls into Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) workflows using tools like Terraform.
• Champion shift-left practices, enabling developers to self-remediate security and compliance findings during coding and build stages.

Skills

Cloud DevOps

Tools

Terraform

Wiz

Cloud Custodian

OPA

GitLab Runners

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Security Governance & Policy Lead
Work Location: Chennai, TN/ Hyderabad, TS/ Bangalore, KA

Skills Required: Cloud DevOps
Experience: 10 - 15 Years

Job Description

• Design, implement, and manage organization-wide controls using Azure Policies, AWS Organizations, SCPs, Config Rules, and Cloud Custodian.
• Engineer Zero Trust and least privilege models (RBAC, PBAC), region restrictions, and security controls across Cloud Platforms.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Cybersecurity teams to remediate non-compliant resources.
• Monitor policy effectiveness and continuously improve cloud governance posture.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship on cloud policy best practices.
• Collaborate with risk, compliance, and audit teams to produce evidence of cloud control effectiveness.
• Implement and manage CNAPP policies using Wiz for continuous cloud posture assessment and remediation.
• Embed security early in the SDLC by integrating vulnerability scanning, IaC policy enforcement, and compliance checks into CI/CD pipelines (GitLab Runners).
• Develop policy-as-code frameworks using OPA/Rego to prevent misconfigurations before deployment.
• Integrate security controls into Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) workflows using tools like Terraform.
• Champion shift-left practices, enabling developers to self-remediate security and compliance findings during coding and build stages.

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