AI-Driven Cloud Security Architect | CSPM & Automation

EPAM Systems Inc; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

EPAM Systems Inc. seeks an experienced Cloud Security Architect to design and implement secure cloud solutions across complex environments, leveraging AI-assisted automation to strengthen security posture.

You will lead security architecture reviews, CSPM enhancements, and collaboration across cloud engineering, development, and security teams, driving secure by design practices and automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of information security experience with focus on security architecture and design.
• Experience delivering or significantly contributing to cloud security architecture, implementation or modernization projects.
• Hands-on expertise in at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS or GCP) and its native security services and controls.
• Understanding of cloud security architecture, IAM, network segmentation and encryption, key management, workload protection, logging and monitoring.
• Experience with CSPM, cloud security assessments, configuration reviews and risk remediation.
• Familiarity with security tools such as Defender for Cloud, AWS Security Hub, Google CSC, Wiz, Prisma Cloud.
• Knowledge of security architecture frameworks such as Zero Trust, NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Benchmarks.
• Proficiency in IaC, scripting and cloud security automation.
• AI-assisted tools and automation experience including prompting, scripting and AI-validated outputs.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement security architectures and controls across cloud, hybrid and on-premises environments, focusing on cloud security.
• Gather requirements to design secure cloud solutions for new implementations and migrations.
• Define and improve cloud security capabilities including IAM, network security, data protection, workload security, logging and governance.
• Advance CSPM capabilities, misconfiguration detection, compliance monitoring and remediation.
• Conduct security architecture reviews, threat modeling and risk assessments for cloud infra and apps.
• Develop cloud security reference architectures, standards, baselines and secure design patterns.
• Evaluate cloud security technologies (CSPM, CNAPP, cloud-native services).
• Collaborate with cloud engineering, security operations and compliance teams to integrate security into cloud solutions.
• Support security automation using Terraform, PowerShell, Python, REST APIs.
• Leverage AI-assisted tools to improve configuration, risk assessment and remediation reporting.
• Identify opportunities for AI-assisted security automation with proper validation and oversight.

Skills

Cloud security architecture

Threat modeling

CSPM

AI-assisted automation

IAM

Zero Trust

Security operations

Communication

English (B2+)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Cybersecurity / Engineering

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

Python

PowerShell

Kubernetes

REST APIs

Microsoft Defender for Cloud

AWS Security Hub

Job description

EPAM Systems Inc. seeks an experienced Cloud Security Architect to design and implement secure cloud solutions across complex environments, leveraging AI-assisted automation to strengthen security posture.

You will lead security architecture reviews, CSPM enhancements, and collaboration across cloud engineering, development, and security teams, driving secure by design practices and automation.