AWS Cloud Security Architect: Secure AI & Cloud Migrations

System One; Lafayette (LA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

System One is seeking an AWS Cloud Security Architect to provide security architecture guidance for enterprise applications and AWS cloud environments. You will partner with engineering teams to migrate workloads securely to AWS and define cloud security patterns and guardrails.

You will conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and ensure compliance with NIST, FedRAMP, and FIPS while supporting AI/GenAI security and governance.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT experience with cybersecurity and cloud security.
• 5+ years in cybersecurity or cloud security architecture.
• 5+ years hands-on AWS cloud security experience.
• Strong knowledge of AWS security services, IAM, networking, logging, and data protection.
• Experience with threat modeling, risk assessments, and remediation planning.
• Knowledge of NIST, FedRAMP, and FIPS frameworks.
• Preferred security certifications (CISSP/CCSP/CISA/CISM/GIAC) and AWS Security Specialty.

Responsibilities

• Provide security architecture guidance for enterprise applications, AWS cloud environments, hybrid infrastructure, APIs, containers, data solutions, and AI-enabled apps.
• Partner with application and engineering teams to securely migrate workloads to AWS and other approved cloud platforms.
• Define and maintain cloud security patterns, standards, guardrails, security requirements, and reference architectures.
• Conduct security architecture reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments for cloud-native, hybrid, API, container, third-party, and AI/GenAI solutions.
• Define appropriate security controls and recommend remediation or compensating controls for gaps.
• Support secure AI/GenAI adoption including LLM integrations, RAG, prompt security, data protection, access controls, monitoring, and human-in-the-loop safeguards.
• Support AI governance and risk management with security reviews, monitoring requirements, and incident escalation.
• Assess solutions against NIST, FedRAMP, and FIPS, and ensure alignment with security standards.
• Provide security guidance during evaluations, architecture reviews, security exceptions, and production path steps.
• Collaborate with cybersecurity engineering and operations on SIEM, network security, endpoint security, data protection, and configuration security.
• Clearly communicate security risks and requirements to technical teams and business stakeholders.

Skills

AWS security

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Communication

Stakeholder management

AI/GenAI security

Compliance frameworks

Cloud security best practices

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Information Systems

Tools

SIEM

IAM

Firewalls

Job description

System One is seeking an AWS Cloud Security Architect to provide security architecture guidance for enterprise applications and AWS cloud environments. You will partner with engineering teams to migrate workloads securely to AWS and define cloud security patterns and guardrails.

You will conduct threat modeling, risk assessments, and ensure compliance with NIST, FedRAMP, and FIPS while supporting AI/GenAI security and governance.