Cloud Security Architect — Enterprise Security Leader

Wintrust Financial Corporation

Rosemont (IL)

Hybrid

USD 140,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) with company match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Wintrust Financial Corporation is seeking a Cybersecurity Cloud Architect to lead security strategy for cloud environments and guide security controls across its SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS offerings. You will collaborate with business units, risk, and governance to embed secure design into complex deployments and drive architectural reviews of products and services.

The role requires 5+ years of architect experience, cloud expertise (Azure/AWS), and relevant certifications, with banking experience

Qualifications

5+ years of architect experience in cloud and security domains.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.
Cloud experience with Azure and AWS preferred.
Relevant certifications in Azure, Microsoft, AWS, and Data Science.

Responsibilities

Lead cloud-centric information security strategy to support Wintrust growth.
Design cloud-based security solutions across business units and drive cloud security.
Advise on identity and access management for SaaS/PaaS/IaaS and partners.
Integrate modern authentication and authorization across platforms and multi-vendor environments.
Act as SME for SaaS/PaaS/IaaS security and enable robust controls.
Develop cloud security assessment program to identify vulnerabilities and mitigation plans.
Collaborate with product teams to define security requirements and architecture.