Cloud Security Architect — Hybrid, AWS/GCP/Azure Expert

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Security Architect to lead security for public cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Hybrid work schedule (3 days onsite) in the DC/Silver Spring area, partnering with engineering and product teams to embed security into architectures, platforms and workflows.

You will mentor junior staff, create actionable security artifacts, and stay current on threats and tooling to strengthen the organization’s cloud posture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security or related field, or equivalent practical experience with 6-8 years of strong experience.
• Hands-on experience securing AWS-based cloud environments, with Azure exposure; GCP familiarity is a plus.
• Ability to automate security processes and integrate with CI/CD pipelines and development workflows.
• Excellent communication, collaboration with cross-functional teams, and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Cloud Security SME for Warner Bros. Discovery’s Information Security organization.
• Identify cloud security risks across AWS, Azure, and GCP and lead mitigations.
• Design and produce security design artifacts to enable secure implementations.
• Collaborate with product and platform teams to secure networks, compute, containers, and serverless.
• Provide IAM guidance to enforce least-privilege access across cloud environments.
• Review AI/ML workloads for secure design patterns and data protection.
• Engage with cloud providers to evaluate features and roadmaps.
• Evaluate CSPM/CNAPP tools and perform proof-of-value assessments.
• Mentor junior cloud security team members and share knowledge.
• Develop cloud security documentation, standards, and runbooks.

Skills

Cloud security architecture

AWS security

Azure security

GCP knowledge

IAM best practices

IaC tooling

CI/CD security

Kubernetes

Networking in cloud

Scripting automation

Education

Bachelor's in CS or Info Sec or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

GitHub Actions

AWS CLI

Azure CLI

Job description

Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. is seeking a Cloud Security Architect to lead security for public cloud deployments across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Hybrid work schedule (3 days onsite) in the DC/Silver Spring area, partnering with engineering and product teams to embed security into architectures, platforms and workflows.

You will mentor junior staff, create actionable security artifacts, and stay current on threats and tooling to strengthen the organization’s cloud posture.