Cloud Security Director: Strategy, Risk & Scale

Cencora; Arizona; On-site; USD 142,000 - 283,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision care

Parental leave

Mentorship programs

Training and professional development

Job summary

Cencora seeks a Senior Director of Cloud Security to lead global cloud security strategy, architecture, engineering, and governance across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. You will secure IaaS/PaaS, SaaS, and containerized workloads while enabling business velocity and compliance.

Collaborating with CISO and Technology Leaders, you will build a scalable defense, drive secure-by-design practices, and lead a global team of cloud security architects and engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information security, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience required.
• Master's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information security, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent experience preferred.
• 12+ years of directly-related or relevant experience; 8+ years in a managerial capacity, preferably in information security.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise cloud security strategy aligned to corporate risk appetite and regulatory requirements.
• Establish cloud security reference architectures, guardrails, and design patterns.
• Lead cloud security governance across AWS, Azure, GCP, and strategic SaaS providers.
• Own cloud security policy framework and control standards (aligned to NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, HITRUST, PCI, HIPAA).
• Present cloud risk posture and roadmap to executive leadership and key stakeholders.
• Lead cloud security architecture for landing zones, IAM (including zero trust), network security, encryption, container security, API security.
• Establish secure-by-design and DevSecOps integration models.
• Drive an automation-first IaC and policy-as-code strategy.
• Oversee CSPM, CWPP, CNAPP, DSPM, SSPM platforms and integrations.
• Partner with SOC and Cyber Defense Engineering for cloud threat detection and response.
• Oversee cloud logging, telemetry, and SIEM/SOAR integration.

Skills

IT Risk Management

IT Controls

Cyber Attack Mitigation

Enterprise IT Management

Cloud Security

Network Security

Identity & Access Management

Application Security

Threat Modelling

Information Security Strategy

SOX/ISO/COBIT/ITIL/NIST/PCI

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity / information security

Master's degree in cybersecurity / information security

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

CSPM

CWPP

CNAPP

SIEM

EDR

SOAR

Firewall

VPN/IDS-IPS

Job description

Cencora seeks a Senior Director of Cloud Security to lead global cloud security strategy, architecture, engineering, and governance across multi-cloud and hybrid environments. You will secure IaaS/PaaS, SaaS, and containerized workloads while enabling business velocity and compliance.

Collaborating with CISO and Technology Leaders, you will build a scalable defense, drive secure-by-design practices, and lead a global team of cloud security architects and engineers.