Cloud Security Posture Management Specialist

Bank of America; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 100,000 - 141,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a skilled CSPM Specialist to support the Cloud Security Assurance group, ensuring public cloud environments are securely configured, governed, and monitored. You will work with cloud platforms to identify misconfigurations, track risk, and enable remediation in collaboration with engineering teams.

Based in Chicago, this role focuses on enterprise-scale cloud security, posture reporting, and audit readiness, with opportunities to influence governance standards and

Qualifications

• Understanding CSPM principles and secure cloud configuration practices.
• Experience identifying cloud misconfigurations and control weaknesses.
• Knowledge of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with identity, networking, storage, and logging configurations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cloud environments are securely configured and governed.
• Maintain visibility into cloud configuration and security posture.
• Identify misconfigurations, policy violations, and control gaps.
• Build and refine CSPM detections aligned to baselines.
• Support onboarding, tuning, and operationalization of CSPM tooling.
• Partner with cloud platform and engineering teams to remediate findings.
• Triage posture findings, assess risk, and support remediation prioritization.
• Provide CSPM posture metrics and risk transparency to leadership.
• Contribute to cloud security standards, baseline documentation, and audits.
• Track evolving cloud service features and configuration risks.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Customer and Client Focus

Information Systems Management

Problem Solving

Threat Analysis

Cyber Security Policies

Quality Assurance

Risk Analytics

Technology System Assessment

Business Acumen

Business Intelligence

Data Privacy and Protection

Data and Trend Analysis

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical or security field

Tools

Wiz

Prisma Cloud

Defender

Orca

Job description

Company Purpose and Culture

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We're devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description

We are seeking a skilled and motivated CSPM Specialist to support the Cloud Security Assurance (CSA) organization by ensuring public cloud environments are securely configured, governed, and continuously monitored in alignment with enterprise security standards and risk expectations. This role focuses on identifying cloud configuration weaknesses, policy violations, and control gaps that could result in data exposure, identity compromise, service disruption, or regulatory risk. The CSPM Specialist is responsible for maintaining continuous visibility into cloud security posture across infrastructure and platform services, including identity, networking, storage, logging, and core service configurations. The role builds, maintains, and operationalizes CSPM detection logic aligned with defined configuration baselines, control frameworks, and governance standards to ensure misconfigurations and drift are identified promptly and consistently. The CSPM Specialist partners closely with cloud platform, infrastructure, DevOps, and engineering teams to ensure findings are risk-assessed, clearly communicated, and remediated effectively. The role plays a key part in improving cloud security maturity by enabling proactive posture monitoring, supporting audit and regulatory readiness, and providing leadership with transparent, risk-based reporting on cloud configuration posture. Operating in large, enterprise-scale cloud environments, the CSPM Specialist contributes to the ongoing development of cloud security standards, baseline documentation, and repeatable assurance processes that support consistent governance across multiple cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Ensure cloud environments are securely configured and governed in alignment with CSA security standards and baselines.
• Maintain continuous visibility into cloud configuration and security posture across in-scope platforms.
• Identify cloud misconfigurations, policy violations, and control gaps across infrastructure and platform services.
• Build, maintain, and refine CSPM detections aligned to defined security baselines and control expectations.
• Support onboarding, tuning, and operationalization of CSPM tooling and posture reporting.
• Partner with cloud platform and engineering teams to remediate CSPM findings.
• Triage posture findings, assess risk and blast radius, and support remediation prioritization.
• Provide CSPM posture metrics, reporting, and risk transparency to CSA leadership.
• Contribute to cloud security standards, baseline documentation, and audit readiness efforts.
• Track evolving cloud service features and configuration risks impacting security posture.

Required Qualifications

• Understanding of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) principles and secure cloud configuration practices.
• Experience identifying cloud misconfigurations and control weaknesses.
• Knowledge of public cloud platforms and core services (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Familiarity with cloud identity, networking, storage, and logging configurations.
• Ability to assess risk and communicate findings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical and documentation skills.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience supporting cloud security assurance or posture management programs.
• Hands‑on experience with CSPM tools (e.g., Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Defender, Orca).
• Familiarity with cloud security benchmarks or control frameworks (e.g., CIS).
• Experience supporting audits, risk assessments, or compliance initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree in a technical or security‑related field.
• Relevant cloud or security certifications preferred.

Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Customer and Client Focus
• Information Systems Management
• Problem Solving
• Threat Analysis
• Cyber Security Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
• Quality Assurance
• Risk Analytics
• Technology System Assessment
• Business Acumen
• Business Intelligence
• Data Privacy and Protection
• Data and Trend Analysis
• Stakeholder Management

Shift & Compensation

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Hours Per Week: 40 Pay Transparency details US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540)

Pay and benefits information Pay range $100,000.00 - $141,300.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry‑leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.

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Impact and Inclusion

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