CSPM Specialist – Cloud Security Posture & Compliance

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

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