Lead Cloud Security Architect

CDM Smith; South Carolina; On-site; USD 123,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

CDM Smith is hiring a Senior Security Architect to lead the architecture of public, private and hybrid clouds, ensuring secure, cost-efficient solutions aligned with cybersecurity strategy. You will mentor junior staff, refine playbooks, and drive enterprise security posture across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments.

This senior role requires deep technical knowledge, strong communication, and the ability to partner with IT, security leadership and application teams to deliver resilient,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 5 years of related experience.
• Equivalent additional directly related experience will be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Domestic and/or international travel may be required.

Responsibilities

• Architect and articulate a scalable and resilient vision for secure public, private and hybrid clouds.
• Lead security architecture design with SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
• Review architecture plans and closely partner with our Enterprise Architecture (EA) group.
• Lead security architecture design with SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.
• Provide guidance and direction on secure design, build, testing and deployment across cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with security, architecture and engineering leadership to support business objectives.

Skills

IT & Cloud Security

Cloud Platforms

Cybersecurity

Communication Skills

Analytical Thinking

Organizational Skills

Strategic & Tactical

Stakeholder Management

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Equivalent Experience

Tools

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Microsoft SC-100

SC-500

AZ-305

AB-100

AI-500

GIAC GCAD

GIAC GCSA

GIAC GCLD

GIAC GPCS

Gov Cloud deployments

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

CDM Smith is hiring a Senior Security Architect to lead the architecture of public, private and hybrid clouds, ensuring secure, cost-efficient solutions aligned with cybersecurity strategy. You will mentor junior staff, refine playbooks, and drive enterprise security posture across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS environments.

This senior role requires deep technical knowledge, strong communication, and the ability to partner with IT, security leadership and application teams to deliver resilient,