Principal Cloud Security Architect – GCP

Cotiviti; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Disability insurance

Life insurance

401(k) savings plan

Paid family leave

9 paid holidays

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

Cotiviti is seeking a Lead Cloud Security Architect to act as the principal security advisor for cloud infrastructure, with a focus on Google Cloud Platform. You will own security design decisions, evaluate architectures for vulnerabilities, and guide teams on secure implementations across clouds.

You will design critical controls, conduct threat modeling, validate configurations, and serve as the trusted resource across development lifecycles, communicating risks clearly to technical and

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional security architecture or cloud infra engineering.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information security, or related field.
• Expert knowledge of Google Cloud Platform security services and best practices.
• Ability to explain trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with IaC tools (Terraform) and cloud security practices.
• Cloud security certification (Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer or CISSP).

Responsibilities

• Design security architecture for cloud workloads on Google Cloud Platform.
• Create security design documents and decision logs for critical cloud security decisions.
• Partner with engineering and operations to implement cloud security controls.
• Validate configurations against security policies and cloud best practices.
• Ensure alignment with cloud security best practices and applicable compliance requirements.
• Make decisions on critical security controls and document trade-offs between security, cost, and speed.
• Create security guidelines, runbooks, and training for development and operations teams on cloud security.
• Review architecture designs and cloud infrastructure configurations for security risks.
• Conduct threat modeling for high-risk cloud workloads and recommend mitigations.
• Serve as the trusted security advisor to engineering, operations, and leadership on cloud security matters.
• Communicate security decisions and risks clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Complete all responsibilities as outlined in the annual performance review and/or goal setting.
• Complete all special projects and other duties as assigned.
• Must be able to perform duties with or without reasonable accommodation.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

Terraform

Decision making

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/InfoSec or related

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Cotiviti is seeking a Lead Cloud Security Architect to act as the principal security advisor for cloud infrastructure, with a focus on Google Cloud Platform. You will own security design decisions, evaluate architectures for vulnerabilities, and guide teams on secure implementations across clouds.

You will design critical controls, conduct threat modeling, validate configurations, and serve as the trusted resource across development lifecycles, communicating risks clearly to technical and