Remote Cloud Security Leader (Azure, AWS & GCP)

Cognizant; Carson City (NV); Remote; USD 135,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

401(k)

Disability insurance

Parental leave

Employee stock plan

Job summary

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Manager, Cloud Security to drive enterprise-scale remediation across Azure, AWS, and GCP. You will collaborate with engineering, identity, privacy, compliance, and other stakeholders to strengthen controls and reduce organizational risk.

Based in the United States, this remote role offers flexibility and opportunities to lead cloud security programs, develop policy-as-code, and advance secure deployment practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Six or more years of cybersecurity experience, including at least four years focused on cloud security.
• Two or more years of experience leading teams or serving as a technical lead in cloud security or cybersecurity.
• Demonstrated experience working across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
• Experience remediating enterprise-scale cloud security control deficiencies.
• Strong knowledge of cloud networking security, including private endpoints, hub-and-spoke architectures, and hybrid connectivity.
• Knowledge of cloud identity, least-privilege access models, and privileged access management.
• Experience with cloud security automation, policy-enforcement tools, and cloud security monitoring solutions.
• Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or a comparable scripting language.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting technical metrics and program progress to leadership.
• A strong sense of ownership, a desire to create meaningful outcomes, and a commitment to work that benefits customers, communities, or global challenges.
• Embodiment of Cognizant’s values: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do the Right Thing, and Own It.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise cloud security remediation initiatives across Azure, AWS, and GCP, helping ensure critical security findings are addressed within established service levels.
• Drive efforts to reduce public cloud exposure through private endpoints, private links, secure network architectures, and hybrid connectivity solutions.
• Develop and maintain policy-as-code frameworks, reusable security templates, and automation that support secure cloud deployments and compliance enforcement.
• Oversee the cloud security remediation lifecycle, using security monitoring platforms and risk-based prioritization to improve remediation effectiveness and resolution timelines.
• Collaborate with engineering, identity, privacy, compliance, and other cross-functional teams to integrate cloud security controls and practices into development and operational workflows.

Skills

Cloud security leadership

Cross-cloud experience

Python scripting

PowerShell scripting

Ownership mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Master’s degree (advantage)

Tools

Policy-enforcement tools

Cloud monitoring solutions

Job description

Cognizant is seeking a Senior Manager, Cloud Security to drive enterprise-scale remediation across Azure, AWS, and GCP. You will collaborate with engineering, identity, privacy, compliance, and other stakeholders to strengthen controls and reduce organizational risk.

Based in the United States, this remote role offers flexibility and opportunities to lead cloud security programs, develop policy-as-code, and advance secure deployment practices.