Security Architect

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank; Columbia (SC); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank is seeking a Cloud Security Architect to design and govern secure cloud architectures across public, private, and hybrid environments in a hybrid-Columbia, SC setting. You will embed security into cloud strategy, guide secure delivery, and work with engineering, DevOps, and compliance teams to enforce standards and risk-aware design.

Required: Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in CS/IS or related fields, 7–9 years in cybersecurity with hands-on cloud security, AWS

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/Info Security or related field.
• Master’s degree in CS/Info Security or related field.
• 7–9 years in cybersecurity with hands-on cloud security experience.
• AWS Certified Security required; other certs preferred (AWS Solutions Architect I, CISSP, CISM).
• Experience with SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS security and cloud automation.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain cloud security architecture standards for public, private, and hybrid environments.
• Evaluate cloud designs for alignment with security principles and organizational risk posture.
• Identify cloud security risks and recommend mitigation aligned with business and tech goals.
• Advise teams on secure configuration and design decisions throughout the system lifecycle.
• Collaborate with engineering, DevOps, and compliance teams to embed security into cloud delivery.
• Establish monitoring and alerting requirements to support visibility, threat detection, and incident response.
• Provide architectural insight during cloud-related investigations and remediation efforts.
• Promote consistent implementation of cloud security requirements across teams.

Skills

Cloud security

Cloud architectures

IaC (Infrastructure as Code)

Security monitoring

DevOps collaboration

AWS & Azure experience

Compliance awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Info Security or related field

Master's degree in CS/Info Security or related field

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION Cloud Security Architect (Hybrid - Columbia, SC)

The Cloud Security Architect designs and governs secure cloud architectures that protect organizational data, applications, and platforms. They embed security into cloud strategy and solution delivery, ensuring cloud environments are resilient, compliant, and aligned with business and risk objectives. The Architect partners across engineering, security, and compliance teams to define standards, assess risks, and guide secure adoption of cloud and cloud native capabilities.

What You'll do

Design and Govern Secure Cloud Architectures

• Define and maintain cloud security architecture standards and patterns for public, private, and hybrid environments.
• Evaluate cloud solution designs to ensure alignment with security principles and organizational risk posture.
• Identify cloud security risks and recommend mitigation approaches that support business and technology goals.
• Advise teams on secure configuration and design decisions throughout the system lifecycle.
• Demonstrate experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud solutions is a requirement.
• Automate, provision and manage cloud resources across multiple environments with infrastructure as code (IaC) principles.

Integrate Security into Cloud Delivery and Operations

• Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to embed security into cloud native designs, automation, and deployment workflows.
• Establish monitoring and alerting requirements to support visibility, threat detection, and incident response in cloud environments.
• Support cloud-related investigations by providing architectural insight and recommending remediation approaches.
• Promote consistent implementation of cloud security requirements across teams and environments.

Enable Cloud Security Awareness and Collaboration

• Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to engineers and security team members.
• Partner with compliance stakeholders to ensure cloud solutions meet internal policies and regulatory expectations.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 7-9 years of experience in cybersecurity, including hands-on cloud security work and experience designing and securing cloud environments across multiple service models (e.g., SaaS, IaaS, PaaS).
• Requires certifications AWS Certified Security.
• Preferred certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect l, CISSP Certified Information Systems Security, CISM.
• Proficiency: Broad understanding of cloud security concepts, architectures, and shared responsibility models.
• Experience with cloud automation and provisioning approaches (e.g., infrastructure as code principles).
• Familiarity with monitoring, detection, and security operations practices related to cloud services.

ABOUT US

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank provides financing, as well as technology and other value-added services, to association partners so they can lend to rural residents and agricultural operations of all sizes. We take pride in investing in our employees, our partners and our community. Find out more on AgFirst.com, and follow us on LinkedIn!