Senior Cloud Security Architect — Associate

Alvarez & Marsal; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Alvarez & Marsal in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Associate for Cloud Security Architecture to help clients design, assess, and strengthen security in hybrid cloud environments. You will lead reviews across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, translate findings into pragmatic roadmaps, and collaborate with CISOs and DevOps leaders to improve security posture.

The role also involves supporting M&A due diligence, incident response, and delivering high-quality architecture documents for executive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or cybersecurity.
• 4–7 years of relevant cloud security, architecture, or engineering experience.
• At least one active professional cloud certification (AWS/Azure/GCP).

Responsibilities

• Lead cloud security architecture reviews and cloud configuration assessments.
• Design zero trust architectures and maturity roadmaps across identity and data.
• Review IaC, CI/CD pipelines, containers, and serverless for security gaps.
• Map cloud controls to NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, HIPAA requirements.
• Support cloud-related incident response and M&A due diligence.

Skills

Cloud security

Cloud architecture

DevSecOps

IAM & encryption

Kubernetes security

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Cybersecurity

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

AWS/Azure/GCP

Job description

Alvarez & Marsal in Washington, DC is seeking a Senior Associate for Cloud Security Architecture to help clients design, assess, and strengthen security in hybrid cloud environments. You will lead reviews across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, translate findings into pragmatic roadmaps, and collaborate with CISOs and DevOps leaders to improve security posture.

The role also involves supporting M&A due diligence, incident response, and delivering high-quality architecture documents for executive