Senior Cloud Security Architect — IAM & Compliance Lead

PowerPlan, Inc.; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

PowerPlan, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to build the company’s cloud security and IAM maturity programs across AWS and Azure. You’ll own compliance, identity strategy, and security automation as a senior individual contributor.

You’ll influence the roadmap and work with Cloud Engineering and executive stakeholders within 90 days to close gaps and drive least-privilege across the cloud using production-grade Terraform and automation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cloud security with hands-on AWS and Azure.
• Strong IAM design and implementation knowledge (SAML, OIDC, RBAC, ABAC).
• Proficiency in Python and PowerShell for automation; Terraform experience.
• Experience implementing CIS, NIST, or SOC 2 at scale.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess and close security framework compliance gaps across AWS and Azure with a remediation roadmap by day 90.
• Build an IAM maturity roadmap from fragmented state to least-privilege enforcement.
• Translate security requirements into production-grade code—Terraform modules and automation.
• Serve as security SME in cloud architecture reviews and change advisory processes.
• Mentor teams on secure defaults and lead incident response end-to-end.

Skills

Cloud security

AWS

Azure

IAM design

Terraform

Python

PowerShell

Security automation

CI/CD security

Security frameworks

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

PowerPlan, Inc. is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Engineer to build the company’s cloud security and IAM maturity programs across AWS and Azure. You’ll own compliance, identity strategy, and security automation as a senior individual contributor.

You’ll influence the roadmap and work with Cloud Engineering and executive stakeholders within 90 days to close gaps and drive least-privilege across the cloud using production-grade Terraform and automation.