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Piper Sandler · 1 month ago

Cloud Security Specialist

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$100K/yr - $200K/yr

Piper Sandler is a leading institutional middle market investment bank firm serving clients in the U.S. and internationally. They are seeking a Cloud Security Specialist to design and implement security strategies for their cloud environments, ensuring protection and compliance of digital assets while collaborating across teams to promote secure innovation.

Responsibilities

Develop and support the overall cloud security strategy, architecture, and technical framework, including standards, guidelines, procedures, and requirements

Serve as security subject matter expert for cloud-based initiatives and architecture

Define and maintain the enterprise security roadmap for cloud environments

Design and architect secure cloud solutions, considering network security, identity and access management (IAM), encryption, data protection, and other security domains

Create reusable secure design patterns for common cloud use cases to ensure engineering initiatives can progress swiftly and securely

Develop and track key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the effectiveness of the overall cloud security program

Mentor security engineers and provide technical direction

Educate and enforce security best practices across teams

Qualification

Cloud security conceptsAzureAWSGCPScripting languagesDevSecOps experienceContainer securityServerless securityCollaboration skillsMentoring skills

Required

Broad and deep understanding of cloud security concepts, including network security, data protection, identity and access management (IAM), encryption, and threat modeling

Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams (Platform Engineering, Application Development, IT, Compliance) to integrate security practices into cloud deployments and the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)

Strong proficiency in scripting and configuration languages (e.g., Python, PowerShell, Terraform) for automation and security orchestration

Expert knowledge of Azure, AWS and GCP cloud native services, including best practices, architecture patterns and potential weaknesses

Proven ability to influence as a cloud security authority, serving as security subject matter expert, guiding and influencing technical teams on secure cloud usage and architecture decisions

Preferred

DevSecOps Experience: Hands-on experience integrating security into CI/CD pipelines and a strong understanding of DevSecOps principles and tooling

Container Security Specialization: Deep expertise in securing container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes, ECS)

Serverless and Edge Computing Security: Knowledge and experience securing serverless functions (e.g., AWS Lambda) and/or edge computing deployments

Benefits

Annual incentive compensation

Competitive with the market

Company

Piper Sandler

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Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR) is a leading investment bank driven to help clients Realize the Power of Partnership®.

Founded in 1895

Minneapolis, Minnesota, US

1001-5000 employees

https://www.pipersandler.com/

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