Cadence · 6 hours ago
Sr Cloud Security Architect
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$186K/yr - $344K/yr
8+ years expCadence is a company focused on developing leaders and innovators in technology. They are seeking a Senior Cloud Security Architect to define and lead security architecture across multi-cloud platforms and AI workloads, ensuring secure cloud and AI architectures while partnering with various teams to enable innovation at scale.
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Responsibilities
Design and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient security architectures across AWS, Azure, and GCP
Define cloud and AI security reference architectures, patterns, and standards covering IaaS, PaaS, containers, serverless, and AI platforms
Lead security architecture reviews for cloud and AI initiatives, ensuring consistency, defense-in-depth, and least-privilege design
Managed AI services (e.g., Amazon Bedrock, Azure OpenAI, GCP Vertex AI), self-hosted and open-source models
Architect IAM strategies for cloud and AI services (human, workload, and service identities)
Design network security architectures (segmentation, private endpoints, service perimeters, Zero Trust)
Define data protection and key management strategies for cloud and AI workloads, including encryption, KMS/HSM, BYOK/HYOK, and secrets management
Ensure cloud and AI architectures align with security and compliance frameworks (NIST, ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS, GDPR, etc.)
Contribute to AI governance programs, including: Responsible AI and ethical AI principles, Model risk management and lifecycle controls, Compliance with emerging AI regulations and standards (e.g., NIST AI RMF, EU AI Act readiness)
Support threat modeling, risk assessments, and control mapping for both cloud and AI systems
Embed security into CI/CD and MLOps pipelines for cloud and AI workloads
Promote infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code for consistent security enforcement
Define detection and response strategies using cloud-native and AI-aware security tooling, including logging, SIEM integration, and anomaly detection
Serve as a senior security authority and trusted advisor for cloud, platform, data, and AI engineering teams
Mentor engineers and architects on cloud and AI security best practices
Evaluate and recommend cloud, AI, and security platforms and third-party solutions
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in cloud security architecture, security engineering, or related roles
Demonstrated experience securing multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Hands-on experience designing security controls for AI/ML or GenAI workloads in production environments
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional)
CCSP (Certified Cloud Security Professional)
Cloud security certifications, such as: AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer (Associate or Expert), Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer
Deep expertise in: Cloud IAM, networking, logging, and security services, Encryption, PKI, KMS/HSM, and secrets management, Kubernetes and container security
Strong understanding of: AI/ML pipelines, GenAI architectures, and model lifecycle, AI-specific threat models and mitigations, DevSecOps and secure MLOps practices
Preferred
Experience securing regulated or high-risk environments (financial services, healthcare, government)
Familiarity with Zero Trust and privacy-enhancing technologies
Knowledge of AI governance frameworks (NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 23894, EU AI Act)
Strong communication skills with the ability to influence both technical and executive stakeholders
Benefits
Paid vacation and paid holidays
401(k) plan with employer match
Employee stock purchase plan
A variety of medical, dental and vision plan options
And more
Company
Cadence
Cadence is a market leader in AI and digital twins, pioneering the application of computational software to accelerate innovation in the engineering design of silicon to systems.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Leadership Team
Paul Cunningham
Senior Vice President and General Manager
Tom Beckley
Senior Vice President, Custom IC & PCB Group
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