AWS Cloud Security Architect

Salary: $67,000 - 107,000 per year Requirements: 8+ years of IT experience, including substantial cybersecurity and cloud security experience. 5+ years of cybersecurity architecture experience in roles such as Information Security Architect, Cloud Security Architect, or Infrastructure Security Architect. 5+ years of hands-on AWS cloud security experience, including securing enterprise workloads and supporting cloud migrations. Strong understanding of AWS security services and controls, including IAM, networking, logging, monitoring, data protection, and cloud security best practices. Experience securing enterprise cloud and hybrid environments and conducting security architecture reviews. Experience with threat modeling, security risk assessments, control gap analysis, and remediation planning. Knowledge of cybersecurity and compliance frameworks, including NIST, FedRAMP, and FIPS. Experience defining and applying security standards, patterns, guardrails, and technical controls. Working knowledge of AI/GenAI security, including prompt injection, data leakage, model access controls, AI guardrails, observability, approved model usage, and human oversight. Understanding of security considerations for LLMs, RAG solutions, APIs, containers, and enterprise data integrations. Ability to collaborate effectively with application developers, cloud and infrastructure engineers, cybersecurity teams, enterprise architecture, compliance, risk, and business stakeholders. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical security risks and requirements clearly. Strong organizational, coordination, and stakeholder management skills. Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Preferred: CISSP, CCSP, CISA, CISM, GIAC, or a comparable cybersecurity certification. Preferred: AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Azure AZ-500, or another relevant cloud security certification. Additional desirable experience includes Azure and/or GCP security, AI/GenAI security or governance, container and workload security, API gateways, security engineering, and AI-enabled cybersecurity capabilities. Responsibilities: Provide security architecture guidance for enterprise applications, AWS environments, hybrid infrastructure, cybersecurity platforms, APIs, containers, data solutions, and AI-enabled applications. Partner with application and engineering teams to securely migrate workloads from on-premises environments to AWS and other approved cloud platforms. Establish and maintain cloud security patterns, standards, guardrails, requirements, reference architectures, and implementation guidance. Conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments for cloud-native, hybrid, API, container, third-party, and AI/GenAI solutions. Identify appropriate security controls and recommend remediation or compensating controls when gaps are found. Support secure AI/GenAI adoption, including LLM integrations, RAG implementations, prompt security, data protection, access controls, monitoring, logging, and human-in-the-loop safeguards. Support AI governance and risk management, including security reviews, monitoring requirements, incident escalation, and lifecycle controls. Assess solutions against applicable frameworks and standards, including NIST, FedRAMP, and FIPS. Provide security guidance during technology evaluations, architecture reviews, exception processes, and path-to-production activities. Collaborate with cybersecurity engineering and operations teams on SIEM, network security, endpoint security, data protection, and security configuration capabilities. Clearly communicate security risks, requirements, and recommendations to technical teams and business stakeholders. Technologies: AI API AWS Architect Azure Cloud GCP IAM Support LLM Network RAG Security More: We are hiring an AWS Cloud Security Architect for an onsite role in Plano, Texas; Reston, Virginia; Columbia, South Carolina; Knoxville, Tennessee; Lafayette, Louisiana; or Birmingham, Alabama. System One and its subsidiaries, including Joulé and Mountain Ltd., deliver outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America, helping clients work efficiently and economically without compromising quality. Eligible employees may choose from health and welfare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, and voluntary plans, and may participate in a 401(k) plan. We are an equal opportunity employer. last updated 43 week of 2026