Principal Cloud Security Architect

Description

At CDW, we make it happen, together. Trust, connection, and commitment are at the heart of how we work together to deliver for our customers. It's why we're coworkers, not just employees. Coworkers who genuinely believe in supporting our customers and one another. We collectively forge our path forward with a level of commitment that speaks to who we are and where we're headed. We're proud to share our story and Make Amazing Happen at CDW.

Job Summary

Your role at CDW is of the utmost importance to the company's mission, objectives and reputation. As the Global Architect, you will partner with the business and the Global Information Security Team to ensure alignment on modern cybersecurity design patterns and solutions. This role is part of the Business Information Security Office and will dealing directly with business partners. Your responsibilities include:

• Design and Evangelize the Global Information Security standard architecture design model to business units.
• Identify opportunities within the business units where architecture is not to standard and provide a clear roadmap and prioritization for the business units to be aligned.
• Develop and execute a unified cybersecurity operating model strategy across Services technology and business ecosystems, ensuring scalability, repeatability and high confidence cyber readiness.
• Drive cloud security strategy and architecture throughout the business.
• Assess and Recommend Enhancements: Drive and manage an ongoing assessment process to identify and recommend opportunities to accelerate CDW's global information security maturity, implementing innovative enhancements to stay ahead of cyber threats.

What you will do:

• Manage and execute cloud security solutions across lifecycle strategy, design, implementation and operations.
• Participate, lead and jointly deliver security evaluation reports on cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP), cloud native platforms (PCF, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.), and Software as a Service solution.
• Establish security requirements for cloud-based solutions by evaluating business strategies and requirements; researching cloud infrastructure security standards such as ISO 27000 series, NIST CSF, and CSA.
• Provide domain expertise in both public and private cloud and enterprise technology.
• Identify and deliver appropriate controls based on industry standards (e.g. CCM) to drive cloud and customer security solutions framework based on business risk and cloud native threats.
• Continually evaluate new threats in the cloud, to identify the impact on IT and Business to develop and implement security controls.
• Provide recommendations for improvement and risk reduction by assessing CDW's clients' cloud security posture, and act as a change agent with customer organizations to oversee the vulnerability improvements with our clients' existing IT staff as well as 3rd party vendors support our clients (most often managed IT service providers).

What we expect of you:

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience in information security domains including Information Protection, Cloud Security, Networking Security, Automation and Logging and Monitoring OR 14 years of experience in information security domains including Information Protection, Cloud Security, Networking Security, Automation and Logging and Monitoring.
• 5+ years of full-time dedicated experience leading Cloud Security focused roles on delivering security on cloud native, distributed architectural solutions in complex environments.
• Knowledge and understanding of key differences between most popular cloud provider solutions and cloud orchestration tools (e.g. Azure, AWS, GCP, Pivotal Cloud Foundry, BOSH, Kubernetes, Docker, etc.).
• Strong domain expertise of cloud infrastructure compute, network and storage as well as the cloud control plane.
• Knowledge of virtualization, containers, service-mesh and enterprise service business.
• Experience with structured Enterprise Architecture practices, hybrid cloud deployments, and on-premise-to-cloud migration deployments.
• Ability to identify and drive remediation of public and hybrid cloud risks.
• Experience in designing, implementing and delivering security for cloud native, distributed computing and architectural solutions with a principle of "Secure by Design".
• Expertise in performing Threat Modeling, generating security architectural requirements to software development and product teams.
• Experience in managing cybersecurity in a distributed environment.
• One or more technical security certifications is a plus: o CCSP - Certified Cloud Security Professional o CISSP - Certified Information Systems Security Professional o CSSLP - Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional o CISM - Certified Information Security Manager or CSEC - SANS CIAC Security Essentials.

Pay range: $143,000 - $233,400 depending on experience and skill set
Annual bonus target of 15% subject to terms and conditions of plan
Benefits overview: https://cdw.benefit-info.com/
Salary ranges may be subject to geographic differentials

We make technology work so people can do great things.

CDW is a leading multi-brand provider of information technology solutions to business, government, education and healthcare customers in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada. A Fortune 500 company and member of the S&P 500 Index, CDW helps its customers to navigate an increasingly complex IT market and maximize return on their technology investments. Together, we unite. Together, we win. Together, we thrive.

CDW is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by state and local law.