Security Architect – Cloud

🕒 August 24

🌐 United States, United Kingdom – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

🏰 Missouri – Remote

🏰 Missouri – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

☁️ Cloud Engineer

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SS&C Technologies

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1986

💼 Consulting

🛡️ Insurance

📦 Logistics

Consulting • Insurance • Logistics

SS&C Technologies is a global leader in financial services and healthcare technology, recognized as the world’s largest independent hedge fund and private equity administrator, as well as the largest mutual fund transfer agency. The company offers a comprehensive range of solutions including asset management, banking, healthcare, insurance, and wealth management, leveraging proprietary software and extensive expertise to meet the operational needs of clients across multiple industries.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and maintain security controls across Azure and AWS cloud platforms • Conduct continuous security control testing and monitor cloud security events and alerts through optimization and automation • Triage, validate, investigate, and escalate security alerts and incidents • Monitor and maintain CSPM tools and SIEM systems • Respond to security incidents and conduct root cause analysis with remediation recommendations • Develop and implement IaC security standards • Integrate security automation into CI/CD pipelines • Build and maintain tooling for vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and compliance monitoring • Create and maintain secure design patterns, reference architectures, and security guardrails • Implement policy-as-code • Partner with DevOps, SRE, Engineering, Compliance, and Product teams to embed security best practices • Provide security consultation during architecture reviews and design phases • Deliver security awareness training and knowledge sharing • Document security procedures, runbooks, and standards • Mentor junior security team members and promote security culture • Assess and manage cloud security risks using NIST and CIS Benchmarks • Develop and track security risk metrics • Support ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and other compliance activities • Conduct cloud architecture and configuration security assessments • Coordinate internal and external penetration tests and vulnerability assessments • Manage stakeholders across multiple geographic regions and provide status updates to leadership • Work independently and as part of a global virtual team

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field, or equivalent experience • 3–5+ years of experience in cloud security or security engineering roles • Demonstrable experience securing both Azure and AWS environments • Experience implementing security controls in production cloud environments • Track record of security automation and tooling development • Understanding of ISO 27001, SOC 2, NIST CSF, and CIS Controls • Experience with incident response and forensics in cloud environments • Strong understanding of AWS and Azure security services, features, identity and access management, infrastructure, and PaaS security • Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code, including Terraform, CloudFormation, and ARM templates • Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or Go • Experience with container security, Docker, Kubernetes, and container image scanning • Knowledge of SIEM/SOAR platforms • Understanding of DevSecOps, shift-left security, artificial intelligence fundamentals, zero-trust architecture, API security, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, and SAML • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities • Collaborative mindset and experience working in agile environments • Proactive approach to identifying and mitigating security risks • Participation in an on-call rotation for security incident response

🏖️ Benefits

• Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University • Competitive holiday scheme • Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of staff • Hybrid Work Model