IT Cloud Security Director

Our customer is a large United States insurance company that is backed by more than 100 years of experience and provides insurance products and services for businesses and professionals in the United States., Canada and Europe. Headquartered in Chicago, IL, they have more than 20 US locations.

We are seeking an IT Cloud Security Director on a contract basis to help support our Customer's business needs. This role is 100% remote.


Responsibilities:

• Design and implement security automation into existing systems using a combination of Python, Bash, and CI/CD tooling.
• Design and integrate automated security controls, such as SAST, SCA, etc. into an existing, customized SDLC.
• Work across functional teams to gather requirements and propose technical solutions.
• Work across teams to enforce security controls consistently and reduce existing security debt.
• Direct application teams with onboarding the cloud security requirements; working with vendors to troubleshoot the platform and issues related to such integrations.
• Leverage automated process to mitigate security vulnerabilities in the environment by working with the Application Security team to triage security vulnerabilitiesX
• Contribute to security requirements across cloud applications, provide guidance for cloud security and automation, and ensure that logical security controls are manageable and scalable.
• Stay abreast of industry trends and best practices; conduct research, tests, and execute new techniques that can be reused and applied to SDLC.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years of related work experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills in the English language to work effectively with all levels of end users and IT personnel.
• Proven track records of building CI/CD pipelines for both application and infrastructure, with a focus on security.
• Expert knowledge of Cloud Native Engineering (GCP preferred). Experience in cloud security is a strong plus.
• Excellent hands-on experience with securing containers at scale. Any supply chain protection experience is a plus.
• Hands on experience developing and deploying applications in a containerized environment
• Mastery of automation tools (e.g., Concourse, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible etc.). GitHub Actions is a plus.
• Hands on experience developing, deploying and maintaining, automation using automated tooling using Python, Go, or similar.
• Comfort with automated, frequent, incremental code testing and deployment as part of a set of mature DevOps practices
• Expert knowledge of both Windows server operating system as well as expertise with one or more various Linux operating systems

We offer a competitive salary range for this position. Most candidates who join our team are hired at the median of this range, ensuring fair and equitable compensation based on experience and qualifications.

Perks are available through our 3rd Party Employer of Record (Available upon completion of the waiting period for eligible engagements)

Health Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life (including spouse & child), 401k, STD/LTD, AD&D, and Commuter Benefits program.

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.