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You’ll work with leading brands and be exposed to world-shaping innovations. You’ll apply your energy and intellect to helping clients be faster to market and faster to revenue.\nWe’re a vibrant community of world-class practitioners - over 2000 colleagues strong - with offices in 19 locations around the world. 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associated with proposed changes\nStay current with emerging security threats, vulnerabilities, and technologies to drive continuous innovation in security practices\nInspire and influence engineering teams to execute security principles and adopt security-first mindsets\nMentor and provide technical guidance to DevOps, operations, and development teams on security best practices\nPartner strategically with Product, Engineering, and Infrastructure leaders to align security architecture with business innovation\nDrive thought leadership through security documentation, architecture diagrams, design specifications, and security control matrices\nAdditional Responsibilities\nLead incident response management and develop security policies that protect organizational assets from cyber threats\nIdentify organizational vulnerabilities and weaknesses through systematic security assessments\nRecommend and implement security controls and solutions that balance security requirements with business enablement\nBachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information technology or a related field\n7+ years of cybersecurity experience with deep cloud security expertise\nProven track record leading enterprise security architecture in multi-cloud environments\nDeep understanding of cloud service provider security best practices around (AWS, GCP)Organization Policies\nAutomated threat detection tools\nCentral logging/Siem practices\nLest privilege architecture\nVPC design/perimeter controls\nData Exfiltration prevention\nEncryption/Key Management design\nIdentity and Access Management (IAM) best practices.\n\nWeb application security testing: Expertise in identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities in web applications, leveraging tools and methodologies like OWASP.\nNetwork vulnerability scanning: Skilled in detecting and addressing vulnerabilities in network configurations and infrastructure.\nContainer and Kubernetes security: Proficiency in securing containerized environments, 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We strictly prohibit and do not tolerate discrimination against employees, applicants, or any other covered persons because of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), age, national origin or ancestry, ethnicity, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment. If you would like to request reasonable adjustments or accommodations to assist your participation in the hiring process and, or in the advertised position, please inform the appropriate Talent Acquisition Partner for the role once they have been in touch. Your request will be reviewed and considered in confidence.\nInforma TechTarget complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), as amended by the ADA Amendments Act, and all applicable federal, state or local law.\nWe believe that great things happen when people connect face-to-face. That's why we work in-person with each other, or with customers and partners, three days a week or more. 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