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Extensive experience designing & building secure cloud-native solutions, especially Amazon Web Services (AWS) 2. Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles & experience reviewing infrastructure configs/changes (Cloud Formation & Terraform) 3. Containers, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, RESTful/gRPC APIs 4. Strong foundation in cybersecurity landscape, especially in identity & access management, network access control and secure configuration management Top 3 Soft Skills: 1. Strong ability to own your work 2. Strong communications verbal and written, presenting to executives 3. Strong solutioning mindset Skills and Experience Baseline * Ability to collaborate & communicate effectively with technical & non-technical teams * Extensive experience designing & building secure cloud-native solutions, especially in Amazon Web Services (AWS) * Ability to partner with multiple stakeholders to derive accurate threat models for new/existing systems and reduce information security risk on systems * Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles & experience reviewing infrastructure configurations/changes in this format (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.) * Strong technical foundations in modern application/microservice architectures & related technologies (e.g., Containers, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, RESTful/gRPC APIs, etc.) * Understanding of CI/CD & Secure Development processes & tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git, etc.) * Strong foundation in cybersecurity landscape, especially in identity & access management, network access control and secure configuration management ## Description You will work with our team of Architects to craft secure design patterns, perform security assessments, and review system designs using a risk-based, threat-modeling approach. The Security Architect will have the following core responsibilities: * Partner with business and technology teams to define security designs that meet security requirements and enable business objectives * Create, maintain and document security architectures & design patterns to be used by technology teams * Develop relationships, repeatable processes, and resources to usher security champions in the company * Perform threat-modeling as required to substantiate the recommendations & designs * Participate in the development and maintenance of security policy, standards & reference materials * Review and contribute to infrastructure-as-code representations of architecture changes and designs Jake Lutman ## Related Videos - [Security Pitfalls for Software Engineers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/726-security-pitfalls-for-software-engineers) - [How a Small Team Shrank a Microsoft Monorepo by 94%](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1236-how-a-small-team-shrank-a-microsoft-monorepo-by-94) - [Rate-limiting using eBPF and Istio: How to protect your SaaS customers from themselves](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100220-rate-limiting-using-ebpf-and-istio-how-to-protect-your-saas-customers-from-themselves) - [The Road to MLOps: How Verivox Transitioned to AWS](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1050-the-road-to-mlops-how-verivox-transitioned-to-aws) - [Our GitOps approach for deploying an Identity Provider and an API Gateway in a SaaS company](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/776-our-gitops-approach-for-deploying-an-identity-provider-and-an-api-gateway-in-a-saas-company) - [Get started with securing your cloud-native Java microservices applications](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/123-get-started-with-securing-your-cloud-native-java-microservices-applications) ## Related Articles - [What Are The Top Skills Required For Azure Developers?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/77-what-are-the-top-skills-required-for-azure-developers) - [Understanding and Mitigating Common Web Vulnerabilities](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/565-understanding-and-mitigating-common-web-vulnerabilities) - [Events like RSAC Get You CISOs. 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