About Cognizant Corporate
About the role
In this role, you will:
- Lead enterprise cloud security remediation initiatives across Azure, AWS, and GCP, helping ensure critical security findings are addressed within established service levels.
- Drive efforts to reduce public cloud exposure through private endpoints, private links, secure network architectures, and hybrid connectivity solutions.
- Develop and maintain policy-as-code frameworks, reusable security templates, and automation that support secure cloud deployments and compliance enforcement.
- Oversee the cloud security remediation lifecycle, using security monitoring platforms and risk-based prioritization to improve remediation effectiveness and resolution timelines.
- Collaborate with engineering, identity, privacy, compliance, and other cross-functional teams to integrate cloud security controls and practices into development and operational workflows.
What you must have to be considered
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Six or more years of cybersecurity experience, including at least four years focused on cloud security.
- Two or more years of experience leading teams or serving as a technical lead in cloud security or cybersecurity.
- Demonstrated experience working across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
- Experience remediating enterprise-scale cloud security control deficiencies.
- Strong knowledge of cloud networking security, including private endpoints, hub-and-spoke architectures, and hybrid connectivity.
- Knowledge of cloud identity, least-privilege access models, and privileged access management.
- Experience with cloud security automation, policy-enforcement tools, and cloud security monitoring solutions.
- Proficiency in Python, PowerShell, Bash, or a comparable scripting language.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting technical metrics and program progress to leadership.
- A strong sense of ownership, a desire to create meaningful outcomes, and a commitment to work that benefits customers, communities, or global challenges.
- Embodiment of Cognizant’s values: Work as One, Dare to Innovate, Raise the Bar, Do the Right Thing, and Own It.
These will help you succeed
- Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CCSK, CISM, CRISC, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, or Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer.
- Master’s degree in information security or a related discipline.
- Experience with container and Kubernetes security.
- Experience automating cloud-account provisioning and landing-zone implementation at scale.
- Experience supporting cloud security remediation programs within large, global organizations.
- Strong understanding of cloud attack paths and identity-focused threats.
Work model
Salary and Other Compensation:
Applications will be accepted until November 6, 2026.
The annual salary for this position is between $135,000 - $145,000, depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
Acerca de Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq: CTSH) es un creador de soluciones de IA y proveedor de servicios tecnológicos que conecta la inversión en IA con el valor empresarial mediante el desarrollo de soluciones de IA full‑stack para sus clientes. Su profundo conocimiento de la industria, junto con su experiencia en procesos e ingeniería, permite incorporar el contexto único de cada organización en sistemas tecnológicos que amplifican el potencial humano, generan resultados tangibles y mantienen a las empresas a la vanguardia en un entorno en constante cambio. Más información en cognizant.ai o @cognizant.
Información adicional sobre el empleo
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