Cloud/AI Security Architect

About the Role:

TD SYNNEX is seeking a cloud security architect responsible for architecting, implementing and advising a secure cloud and AI infrastructures supporting business needs. The position will architect secure infrastructure and applications that align with business and cybersecurity strategy to support a fast-paced environment. Cloud security architects possess advanced administration and troubleshooting skills, along with knowledge to support architecture, engineering and design principles. Architects shall be proficient with disparate AI, applications and data systems to maintain a high level of security rigor.

This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure the security of cloud environments, AI applications and infrastructure, addressing potential threats, and maintaining compliance with regulatory standards. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AI technologies and cloud computing architecture, security principles and cybersecurity best practices. The ability to automate, provision and manage cloud resources across multiple environments with infrastructure as code (IaC) principles is required. The architect will report to cloud security leadership and have strong working relationships with IT and application development leadership.

What You'll Do:

• Architect, design and implement scalable, resilient solutions in public, private and hybrid clouds.

• Support cloud security architecture for SaaS, PaaS and IaaS.

• Collaborate with DevOps teams to embed security principles, standards and architecture blueprints into CI/CD pipelines

• Recommend and advise on strategies and best practices for cybersecurity and a flexible architecture.

• Draft cybersecurity strategies that align with business objectives and meet compliance and regulations.

• Design security for monitoring, logging, IAM, encryption, data protection, detection and preventive controls.

• Oversee enforcement of vulnerability management mitigation in technical teams’ operational responsibilities.

• Liaison with Cyber Defense team to investigate security incidents and breaches.

• Orchestrate scalable, resilient and efficient containerized microservices.

• Design integration and automation of secure configurations for development pipelines.

• Assist with strategy, implementation and recovery point/time objective for business continuity and disaster recovery.

• Recommend and implement cloud security tools and controls.

• Use cloud security tools for asset discovery, cloud workload protection platform (CWPP), control plane configuration and cloud security posture management (CSPM).

• Develop and implement secure AI architectures across various platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Integrate security measures into AI models and data pipelines.

• Stay up to date with cybersecurity threats, risks and vulnerabilities with potential impact to services.

• Form relationships with colleagues in operations, threat intel, software development and risk management.

• Collaborate with IT and cybersecurity leadership to develop practices to reduce attack surface, as well as countermeasures to impede internal threats and external attackers.

• Develop, maintain and enforce cloud security policies and procedures, as well as best practices for following standards such as FedRAMP, Cloud Security Alliance, SOC 1/2/3, CIS and NIST SP 800 series.

What We're Looking For:

• 10-plus years with a combination of technical and team leadership within cybersecurity, cloud security and AI.

• Expertise in machine learning and adversarial AI

• Proven experience with AI model training, inferencing, and implementing security controls

• Experience with AI guardrails, prompt engineering, and RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

• Proficient in scripting (Python, JavaScript, Bash).

• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and automation tools (Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes)

• Proven use with zero trust network access, encryption, web application firewalls, data protection, vulnerability management, API security, IaC.

• Strong understanding of compliance standards and regulatory frameworks incl. but not limited to: NIST 800-144, CIS, CSA-CCM, ISO (27040, 27017, 27001).

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Working conditions

• Willing to work nonstandard business hours for projects, business impact issues and incident response.

• Some travel required.

• Flexible remote work.

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Key Skills

"arquitectura de seguridad en la nube", Algoritmos de inteligencia artificial, Arquitectura de IA, Computación de la nube, Conceptos de IA, IA generativa, Infraestructura como servicio (IaaS), Inteligencia artificial (IA), Plataforma como servicio (PaaS), Plataforma en la nube, Seguridad de la nube, Seguridad de la plataforma como servicio (PaaS), Software como un servicio (SaaS)

What’s In It For You?

• Elective Benefits: Our programs are tailored to your country to best accommodate your lifestyle.
• Grow Your Career: Accelerate your path to success (and keep up with the future) with formal programs on leadership and professional development, and many more on-demand courses.
• Elevate Your Personal Well-Being: Boost your financial, physical, and mental well-being through seminars, events, and our global Life Empowerment Assistance Program.
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: It’s not just a phrase to us; valuing every voice is how we succeed. Join us in celebrating our global diversity through inclusive education, meaningful peer-to-peer conversations, and equitable growth and development opportunities.
• Make the Most of our Global Organization: Network with other new co-workers within your first 30 days through our onboarding program.
• Connect with Your Community: Participate in internal, peer-led inclusive communities and activities, including business resource groups, local volunteering events, and more environmental and social initiatives.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Apply anyway.

At TD SYNNEX, we’re proud to be recognized as a great place to work and a leader in the promotion and practice of diversity, equity and inclusion. If you’re excited about working for our company and believe you’re a good fit for this role, we encourage you to apply. You may be exactly the person we’re looking for!

We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to building a team that represents and empowers a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, genetics, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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