Cloud Analyst

As a Cloud Security Subject Matter Expert (SME) with 4 to 6 years of relevant experience, your role will involve designing, implementing, and maintaining robust cloud security architecture and controls for cloud environments (public/multi-cloud) in line with best practices. You will also configure, manage, and optimize CNAPP for cloud security posture management (CSPM), vulnerability management, misconfiguration detection, secrets management, identity & access management, and runtime risk detection. Your collaboration with DevOps, Cloud Engineering, and Product teams will be crucial to embedding security practices into CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, deployments, and operations. Additionally, you will implement and enforce security policies, governance, and compliance frameworks. Your responsibilities will also include performing security audits, risk assessments, and threat modeling, as well as monitoring security incidents, responding effectively to alerts/vulnerabilities, and establishing incident response/remediation workflows. It will be important for you to maintain up-to-date knowledge of emerging cloud security threats, tools, and regulatory requirements to recommend improvements to the security posture of the organization. Desired Skills & Qualifications: - Prior experience working with CNAPPs (Wiz, Prisma Cloud, Orca, etc.) in real-world environments - Strong knowledge of cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.), infrastructure as code (Terraform, ARM templates, etc.), containerization/Kubernetes - Solid understanding of identity & access management, secrets management, least privilege models - Hands-on experience in threat detection, vulnerability/managing misconfigurations, attack path analysis - Good communication skills to translate technical risk into business impacts - Relevant certifications preferred (e.g. CISSP, CCSP, AWS Certified Security, etc.) (Note: No additional details of the company were mentioned in the provided job description),