Security Analyst III

Our leading financial client is seeking a visionary cloud security professional to champion a high-visibility, critical initiative. If you are passionate about defining the future of cloud defense and want your expertise to have a direct, lasting impact on a massive enterprise-wide transformation, this is your next career defining move! Responsibilities Partner & Analyze: Engage deeply with application owners and infrastructure squads to dissect, map, and document application dependencies, traffic flows, and explicit connectivity needs. Engineer Policy: Convert complex application requirements into precision-engineered network security blueprints, robust firewall matrices, and zero-trust policies. Architect Cloud Security: Design and validate secure-by-default cloud networks, leveraging a smart mix of native cloud guardrails (Security Groups, NACLs) and enterprise-grade perimeter firewalls. Accelerate Operations: Collaborate closely with Security Operations and perimeter defense teams to automate, optimize, and accelerate the firewall rule lifecycle from discovery to deployment. Define Standards: Author and advocate for comprehensive cloud network security standards, clearly defining the boundaries and integration points between corporate firewall eco-systems and native cloud security. Drive Discovery: Lead the security discovery phases for upcoming migration waves, proactively identifying and mitigating architectural dependencies. Optimize & Troubleshoot: Act as the Tier‑3 escalation point to diagnose, resolve, and fine‑tune complex cloud network security configurations. Qualifications Cloud Security Expertise: 5+ years of dedicated experience in network security engineering or architecture, with a heavy emphasis on architecting public cloud security boundaries. Control Mastery: Deep technical knowledge of enterprise-tier firewall suites, next‑gen perimeter defenses, and the practical application of defense‑in‑depth frameworks. Translational Skill: A proven track record of taking messy, real-world application connectivity requirements and translating them into elegant, secure firewall rule sets. Cloud Networking DNA: Absolute comfort with cloud-native routing, VPC/VNet architecture, subnets, and modern transit gateways. Agile Mindset: Experience embedding security seamlessly into fast-paced Agile, DevOps, or DevSecOps delivery models. Communication Impact: Exceptional communication and documentation skills, with the ability to articulate technical risk and security logic to both engineers and leadership. Autonomy: A self-starting, results-driven mentality capable of navigating ambiguity in a rapidly evolving enterprise environment. Foundational Strengths: A strong background spanning infrastructure architecture, core network engineering, and information security risk domains. Preferred Qualifications Active public cloud certifications (e.g., Cloud Security Specialty or Advanced Solutions Architect). Hands-on experience with security policy orchestration and firewall automation tools (e.g., AlgoSec, Tufin, FireMon). Prior experience navigating network security compliance within highly regulated industries (e.g., Finance, Healthcare, Gov). The target hiring compensation range for this role is $80 to $86 hr. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location. #J-18808-Ljbffr