Security Analyst III

Placement Type:

Temporary

Salary:

$80-86 Hourly

$80-$86 hr W2 + benefits + matching 401K

Start Date:

Aug 10, 2026

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!

In this pivotal role, you will serve as the strategic bridge between legacy infrastructure and next-generation public cloud architecture. You will be the go-to authority on network security during a major migration effort, ensuring that every workload and application transitioned is inherently secure, resilient, and compliant. This isn't just about maintaining security; it's about innovating it alongside a dynamic, forward-thinking team.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

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