Cloud Security Advisor

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

When you join the Federal Reserve—the nation's central bank—you’ll play a key role, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We invest in contemporary and emerging technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we’re building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.

Bring your passion and expertise, and we’ll provide the opportunities that will challenge you and propel your growth—along with a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life. In addition to competitive compensation, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, generous paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more. All brought together in a flexible work environment where you can truly find balance.

About the Opportunity

The Cloud Security product team has an immediate opening for a Cloud Security Advisor (Advisor-IS-Experienced).

Work in a dynamic Cloud Security product team to support and automate Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scanning solutions, Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), Cloud Workload Protection (CWP) and general cloud application security solutions.

This will be an individual contributor role reporting to the Customer Security Chapter Lead for our Cloud Posture team.

What You Will Do:

• Enforce cloud security standards and help DevOps teams apply security best practices in the cloud.

• Conduct vulnerability scans in the cloud and help DevOps teams prioritize and address the findings.

• Design, document, deploy and maintain scalable and resilient cloud security solutions for hybrid cloud environments.

• Improve and reduce manual activities through automation, guidance, and documentation.

• Contribute to the technical direction on cloud security architecture, including policies, standards, strategies, automation, and governance.

• Provide guidance to key stakeholders on CSPM and CWP processes and procedures.

• Mentor and develop staff by providing training on technical topics and insight into areas outside of their expertise.

Principal Responsibilities for an Experienced Advisor

• Provides consulting services to clients to evaluate, recommend, design, and implement information security solutions and process improvements in areas related to information security.

• Identifies client requirements by establishing personal rapport with all clients and internal/external resources to understand business and information security requirements.

• Develops knowledge of supported client areas and builds relationships by assessing, evaluating, and fully understanding the needs and requirements of clients.

• Reviews data and assisting in advising clients on best practices and how to implement the necessary changes to address their business and information security needs.

• Provides strategic support to clients and leaders in moderate situations.

• Leads process improvement and long-term information security solution discussions and presents outcomes in written and verbal format to senior management.

• Key participant in project development surrounding new processes and the integrating of new processes with existing ones. Assists in developing communications of these changes to impacted clients and other resources.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience with 3-5+ years of relevant work experience.

• In depth experience with at least one major Cloud Service Provider (AWS, Azure, etc.).

• In-depth knowledge of cloud native tools and services.

• In-depth working knowledge of at least one major CWP and CSPM solutions.

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, such as CloudFormation or terraform.

• Experience with scripting languages - java, python, go.

• Experience with Linux bash scripting a plus.

Discover the Reason Why So Many People Love It Here!

When you join the Richmond Fed, not only will you find a challenging and purposeful career, you’ll also have access to a wide range of benefits and perks that support your health and wealth, including:

• Great medical benefits

• Pension and 401(k) with employer match

• Paid time off

• Tuition reimbursement

• Employee resource networks

• Paid volunteer leave

• Flexible work options

• Onsite amenities that make working here fun!

Other Requirements and Considerations:

• Knowledge: Progressive knowledge pertaining to concepts and principles in functional area. General knowledge of department/business lines, Reserve Banks, and / or System operations, policies, procedures, and technologies.

• Communications: Strong interpersonal, negotiation, creativity, attention to detail, and oral and written communications skills tailored for the intended audience.

• Risk Management: [The individual] is responsible for understanding and applying risk management discipline in decision making and contributing to his or her function’s risk management.

• Decision Making: Works under direction with infrequent checks; follows established methods and clear-cut policy. Makes decisions when general instructions or established methods indicate action to be taken.

• Working Conditions: Will require the use of standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, etc.

• Physical Demands: Requires some degree of sitting (for prolonged periods of time), standing, lifting carrying, pushing, pulling less than 20 lbs.

• Hours of Work: May require extended work hours. Occasional travel including overnight stays may be necessary.

• Candidates should review the Bank’s Employee Code of Conduct to ensure compliance with conflict of interest rules and personal investment restrictions.

• If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please notify rich.recruitment@rich.frb.org.

• Employees who work at and/or visit another Federal Reserve entity or outside business as part of their job duties are required to comply with any onsite safety and health protocols of those organizations (including, but not limited to, requirements to vaccinate or test, mask, social distance, etc.).

• Sponsorship is not available for this role. The selected candidate will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Eligibility for this specific position requires U.S. Citizenship.

• The national hiring range for the role is $115,600-$158,950 annually. For candidates in certain markets (Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; New York City Metro Area, Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA), the listed hiring and salary ranges may be adjusted based on your geographic location. 

• Salary offered will be based on the job responsibilities and the individual’s knowledge, skills, and experience as defined in the job qualifications.

• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Interested candidates are strongly encouraged to apply by May 23, 2024.

Full Time / Part Time

Full time

Regular / Temporary

Regular

Job Exempt (Yes / No)

Yes

Job Category

Information Technology

Work Shift

First (United States of America)

The Federal Reserve Banks believe that diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. The Federal Reserve Banks are committed to equal employment opportunity for employees and job applicants in compliance with applicable law and to an environment where employees are valued for their differences.

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