Cyber Security - Cloud (Valencia, Spain or REMOTE)

Client: United Nations

Location: Valencia, Spain or Remote

Estimated Start Date: ASAP

Position: Consultant via IdealStaffs

End of Application: 1st of April 2021

To apply for this position, please send your resume at office@idealstaffs.com referencing the job title.

Background information:

Due to high demand of security consultancy service for cloud based security assessments and controls, our client is looking to increase its capacity. The cloud security consultant will be part of the Cybersecurity Architecture and Project teams, with about eight team members across various offices.

Required Profile:

The candidate should have minimum 3 years of experience with security assessment and architecture review of cloud based systems and services in AWS and/or Azure cloud hosting.

Additionally experience of handling projects independently without much supervision.

Scope of Work / Duties of Consultant:

• Provide security architecture consulting and advisory support

• Design, implement and manage secured cloud based solutions for our customer and its partners

• Provide architecture and security assessment for cloud based infrastructure and solutions

• Assess requirements and identify technical alignment between needs and analytical solution

• Work with other functional teams to implement scalable and maintainable cloud-based solutions

• End to end architecture, design and engineering plan based on the requirements

• Ability to learn new concepts and technologies quickly

• Ability to work well in a collaborative team environment

• Ability to work independently

• Provide other ad hoc support as required

Required Technical Skills:

• Minimum 3 years of engineering experience with cloud based services

• Strong understanding of cloud federation and modern application integrations

• Experience architecting Cloud solutions which span storage, security, networking and compute capabilities

• Knowledge and experience with attack simulation, vulnerability management and application testing

• Strong background in Networking, Identity and Access Management

• Strong knowledge of various security operational services and tools like firewalls, IPS, WAF, SIEM, Content filtering, application whitelisting

• Good understanding of atleast one of the following enterprise Identity and access management solutions, Azure Active Directory, AWS identity management solution

• Good understanding of various cybersecurity processes like vulnerability management, patch management, incident and problem management, etc.

• Scripting experience using various tool sets

• Good understanding of latest technologies atleast two from the list: cognitive services, hybrid cloud solutions, blockchain solutions, microservices, data lakes, etc.

• A strong troubleshooting methodology and the ability to work under fast paced timelines with creative solutions paramount.

• Demonstrated background in deploying highly secure solutions

• Experience with risk assessment methods and security assessment processes

Desirable skills and experience:

• Knowledge of CI/CD Pipelines

• Infrastructure provisioning via Terraform desirable

• O365 security controls

Required Soft Skills:

• Customer facing experience and oral communication skills

• Ability to write documentation & reports

• Creativity/ ability to find innovative solutions

• Willingness to learn on the job

• Conflict management & cooperation

Desirable certifications:

Preference for one or more of the following certifications:

• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect

• CCNA Cloud

• CCSP

• AWS Solutions Architect