Cloud and Application Security Architect, Director

Citi • Tampa, FL

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Cloud and Application Security Architect is a senior individual contributor position responsible for defining the strategy and secure architectures in support of Citi’s Cloud program, spanning AWS, GCP, Azure and hybrid implementations (On-Premise). This role involves developing security policies, guiding secure architecture across the various cloud platforms, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. This role will also span influence on secure application development strategy for both cloud native and on-premise applications. The architect will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor security professionals, and drive automation in security testing. Strong leadership, strategic planning, and a deep understanding of emerging threats and risk management are essential.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with 5+ years in cloud and enterprise security architecture.
• Demonstrated success leading security architecture for financial services, banks, or regulated industries.
• Technical expertise in securing GCP, AWS, Kubernetes (GKE/EKS), Azure, cloud networking, and Application Security.
• Strong command of cloud-native technologies and DevSecOps practices.
• Experience with regulatory audits and control frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53, ISO 27001, PCI DSS, FFIEC CAT).
• Proven leadership in cross-functional teams, architecture review boards, and strategic planning sessions.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and executive audiences.
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Management and prioritization skills
• Ability to develop working relationships
• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities, work under pressure to meet tight deadlines
• Self-starter with ability to take the initiative and master new tasks quickly
• Methodical, attention to detail
• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree

Nice To Haves

• Preferred certifications: Google Cloud Security Engineer, AWS Security Specialty, CISSP, CCSP, CKA/CKS, GCSA.

Responsibilities

• Partner, coach and functionally lead IT, engineering, development and business teams through collaborative design discussions.
• Educate internal and external clients on security risk and best practices.
• Define and lead the security strategy across public cloud (GCP/AWS), private cloud, and on-prem environments with a focus on Zero Trust architecture and regulatory alignment.
• Develop and maintain cloud security reference architectures, playbooks, and control frameworks, tailored to the bank’s technology stack and third-party oversight obligations.
• Architect secure, scalable platforms for containerized banking workloads (e.g., GKE, EKS), VPC and network segmentation, secrets management, and secure compute/storage services.
• Partner with cloud engineering, platform ops, application delivery organization, and enterprise architecture to embed infrastructure security throughout service lifecycles — from ideation through production.
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code deployments (Terraform, Helm, CloudFormation), driving secure-by-design principles.
• Ensure compliance with banking regulations including GLBA, SOX, FFIEC, PCI-DSS, NYDFS, and OCC cybersecurity guidelines, integrating security architecture into audit and regulatory programs.

Benefits

• medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees