Senior AWS Cloud Security Consultant

High Bridge Consulting • Brooklyn, NY

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About The Position

Our client is seeking a Senior AWS Cloud Security Consultant to design and enforce enterprise cloud security controls within a highly regulated environment. This role will focus on AWS security architecture, governance, policy-as-code, data perimeter controls, and preventing data exfiltration. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience with AWS IAM, AWS Organizations, SCPs/RCPs, Open Policy Agent (OPA), and Rego. You will evaluate AWS services before production adoption, perform API-level threat modeling, identify security risks, and develop preventive guardrails and least-privilege access controls. Experience working in financial services, banking, capital markets, or another highly regulated environment is strongly preferred.

Requirements

• 8+ years of Cloud Engineering, Cloud Security, or Infrastructure Security experience
• Deep AWS Security Architecture and Governance experience
• AWS IAM, AWS Organizations, SCPs, RCPs
• Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Rego policy development
• Policy-as-Code, policy testing, and validation
• API-level threat modeling
• Data Perimeter Architecture and Data Exfiltration Prevention
• Least Privilege and Enterprise Security Guardrails
• Terraform / Infrastructure-as-Code
• CI/CD and GitHub Actions
• CloudWatch, CloudTrail, VPC Flow Logs
• Amazon EKS security and governance

Nice To Haves

• Kivera.io, Cloudflare One, Regal, Checkov, Conftest, Policy Sentry, Cloudsplaining, OIDC federation, and experience with regulated industries.

Responsibilities

• Design and enforce enterprise cloud security controls within a highly regulated environment.
• Focus on AWS security architecture, governance, policy-as-code, data perimeter controls, and preventing data exfiltration.
• Evaluate AWS services before production adoption.
• Perform API-level threat modeling.
• Identify security risks.
• Develop preventive guardrails and least-privilege access controls.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed