Senior AWS Security Architect

CGI•Lafayette, LA

22h•Onsite

About The Position

CGI is seeking a Senior AWS Security Architect to lead information security strategy across our cloud environments. This role owns the security posture of AWS based systems, ensuring alignment with enterprise security policies, industry frameworks (NIST, OWASP), and regulatory standards. This position is required in one of the following locations: Lafayette, LA, Knoxville, TN, Birmingham, AL. Your future duties and responsibilities: You'll work across multiple concurrent projects, partnering closely with product owners, enterprise architects, and engineering teams to build secure, compliant, and resilient cloud infrastructure. This is a hands on leadership role for someone who thrives on solving complex security challenges in fast moving, high scale AWS environments — and who can operate independently as a security subject matter expert while influencing stakeholders at all levels.

Requirements

8+ years hands-on background with AWS services (compute, IAM, RDS, networking, messaging, data storage, CI/CD, ECS/EKS, and serverless).
Solid grounding in AWS security best practices and the AWS Well Architected Framework.
Real experience with application security, API security, and threat modeling.
Working knowledge of DevSecOps and pipeline security, including securing CI/CD workflows.
Comfort with identity and access management (AuthN/AuthZ), encryption, and key management practices.
Familiarity with SIEM, CSPM, and CWPP tooling, plus container security fundamentals.
Practical understanding of industry frameworks and standards (OWASP, NIST, CIS, FedRAMP, ISO, and SOX).
Systems level thinking: API driven systems, stateless architectures, high availability, resiliency, and SaaS integrations.
A track record of threat modeling using established industry methodologies, including evaluating security controls for AI driven platforms.
Self-starter mentality — comfortable juggling multiple projects and stakeholders without heavy oversight.

Nice To Haves

Experience with AI/ML or ETL pipelines.
AWS Professional or Specialty certification, CISSP, CCSP, or equivalent credential.

Responsibilities

Lead information security strategy across cloud environments.
Own the security posture of AWS based systems.
Ensure alignment with enterprise security policies, industry frameworks (NIST, OWASP), and regulatory standards.
Work across multiple concurrent projects, partnering closely with product owners, enterprise architects, and engineering teams to build secure, compliant, and resilient cloud infrastructure.
Operate independently as a security subject matter expert.
Influence stakeholders at all levels.