Senior Principal Cloud Security Architect

MiniMed • Duluth, GA

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About The Position

The Senior Principal Cloud Security Architect is the single-threaded owner of cloud security architecture, standards, and control design across cloud environments, with a primary focus on AWS and support for Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This role defines and enforces security guardrails, reference architectures, and control frameworks that ensure cloud platforms are secure-by-default, auditable, and aligned with regulatory and enterprise risk requirements. This is a control-plane role, not an operational security role. The architect owns what secure looks like and ensures those standards are implemented through Platform Engineering and enforced through automation and governance mechanisms. The role partners closely with Cloud Platform Engineering, Cloud Operations, and Cybersecurity to drive consistent, scalable, and enforceable security across all cloud environments.

Requirements

• Requires 10+ years of experience with a bachelor’s degree or 8+ years of experience with an advanced degree or 12+ years of experience with a high school diploma or equivalent.

Nice To Haves

• 10+ years of experience in cloud security, cloud architecture, or cybersecurity engineering roles.
• Deep expertise in AWS security architecture, with working knowledge of Azure and/or GCP security models.
• Strong understanding of identity and access management, network security, encryption, and cloud-native security services.
• Experience designing and implementing security controls in infrastructure-as-code and policy-as-code frameworks.
• Proven ability to define and enforce security standards across large-scale, multi-account or multi-project environments.
• Experience operating in regulated or audit-heavy environments.
• Experience with cloud security posture management (CSPM) platforms and automated control enforcement.
• Familiarity with enterprise identity systems (e.g., federated identity, SSO, IGA platforms).
• Experience supporting multi-cloud or hybrid cloud environments.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks (e.g., HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001) and their application in cloud environments.
• Relevant certifications such as AWS Security Specialty, Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Security Architecture & Standards Define and own cloud security architecture and standards across AWS, with aligned patterns for Azure and GCP.
• Establish secure-by-default reference architectures covering identity, network segmentation, encryption, logging, and workload isolation.
• Develop and maintain security guardrails, patterns, and blueprints that are implemented through platform services.
• Governance, Controls & Enforcement Define security control frameworks and ensure alignment with regulatory, audit, and enterprise risk requirements.
• Partner with Platform Engineering to implement controls as policy-as-code, guardrails, and automated enforcement mechanisms.
• Establish and govern exception processes, including risk acceptance, time-bound approvals, and remediation tracking.
• Identity & Access Architecture Define identity and access management (IAM) standards including role design, least privilege access, federation, and service-to-service authentication.
• Ensure consistent identity patterns across AWS, Azure, and GCP aligned to enterprise identity providers and zero trust principles.
• Partner with Identity and Security teams to integrate cloud platforms into enterprise IAM and IGA systems.
• Network & Data Security Architecture Define network segmentation, traffic inspection, and secure connectivity patterns within and across cloud environments.
• Establish standards for data protection, including encryption, key management, data classification, and data residency controls.
• Ensure consistent implementation of security controls for ingress, egress, and east-west traffic.
• Observability, Detection & Response Enablement Define requirements for logging, monitoring, and detection across cloud platforms, ensuring auditability and security visibility.
• Partner with Security Operations and Cloud Operations to ensure detection capabilities are actionable and aligned with incident response processes.
• Ensure security telemetry is consistently captured and integrated into enterprise monitoring and SIEM platforms.
• Platform & Product Enablement Work with Platform Engineering to translate security standards into reusable platform capabilities and default configurations.
• Ensure security controls are embedded into account provisioning, infrastructure templates, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Enable product teams to inherit security controls through platform consumption rather than custom implementation.
• Risk, Audit & Compliance Support audits, regulatory reviews, and control assessments by providing clear documentation and evidence of control design and enforcement.
• Reduce risk through preventive controls and automated enforcement rather than reactive remediation.
• Partner with Cybersecurity and Risk teams to align cloud security posture with enterprise standard

Benefits

• MiniMed offers a competitive salary and flexible benefits package
• We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every stage of your career and life.
• This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Short Term Incentive (STI).
• Regular employees working 20 or more hours per week are eligible for a robust benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, as well as access to a Health Savings Account, Healthcare Flexible Spending Account, life insurance, long-term disability leave, and a dependent daycare spending account.
• In addition, all regular employees enjoy incentive plans, a 401(k) plan with company match, short-term disability coverage, paid time off and holidays, participation in our Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and access to our Employee Assistance Program.
• Eligible employees may also benefit from our Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement and Capital Accumulation Plan, subject to IRS minimum earnings requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior