Cloud Security Architect

Location: India

Huron is redefining what a global consulting organization can be. Advancing new ideas every day to build even stronger clients, individuals and communities. We’re helping our clients find new ways to drive growth, enhance business performance and sustain leadership in the markets they serve. And, we’re developing strategies and implementing solutions that enable the transformative change they need to own their future.

As a member of the Huron corporate team, you’ll help to evolve our business model to stay ahead of market forces, industry trends and client needs. Our accounting, finance, human resources, IT, legal, marketing and facilities management professionals work collaboratively to support Huron’s collective strategies and enable real transformation to produce sustainable business results.

Join our team and create your future.

As a senior member of our corporate security team, you will play a key role in designing and validating secure architectures across both cloud and hybrid environments. You’ll lead security architecture assessments, identify and mitigate potential threats, and help shape our overall security posture. This role involves close collaboration with stakeholders across the business and corporate IT and is primarily an internally facing position.

**Duties & Responsibilities**

• Lead security architecture assessments for new and existing applications, systems and integrations.
• Partner with product engineering, DevOps, and compliance teams to develop secure architecture patterns that consider factors like data protection, access control, and segmentation.
• Assess and validate security requirements based on the capabilities and risks of new and emerging information technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI).
• Participate in threat modeling exercises to proactively identify security risks and guide secure design decisions.
• Function as a subject matter expert across multiple security domains like cloud security posture management, identity and access management, and server/endpoint protection. Provide input into strategic security initiatives and roadmaps.
• Stay up to date with emerging threats and trends. Assist with monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of information security safeguards and remediating discovered gaps.
• Author code/scripts to audit, monitor, and/or remediate undesirable configurations within the environment.
• Perform security code reviews and be able to identify implementation details that may lead to security vulnerabilities.
• Occasionally participate in the security incident response process, providing expertise in root cause analysis and remediation.

**Qualifications**

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 13+ years of hands-on security experience, with at least 3 years in a dedicated security architecture role.
• Experience securing micro-service and serverless architectures, with an emphasis on AWS services like ECS/ECR, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, Secrets Manager, S3, and IAM.
• Strong working knowledge of regulatory and compliance frameworks like ISO27001, NIST, HITRUST, and SOC.
• Certifications in AWS (Solutions Architect, Security Specialty), Azure (AZ-104, AZ-305, AZ-500) or equivalents from another public cloud provider.
• Proficient in authentication protocols like LDAP, SAML, and OAuth.
• Comfortable with at least one coding language like Python, PowerShell, Java/JavaSript, or Node.
• Prior experience in networking and firewalling is a plus.

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Senior Manager

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India

At Huron, we’re redefining what a consulting organization can be. We go beyond advice to deliver results that last. We inherit our client’s challenges as if they were our own. We help them transform for the future. We advocate. We make a difference. And we intelligently, passionately, relentlessly do great work…together.

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Whether you have years of experience or come right out of college, we invite you to explore our many opportunities. Find out how you can use your talents and develop your skills to make an impact immediately. Learn about how our culture and values provide you with the kind of environment that invites new ideas and innovation. Come see how we collaborate with each other in a culture of learning, coaching, diversity and inclusion. And hear about our unwavering commitment to make a difference in partnership with our clients, shareholders, communities and colleagues.

Huron Consulting Group offers a competitive compensation and benefits package including medical, dental, and vision coverage to employees and dependents; a 401(k) plan with a generous employer match; an employee stock purchase plan; a generous Paid Time Off policy; and paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Our Wellness Program supports employee total well-being by providing free annual health screenings and coaching, bank at work, and on-site workshops, as well as ongoing programs recognizing major events in the lives of our employees throughout the year. All benefits and programs are subject to applicable eligibility requirements.

Huron is fully committed to providing equal employment opportunity to job applicants and employees in recruitment, hiring, employment, compensation, benefits, promotions, transfers, training, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Huron will not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, religion, veteran status, physical or mental disability, genetic information, creed, citizenship or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. We endeavor to maintain a drug-free workplace.