Quick overview
SeniorityMid Senior
Work modeHybrid
LocationUnited States
AWSEncryptionPCI DSSBashCDKCloudFormationHIPAAJavaPythonTerraformIAM
Job description
Job Title: AWS Security Delivery Consultant — Migration & Modernization
Location: Richmond / McLean, VA
Role purpose
- Embed in an AWS migration or modernization team and own the practical implementation and validation of security controls for in-scope applications.
- This is a delivery role: the successful candidate must turn security findings into working controls, documented decisions and an operational handoff.
- What the person will deliver
- Document the current security posture, sensitive-data flows and material gaps for each assigned application before migration or modernization.
- Complete streamlined security reviews and maintain STRIDE-based threat models as designs change.
- Define security controls in the application Deployment Design Document and implement preventive and detective controls through CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform.
- Validate least-privilege IAM, Amazon Connect security profiles where applicable, network isolation, encryption, PII handling, logging and alerting.
- Track findings to closure, validate remediation evidence and coordinate unresolved risks through customer and AWS risk-management processes.
- Produce a clear security and compliance handoff covering implemented controls, exceptions, owners, monitoring and remaining actions.
What the ideal candidate must have to succeed
- Hands-on AWS and application-security delivery experience
- Working knowledge of IAM, KMS, network controls, logging and AWS security services
- IaC delivery using CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform
- Experience with AWS Organizations, SCPs or Control Tower in multi-account environments
- Ability to map technical controls to PCI DSS, ISO 27001, HIPAA or NIST requirements
- Clear written communication with technical leads, delivery teams and risk stakeholders
- Certification requirement: Must hold the AWS Certified Security - Specialty certification or be ready to obtain it within four weeks of hire.
Preferred:
- AWS Solutions Architect – Professional certification
- Container or serverless security experience
- Scripting in Python, Java or Bash
- Automated remediation using EventBridge, Lambda or Security Hub.
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