Cloud Security Consultant

Role: Cloud Security Consultant
Location: Phoenix , AZ
Job Type : Contract -W2 

Focus: Security assessment of Google Cloud Platform-based conversational AI, telephony, API, and backend integration architecture.

Responsibilities:

Assess the end-to-end architecture from a data security and privacy standpoint. Review data flows across:

Google Cloud Platform service projects
Virtual agents /
conversational AI
Telephony platforms
API proxies
Datastore, BigQuery,
Cloud Storage
On-prem / Amex systems
of record Identify risks related to:
Customer data exposure
PII handling
Authentication and authorization
Encryption in transit and at rest
Secrets and key management
Logging, monitoring, and auditability
Data retention and deletion
Cross-boundary data movement
Review security controls for Google Cloud Platform Shared VPC, interconnects, service accounts, IAM, and network segmentation.
Implement Sentinel policies for enforcing encryption standards.
Implement database activity monitoring and blocking rules in Google Cloud Platform.
Assess AI-specific risks, including prompt/context leakage, model input/output handling, and knowledge store access.
Produce findings report with risk ratings, gaps, and remediation recommendations.

Required Skills

Strong experience in cloud security architecture, preferably Google Cloud Platform.

Hands-on knowledge of Google Cloud Platform IAM, VPC / Shared VPC, Cloud Run / GKE, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, Datastore / Firestore, Cloud KMS / Secret Manager Experience

assessing data protection controls for PII, PCI, or
regulated customer data.
Knowledge of API
security, including OAuth, mTLS, token handling, gateways, and
service-to-service authentication.
Familiarity with network
security, private connectivity, firewalls, segmentation, and hybrid
cloud interconnects.
Understanding of logging,
SIEM integration, audit trails, and security monitoring.
Experience with threat
modeling and architecture risk reviews.