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Senior Cloud Security Architect

System OneKnoxville, Tennessee🇺🇸United StatesPosted Oct 23, 2026

Why this role stands out

Elevate your career as a Senior Cloud Security Architect at System One, where you will lead high-impact security initiatives for cutting-edge AI and cloud environments while enjoying the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule. This role is perfect for a proactive security expert who thrives on solving complex architectural challenges and wants to advance their skills within a collaborative, forward-thinking team. Apply today to secure your place at the forefront of cloud innovation and make a lasting impact on enterprise-wide security.

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeFull Time
Work modeHybrid
LocationKnoxville, Tennessee, United States
AWSEncryptionOWASPMachine LearningCI/CDIAM

Job description

Job Description Job Description

Job Title: Senior Cloud Security ArchitectLocation: Birmingham, AL, Columbia, SC, Knoxville, TN or Lafayette, LAType: Fulltime

Responsibilities

  • The architect will work with product owners, enterprise architecture, engineering, and security teams to protect sensitive data, strengthen identity and access controls, secure cloud environments, and support compliance with enterprise policies and industry standards.
  • The role requires strong AWS expertise and the ability to lead multiple security initiatives across IaaS, SaaS, and internally developed applications.

Requirements

  • Extensive experience with security architecture and threat modeling for complex enterprise applications
  • Strong knowledge of STRIDE, attack trees, abuse cases, data flow analysis, and trust boundary analysis
  • Hands on experience evaluating security risks in AI, machine learning, and agentic AI applications
  • Advanced AWS knowledge across IAM, networking, compute, storage, RDS, messaging, serverless, ECS/EKS, CI/CD, and AI/ML services
  • Strong understanding of application security, API security, IAM, authentication, authorization, encryption, key management, and data protection
  • Experience translating identified threats into practical security controls and remediation recommendations
  • Knowledge of DevSecOps, pipeline security, container security, infrastructure security, SIEM, CSPM, and CWPP solutions
  • Familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as NIST, OWASP, CIS, FedRAMP, ISO, and SOX
  • Experience with resilient, highly available, API driven, stateless, and integrated cloud or SaaS environments
  • Ability to lead multiple initiatives and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders
  • This position is required in one of the following locations: Birmingham, AL, Columbia, SC, Knoxville, TN or Lafayette, LA
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field
  • Preferred certifications include CISSP, CCSP, AWS Professional or Specialty certifications, or equivalent credentials

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