What are the responsibilities and job description for the Cloud Security Architect position at Alcon?
At Alcon, we are driven by the meaningful work we do to help people see brilliantly. We innovate boldly, champion progress, and act with speed as the global leader in eye care. Here, you’ll be recognized for your commitment and contributions and see your career like never before. Together, we go above and beyond to make an impact in the lives of our patients and customers.
We foster an inclusive culture and are looking for diverse, talented people to join Alcon. As a Cloud Security Architect, you will be trusted to work on the design, implementation, governance, and maintenance of secure cloud-based infrastructures for our organization. Your expertise in cloud security best practices, knowledge of industry standards, and hands-on experience with various cloud platforms is essential in safeguarding our sensitive data, applications, and systems from potential threats and vulnerabilities at Fort Worth, TX. In this role a typical day will include:
- Develop and maintain a comprehensive cloud security strategy aligned with the organization's overall security objectives. Assess existing security measures and propose improvements to strengthen the security posture of the cloud environment.
- Collaborate with solution architects to design secure and scalable cloud infrastructures that meet the organization's needs. Ensure that security requirements are integrated into the cloud architecture from the outset.
- Collaborates with relevant stakeholders to ensure aligned implementations of corrective actions and broader security solutions are strategically and technologically aligned across multiple domains.
- Analyze the existing security controls to identify opportunities for improvements.
- Advise on secure architecture/design, attack surface area reduction, least privileged design, threat mitigations, security standard methodologies, and best practices in cloud applications for developers and architects.
- Leads the introduction of new security capabilities into the organization including technology selection, design, and pilot.
- Manages the design, development, and implementation of the security infrastructure required to support the integration of security projects and technology into the existing environment.
- Ensure cloud environments adhere to relevant industry regulations, standards (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA), and internal security policies. Conduct periodic audits and assessments to validate compliance and identify areas for improvement.
- Evaluate the security capabilities of different cloud service providers and recommend the most suitable options based on the organization's requirements and risk appetite.
- Collaborate with the training department to develop cloud security training programs for employees. Raise awareness about cloud security best practices and common threats across the organization.
- Integrate security automation tools and processes to streamline security operations and enhance response times to security incidents.
- Manages and resolves issues and escalates them appropriately.
- Follows all company and departmental policies, procedures, and standards.
Preferred Qualification:
- Ability to work with globally distributed, cross-functional engineering, product, and operations teams
- Proven ability to deal with uncertainty, adjusting course as the circumstances change, without jeopardizing the end goals and the achievement of the strategic objectives.
- Effectively cut through complexity and ambiguity, prioritize effectively, set clear goals and operate in an agile fashion.
- Proven experience in implementing healthcare workloads within highly regulated environments
- Security certifications such as CISSP and AWS Security Specialty
WHAT YOU'LL BRING TO ALCON:
- Bachelor’s Degree or Equivalent years of directly related experience (or high school 15 yrs; Assoc. 11 yrs; M.S. 4 yrs; PhD 3 yrs)
- The ability to fluently read, write, understand and communicate in English
- 7 Years of Relevant Experience
HOW YOU CAN THRIVE AT ALCON:
- Join Alcon’s mission to provide top-tier, innovative products, and solutions to enhance sight & enhance lives.
- Grow your career and see your impact in a highly collaborative and diverse environment.
- Alcon provides robust benefits package including health, life, retirement, flexible time off, and much more!
- Relocation assistance: No
- Sponsorship available: No
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