Sovereign Cloud Flex Architect

Wiz • New York City, NY

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About The Position

This role is for a Sovereign Cloud Architect on the PubSec Architecture team to help with Wiz expansion into emerging international markets. We are looking for someone with architecture / engineering experience, working in regulated environments that have data sovereignty and data residency requirements.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience architecting in Cloud with regulations around data sovereignty and data residency (FedRAMP), in a role such as a Security or Cloud Architect.
• Expertise architecting solutions using cloud native services, while following cloud security best practices.
• Experience working with technologies like Microservices, Containers, Kubernetes, IaC, Configuration Management, APIs, CI/CD.
• A strong sense of taking ownership for projects and leading them from start to finish.
• Excellent skills around handling administrative activities, time management and prioritization of tasks.
• Ability to translate compliance requirements to technical outcomes.
• Ability to think outside the box when working with compliance frameworks by implementing technical solutions that meet the spirit of controls, vs. the written guidance.
• Candidates must meet EAR part 772 and ITAR 120.15 definition of a U.S. person (Any individual who is granted U.S. citizenship; or any individual who is granted U.S. permanent residence (green card holder); or any individual who is granted status as a "protected person") and that t hey re side in the contiguous United States.

Nice To Haves

• Preferred experience in AWS (GCP and Azure a plus).
• Knowledge of and ability to evaluate controls and requirements against frameworks like NIST 800-53, a plus if you’re familiar with EU privacy regulations.
• A thirst to use Wiz and learn everything the product can do.

Responsibilities

• Help design Wiz deployments based specific Sovereign Cloud requirements depending on the market we are in.
• Work with our GRC/Compliance team members to translate security controls or requirements, based on a provided framework into applicable technical solutions.
• Work cross functional with Engineering and DevOps teams to consult and guide on implementation of framework requirements.
• Ownership and crafting of detailed diagrams using tools like LucidChart, Visio, etc.
• Perform architecture reviews and provide architecture requirements to help bring new features to Wiz regulated environments.
• Help test and validate new features to see their value for customer’s as well as help Wiz meet its own security and compliance goals.
• Automation of internal processes that lend themselves to meeting security controls or requirements based on a provided framework.
• Stay up to date with the latest guidelines (FedRAMP, DISA, NIST, EU) to ensure that systems and processes adhere to these standards, addressing any compliance issues promptly.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed