Security Architect - Nashville, TN

Oracle Cloud Security is seeking highly skilled and passionate Security Architects to join our team and tackle challenging security problems in distributed systems, multi-tenant services, and large-scale infrastructures. If you're a hands-on security professional driven to solve complex problems, this is the opportunity to make a significant impact on the design and development of innovative, secure systems from the ground up. We’re expanding rapidly and embarking on ambitious initiatives, offering engineers at all levels the opportunity to create meaningful technical and business impacts.

About Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

As part of the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) team, you will have the opportunity to design, build, and operate a suite of integrated cloud services at massive scale. OCI is a leader in providing high-performance cloud products that help customers address some of the world's most critical challenges. Our commitment to delivering secure and reliable cloud services is unwavering, and we need experts who are ready to join us on this exciting journey.

We offer a unique environment where hands-on security engineers can make a significant technical impact by developing innovative solutions in a highly available, distributed cloud infrastructure. At every level, our engineers are key contributors in securing our cloud environment, ensuring our customers can confidently run their business-critical applications on OCI.

Career Level - IC5

As a Security Architect at Oracle Cloud Security, you will be responsible for addressing complex security challenges within OCI’s distributed services and virtual infrastructure. You will play a key role in building, securing, and innovating new cloud services, directly impacting the security of OCI’s offerings and the protection of our customers’ data and operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design & Architecture: Lead the design, planning, and implementation of advanced security systems, applications, environments, and architectures. Ensure compliance with industry security standards and corporate policies throughout the security lifecycle.
• Incident Management: Participate in the incident management team, bringing advanced-level expertise to respond to security events. Investigate potential intrusions and breaches, lead root cause analysis, and oversee incident coordination across business units. In severe incidents, you may take on the role of Incident Commander.
• Security Guidance: Provide technical direction to design and develop secure architectures. Conduct risk assessments, threat modeling, and vulnerability analysis of existing and proposed technical architectures, recommending the best security controls to mitigate risks.
• Security Operations: Develop and enhance security playbooks, tools, and scripts to proactively address vulnerabilities. Participate in security event investigations and collaborate with senior management to define long-term security strategies.
• Leadership & Training: Mentor and guide junior security engineers, providing counsel on both operational and strategic tasks. Lead efforts to research, evaluate, and track emerging security threats and vulnerabilities, while equipping team members with the tools and knowledge to stay ahead of potential risks.
• Collaboration: Foster strong collaboration with cross-functional teams, ensuring security is integrated at every level of the cloud infrastructure. Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to ensure security measures are understood and followed.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in security engineering or a related field, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Strong programming skills in Python, R, or Java.
• Specialized expertise in one or more of the following areas:
  • Service Architecture and Design Patterns
  • Defensive Security
  • Offensive Security
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively across teams and communicate security risks and solutions to technical and business stakeholders.
• Advanced experience with developing secure systems and troubleshooting security issues in complex environments.

Must have Qualifications:  

• A Bachelo