Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees.

Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals.  All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.

Job Title: Senior Cloud Security Engineer

Location: USA, Remote

Company: Group 1001
Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001’s culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets – our employees.
Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals.  All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.
Job Summary:

The  Lead Security Engineer, Cloud Security at Group 1001 will play a critical role in safeguarding our organization: leading our core Security Engineering and Cloud Security functions to ensure stable, effective controls are built into both legacy and new technology. They will own and manage security controls across infrastructure, user technology, and our business-specific applications during a rapid period of evolution and movement to the cloud. They must consistently uphold a standard of accountability for their team, ensuring the steady delivery of mission-critical results.  This is an opportunity to take on a key leadership position by providing strong technical leadership, guidance, and support to a team of high performing individuals; as well as being a driven contributor to a complex cloud migration and build-out.
Main Accountabilities:
Cloud Security Strategy:
•    Develop and implement a comprehensive cloud security strategy aligned with business goals and objectives. 
•    Evaluate, select, and maintain cloud security tools, policies, and best practices for public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).
•    Enforce security policies and procedures for cloud-based solutions and architecture ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
Security Infrastructure and Design:
•    Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to ensure alignment with overall technology and business needs across multiple different cloud environments.
•    Drive a high performing Security Engineering team to address internal, external, and emerging security risks throughout the organization.
•    Develop and execute a strategic security engineering strategy aligned with security goals and risk management.
•    Evaluate and select security vendors and solutions that support a complex environment of infrastructure; maintain strong working relationships across the vast security vendor landscape.
Leadership and Management:
•    Collaborate with senior leadership across the organization to prioritize security initiatives and manage resource allocation effectively.
•    Lead and manage a team of highly driven security engineers, architects, and analysts.
•    Set clear objectives, provide technical guidance, and facilitate professional growth.
•    Assume accountability for strategic initiatives, propose innovative solutions, and actively steer them to successful completion.
•    Identify areas for improvement in security processes, policies, and technologies and drive initiatives to enhance security effectiveness.
Qualifications:
•    Bachelor’s in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field is expected.
•    8+ year’s progressive experience in Information Security