Senior Cloud Cybersecurity Architect

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Illinois.

📋 Description

• Define, enhance, and advocate for cloud security architectures, reference designs, and guardrails across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

• Establish and uphold security standards and architectural patterns for cloud-native services, containerized workloads, serverless architectures, and identity-driven access models.

• Integrate security into Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD pipelines, and platform capabilities.

• Collaborate with cloud platform, application, and development teams to provide architectural guidance, threat modeling, and design reviews aligned with Zero Trust principles.

• Design and oversee the implementation of identity and access architectures, including IAM, least-privilege access, and continuous validation.

• Work alongside Security Operations and Incident Response teams to aid in detection, response, and recovery efforts.

• Advise architects and engineering teams on cloud security trade-offs, patterns, and best practices that align with business risk tolerances.

• Monitor evolving cloud security threats, architectures, and industry trends to enhance standards and architectural guidance.

• Propel Molex’s cloud security strategy and Zero Trust posture throughout its global manufacturing ecosystem.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 8 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity, with substantial experience in designing and securing cloud environments.

• Significant experience in securing IaaS and PaaS platforms within hybrid or multi-cloud environments.

• Proven experience in designing security controls that scale across multiple accounts.

• Profound understanding of cloud-native architectures, including containers, microservices, and serverless workloads.

• Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code and embedding security controls into automated deployments.

• Strong knowledge of Identity and Access Management concepts as well as Zero Trust principles.

• Experience collaborating with development and platform teams on secure design, threat modeling, and DevSecOps practices.

• Hands-on experience securing serverless, containerized, and API-driven workloads at scale.

• Direct experience supporting aerospace and defense or defense-adjacent workloads, including securing hybrid enclaves for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI).

• Capability to translate compliance and regulatory requirements into scalable architectural patterns, automated controls, and guardrails.

• Strong understanding of identity-first and Zero Trust architectures in environments with heightened regulatory and audit expectations.

• Ability to influence secure design decisions across teams without relying on enforcement or gatekeeping.

• Experience partnering with engineering, platform, and compliance teams to balance delivery speed with regulatory obligations.

• Experience in designing and operating cloud security architectures in regulated environments, including the practical application of CMMC and FedRAMP requirements within enterprise and hybrid cloud environments.

🏝️ Benefits

• Variable pay, provided as a monetary bonus or in another form.

• Medical insurance.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Flexible spending accounts.

• Health savings accounts.

• Life insurance.

• Accidental death and dismemberment (ADD) insurance.

• Disability insurance.

• Retirement benefits.

• Paid vacation/time off.

• Educational assistance.

• Infertility assistance.

• Paid parental leave.

• Adoption assistance.

• Flexible work environment.

• Employee diversity and inclusion support.

• Military Ready and Second Chance employer programs.