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Senior Cloud Security Architect * Category: Architecture
Main location: United States, Louisiana, Lafayette
Position ID:J1026-1910
Employment Type: Full Time
Position Description: CGI is seeking a Senior Cloud Security Architect to lead security architecture and threat modeling for complex enterprise applications, with a strong focus on AI and agentic AI solutions. This role will evaluate applications, APIs, cloud platforms, SaaS solutions, and distributed systems to identify security risks and define effective controls.
This position is required in one of the following locations: Birmingham, AL, Columbia, SC, Knoxville, TN or Lafayette, LA
Your future duties and responsibilities: The architect will work with product owners, enterprise architecture, engineering, and security teams to protect sensitive data, strengthen identity and access controls, secure cloud environments, and support compliance with enterprise policies and industry standards. The role requires strong AWS expertise and the ability to lead multiple security initiatives across IaaS, SaaS, and internally developed applications.
Required qualifications to be successful in this role: . Extensive experience with security architecture and threat modeling for complex enterprise applications
. Strong knowledge of STRIDE, attack trees, abuse cases, data flow analysis, and trust boundary analysis
. Hands on experience evaluating security risks in AI, machine learning, and agentic AI applications
. Advanced AWS knowledge across IAM, networking, compute, storage, RDS, messaging, serverless, ECS/EKS, CI/CD, and AI/ML services
. Strong understanding of application security, API security, IAM, authentication, authorization, encryption, key management, and data protection
. Experience translating identified threats into practical security controls and remediation recommendations
. Knowledge of DevSecOps, pipeline security, container security, infrastructure security, SIEM, CSPM, and CWPP solutions
. Familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as NIST, OWASP, CIS, FedRAMP, ISO, and SOX
. Experience with resilient, highly available, API driven, stateless, and integrated cloud or SaaS environments
. Ability to lead multiple initiatives and communicate effectively with technical and business stakeholders
Educational Requirements:
. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Cybersecurity, or a related field
. Preferred certifications include CISSP, CCSP, AWS Professional or Specialty certifications, or equivalent credentials
Other Information:
CGI is required by law in some jurisdictions to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. The determination of this range includes various factors not limited to skill set, level, experience, relevant training, and licensure and certifications. To support the ability to reward for merit based performance, CGI typically does not hire individuals at or near the top of the range for their role. Compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range for this role in the U.S. is $123,800.00 $156,700.00.
CGI's benefits are offered to eligible professionals on their first day of employment to include: . Competitive compensation . Comprehensive insurance options . Matching contributions through the 401(k) plan and the share purchase plan . Paid time off for vacation, holidays, and sick time . Paid parental leave .Learning opportunities and tuition assistance . Wellness and Well being programs
Skills: - Amazon Web Services Cloud
- DevOps Security
- Security Architecture
- Communication
