Job Description

MUST HAVE (Minimum Qualifications)


7+ years of experience


Experience in risk management, risk assessments, and risk prioritization


Strong understanding of Cyber Security NIST frameworks


Strong communication skills to upper management and leadership


Strong ability to collaborate with other IT organizations and business partners


Experience managing a third-party vendor contracts


Expert in agile work processes


Strategic thinker







Job description:


Act as a security advisor for cloud projects, providing guidance to teams on best practices and ensuring that all security requirements are thoroughly met.


Act as a liaison between business units, IT Operations, and IT Security teams, ensuring smooth collaboration and communication on cloud security initiatives.


Assist and educate cloud builders and business stakeholders to improve security awareness and adherence to security policies, fostering a culture of security-first thinking.


Actively contribute to the development, implementation, and maintenance of security protocols that align with the Cloud Guide program to ensure robust application security.


Design and integrate effective security gates and checkpoints throughout the application development lifecycle to ensure compliance with security best practices and regulatory requirements.


Enhance Compliance Guidelines: Create and update actionable compliance guidelines to facilitate adherence to cloud security standards, ensuring these guidelines are clear and developer friendly.


Collaborate with Development Teams: Work closely with development teams to integrate security measures seamlessly into the development process, promoting innovation while preventing security gaps.


Automate Security Processes: Develop and implement automation tools to streamline security verification processes, reducing manual intervention while maintaining or enhancing security posture.


Monitor and Report on Security Metrics: Establish and track security metrics to demonstrate the effectiveness of the Cloud Guide program and compliance rates, providing regular reports to stakeholders.


Collaborate with Security Teams: Work in tandem with Cloud Security Operations, Application Security, Cryptography, and other security teams to ensure a unified and comprehensive security approach.


Familiarity with cloud architecture, containers (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), microservices, and serverless computing security.


Strong understanding of security frameworks and standards, including NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, and SOC 2, and how they apply to cloud environments.


Hands-on experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and their native security tools (e.g., AWS GuardDuty, Azure Security Center).


Deep understanding of cloud security principles, including IAM, encryption, network security, and vulnerability management in cloud environments.


Drive change initiatives and improvements identified by the team and leadership

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 27,000 people globally that cares about your growth -- one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.



Great minds, great potential: it all comes together at Virtusa. We value collaboration and the team environment of our company, and seek to provide great minds with a dynamic place to nurture new ideas and foster excellence.



Virtusa was founded on principles of equal opportunity for all, and so does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.