Cloud Security Consultant

Description We are seeking a skilled and motivated SSPM Specialist to support the Cloud Security Assurance (CSA) organization by ensuring critical enterprise SaaS platforms are securely configured, governed, and continuously monitored. This role focuses on identifying SaaS misconfigurations, access risks, and control gaps that could lead to data exposure or identity compromise.

The SSPM Specialist maintains continuous visibility into SaaS security posture, builds and operationalizes detection logic aligned to defined configuration and governance standards, and partners closely with application and identity teams to drive effective remediation. This role plays a key part in improving SaaS security maturity and providing leadership with transparent, risk based posture reporting.

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Job Responsibilities:

Ensure critical enterprise SaaS platforms are securely configured and governed in alignment with CSA security standards. Maintain continuous visibility into SaaS security posture and configuration across in scope applications. Perform secure configuration monitoring of enterprise SaaS platforms to identify misconfigurations, excessive access, and control gaps. Detect configuration, access, and permission issues that could lead to data exposure, identity compromise, or policy violations.

Build, maintain, and refine detection logic that enforces defined SaaS configuration and governance expectations. Support the operationalization of SaaS posture monitoring capabilities through onboarding of new platforms and integration of posture data. Partner with application owners, platform teams, and identity and access management teams to remediate SaaS posture risks. Triage SaaS posture findings, assess risk and impact, and support prioritization of remediation activities.

Provide SaaS posture reporting, metrics, and risk transparency to Cloud Security Assurance leadership. Contribute to SaaS security standards, baselines, and documentation to support consistent governance and audit readiness.

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Skills & Qualifications

Required Skills:

Understanding of SaaS security posture management concepts and secure configuration practices. Experience identifying SaaS misconfigurations, excessive permissions, and access governance risks. Knowledge of identity, access, role, and permission models within SaaS platforms. Familiarity with SaaS integration patterns and enterprise scale application environments. Ability to build and maintain detections aligned to defined configuration and governance expectations. Experience partnering with application and identity teams to drive remediation and secure design outcomes.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess risk, impact, and control gaps. Ability to document findings clearly and provide actionable guidance to technical and non technical audiences. Comfort operating in a fast paced cloud and SaaS environment with evolving platforms and requirements. Ability to work independently on complex initiatives while contributing to broader team objectives.

Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Chicago, IL.Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $90.00/hr individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job
classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be
subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits
available for this temporary role may include the following:

Medical, dental & vision
Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
Short and long-term disability
Health Spending Account (HSA)
Transportation benefits
Employee Assistance Program
Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Chicago, IL.Final date to receive applications

This position is anticipated to close on Oct 30, 2026.Workplace Type This is a fully onsite position in Chicago,IL.About TEKsystems

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