Google Cloud Security Architect

Overview

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As a modern technology company, our Slalom Technologists solve complex business problems with leading-edge strategies, solutions, and creative products. We surround our technologists with challenging opportunities, innovative minds, and emerging technologies.

• Stay current with security trends, technologies, and best practices around Google Cloud solutions, leveraging tools like Cloud IAM, Cloud Security Command Center, Beyond Corp, and Cloud Armor.
• Define and guide transformational security strategies for Google Cloud environments, ensuring alignment with Google’s Zero Trust and Beyond Corp principles.
• Translate complex regulatory requirements (e.g., GDPR, SOC 2, HIPAA) and technology standards into actionable functional and technical requirements for cloud and hybrid environments, ensuring security and compliance.
• Lead teams through gap analyses, including security assessments, remediation planning, roadmap development, and remediation actions using Google Cloud-native tools.
• Deliver on the vision, architecture, execution, and quality assurance of security projects on Google Cloud, driving initiatives that secure enterprise workloads and data.
• Guide stakeholders and senior leaders on aligning security solutions with broader business goals, ensuring the architecture follows Google Cloud’s security best practices and roadmap.
• Establish security architecture patterns based on Google Cloud security frameworks and industry standards to meet the needs of enterprise clients.
• Collaborate with other Google Cloud architects and security teams to continuously improve security knowledge assets and best practices, ensuring effective security solutions for clients.
• Design and architect solutions to secure Generative AI models and applications against adversarial attacks, prompt injection, and potential misuse.

• Proven experience with Google Cloud security architecture, with hands-on experience in tools like Cloud IAM, VPC Service Controls, Cloud DLP, and Cloud Armor.
• Strong background in defining and implementing Zero Trust and Beyond Corp security models within Google Cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Identity and Access Management (IAM), Data Protection, Vulnerability Management, and Cloud Security solutions in Google Cloud.
• Extensive experience with security design patterns specific to Google Cloud, as well as hybrid and multi-cloud security architecture.
• Experience in security and risk advisory consulting, particularly related to cloud security transformations.
• Ability to lead the development and implementation of cloud security roadmaps aligned with business goals and compliance needs.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud's AI capabilities (e.g., Vertex AI, Generative AI services, Model Armor) including security risks and strategies for implementing controls, governance, and responsible AI practices.
• Relevant certifications are strongly desired, including (but not limited to):
• GCP Professional Security Engineer
• GCP Professional Cloud Architect
• CISSP
• Security+

Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value.

At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.

Slalom invests in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, health/dental/vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, short/long-term disability, and wellness reimbursements. Salary ranges are listed below and may be modified. Annual discretionary bonus may apply depending on factors such as skills, experience, location, and performance.

East Bay, San Francisco, Silicon Valley

• Consultant: $120,000-$177,000
• Senior Consultant: $140,000-$203,000

San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County, Seattle, Houston, New Jersey, New York City, Westchester, Boston, Washington DC

• Consultant: $110,000-$162,000
• Senior Consultant: $130,000-$186,000

All other locations

• Consultant: $105,000-$148,000
• Senior Consultant: $115,000-$171,000

EEO and Accommodations

Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to inclusion, diversity, and equity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Reasonable accommodations are available during the selection process; please advise the talent acquisition team if…