Principal Cloud Security Analyst

Dallas, TX, United States

What You Need To Know

Open the door to a groundbreaking tech career with an industry leader. Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits is North America’s preeminent wine and spirits distributor, as well as a family-owned, privately held company with a 50+ year legacy of success. To create a new era in alcohol beverage sales and service, we’re heavily invested in the most transformative new technologies – and the most brilliant tech professionals. Southern Glazer’s was named by Newsweek as a Most Loved Workplace and is included on the Forbes lists for Largest Private Companies and Best Employers for Diversity.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a full menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition reimbursement, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

We offer continuous learning and career growth in a fast-paced environment where you are respected, your voice is heard, and technology is part of our strategy for success. If you’re looking to fill your glass with opportunity, come join our FAMILY.

Overview

The Principal Cloud Security Analyst role is responsible for ensuring the security and improvement of the cloud infrastructure, applications, and data. This role will continuously monitor changes to existing cloud infrastructure to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of cloud resources while identifying vulnerabilities and mitigating risk. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams to embed security into cloud projects and address security challenges.

Specialized Skills and Technologies

Experience with Azure, AWS and GCP

Solid knowledge of current and emerging technologies

Proficient in monitoring tools, access control and threat detection

Willingness to mentor, train, and share knowledge with peers

Deep understanding of security frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, etc.

An understanding of practices integrating security into the continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipeline.

Knowledge of containerization technologies, such as Dockers and/or Kubernetes, and how to secure applications within those environments

Able to perform incident response within cloud platforms

Ability and desire to lead combined with the flexibility to share the duties of the technical team

Primary Responsibilities

Conducts assessments of all major cloud environments to identify vulnerabilities and security risks

Makes recommendations on where improvements can be made to continue strengthening our security posture

Works with outside teams to develop cloud-specific security policies, procedures, and standards

Responsible for monitoring and responding to security events related to cloud environments

Implement a lessons-learned process for continuous improvement related to cloud-related incidents

Works with outside teams to assess third-party cloud service providers to ensure alignment with our security standards

Collaborates with cross-functional teams to integrate security into the CI/CD pipeline and ensure continuous security throughout the software development lifecycle

Utilize a Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) solution to monitor and manage the configuration of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) frameworks, ensuring strict adherence to established security standards and policies

Regularly review CSPM findings to identify and address security vulnerabilities proactively

Produces and maintains documentation of all cloud-related security controls

Analyzes activities and documented resolutions

Identifies problem areas, devise, and deliver solutions to enhance quality of service and prevent future issues

Defines key operational metrics, develops reporting, and set targets to continuously improve

Participates in Information Security projects and supports team efforts for day-to-day operations

Remains current on cloud-security trends while integrating best practices into our security strategy

Aggressively automates repeated tasks to allow the team to scale with the organization’s growth

Communicates and acts as liaison with a variety of teams

Serves as a subject matter expert inside of SGWS and assists with complex issues pertaining to cloud security as needed

Occasional after-hours participation may be required in the event of emergencies or critical situations

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s Degree

Active CSSP or other relevant security-related certification

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree

10 or more years of work experience in IT

7 or more years of hands-on experience in developing and maintaining cloud environments

Relevant industry experience with a technical background

Adaptability and ability to manage change

In-depth understanding and extensive hands-on management of major cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS, and Google Cloud Platform

Ability to assess security risks associated with cloud environments

Ability to analyze complex security issues, troubleshoot, and develop solutions

Superior interpersonal, communication and presentation skills

Ability to monitor project progress by tracking activities, issues/risks/dependencies, and provides recommendation for resolution

Familiar with serverless computing models and understanding of security considerations specific to serverless architectures

Business Acumen

Critical, creative, and strategic thinker

Problem Solver

Excellent presentation and facilitation skills

Excellent customer service skills in all interactions with internal and external customers, including but not limited to partners from other divisions, vendors, and suppliers across all areas of the business

Strong planning and organizational skills to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities

Agile Delivery Values

Openness – Team and stakeholders agree to be open about all work and challenges

Commitment – Personally commit to achieving the goals of the team

Respect – Respect your team members to be capable and independent

Courage – You have courage to do the right thing and work on tough problems

Focus – Everyone focus on the work in the sprint and the goal of the scrum team. Rise and fall as a team

Physical Demands

Physical demands include a considerable amount of time sitting and typing/keyboarding, using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor), or mobile device

Physical demands with activity or condition may occasionally include walking, bending, reaching, standing, squatting, and stooping

May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 20lbs

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.