Senior Cloud Security Engineer at Group 1001 in Zionsville, Indiana

Job Description:

Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001's culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets - our employees.


Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals. All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.


Job Title: Senior Cloud Security Engineer


Location: USA, Remote


Company: Group 1001


Group 1001 is a consumer-centric, technology-driven family of insurance companies on a mission to deliver outstanding value and operational performance by combining financial strength and stability with deep insurance expertise and a can-do culture. Group1001's culture emphasizes the importance of collaboration, communication, core business focus, risk management, and striving for outcomes. This goal extends to how we hire and onboard our most valuable assets - our employees.


Group 1001, and its affiliated companies, is strongly committed to providing a supportive work environment where employee differences are valued. Diversity is an essential ingredient in making Group 1001 a welcoming place to work and is fundamental in building a high-performance team. Diversity embodies all the differences that make us unique individuals. All employees share the responsibility for maintaining a workplace culture of dignity, respect, understanding and appreciation of individual and group differences.


Job Summary:


The Lead Security Engineer, Cloud Security at Group 1001 will play a critical role in safeguarding our organization: leading our core Security Engineering and Cloud Security functions to ensure stable, effective controls are built into both legacy and new technology. They will own and manage security controls across infrastructure, user technology, and our business-specific applications during a rapid period of evolution and movement to the cloud. They must consistently uphold a standard of accountability for their team, ensuring the steady delivery of mission-critical results. This is an opportunity to take on a key leadership position by providing strong technical leadership, guidance, and support to a team of high performing individuals; as well as being a driven contributor to a complex cloud migration and build-out.


Main Accountabilities:


Cloud Security Strategy:

• Develop and implement a comprehensive cloud security strategy aligned with business goals and objectives.


• Evaluate, select, and maintain cloud security tools, policies, and best practices for public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP).


• Enforce security policies and procedures for cloud-based solutions and architecture ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.

Security Infrastructure and Design:

• Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to ensure alignment with overall technology and business needs across multiple different cloud environments.


• Drive a high performing Security Engineering team to address internal, external, and emerging security risks throughout the organization.


• Develop and execute a strategic security engineering strategy aligned with security goals and risk management.


• Evaluate and select security vendors and solutions that support a complex environment of infrastructure; maintain strong working relationships across the vast security vendor landscape.

Leadership and Management:

• Collaborate with senior leadership across the organization to prioritize security initiatives and manage resource allocation effectively.


• Lead and manage a team of highly driven security engineers, architects, and analysts.


• Set clear objectives, provide technical guidance, and facilitate professional growth.


• Assume accountability for strategic initiatives, propose innovative solutions, and actively steer them to successful completion.


• Identify areas for improvement in security processes, policies, and technologies and drive initiatives to enhance security effectiveness.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field is expected.


• 8+ year's progressive experience in Information Security leadership roles, with a focus on Cloud Security, Security Engineering or Security Architecture.


• Extensive background in information security services, operations and the people, process, and technology that makes them successful in a fast moving, dynamic business environment.


• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and senior leadership.


• Experience with database data access management including SQL, BigQuery and Snowflake.


• Experience working with cloud native solutions such as AWS Guard Duty, Cloudtrail, Lambda, IAM as well as related solutions in Azure, GCP.


• Experience with modern Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Ansible.


• Familiarity with common application development languages and libraries, and common application security flaws that apply to Python, Java/Kotlin and frontend JavaScript/React/Node frameworks.


• Strong knowledge and experience with modern container orchestration technology.


• CISA, CISSP, CISM, CCSP, OSCP or other relevant security certification(s)

Compensation:


Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $200,000/year in our lowest geographic market up to $270,000/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.




Benefits Highlights:



Employees who meet benefit eligibility guidelines and work 30 hours or more weekly, have the ability to enroll in Group 1001's benefits package. Employees (and their families) are eligible to participate in the Company's comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plan options. Employees are also eligible for Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance, Short and Long-Term Disability, and to enroll in the Company's Employee Assistance Program and other wellness initiatives. Employees may also participate in the Company's 401K plan, with matching contributions by the Company.


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