Essential Duties and Responsibilities :

- Define and lead the cloud strategy, architecture roadmap, and multi-cloud ecosystem, ensuring scalability, security, cost efficiency, and alignment with organizational goals.

- Oversee the design and implementation of secure cloud solutions, including identity and access management, data protection, network security, and threat detection.

- Establish and govern cloud security policies, standards, frameworks, and incident response mechanisms to ensure robust protection and regulatory compliance.

- Drive cloud adoption and migration by collaborating with business and technology teams to identify opportunities and enable secure transformation.

- Lead innovation by evaluating and integrating emerging cloud technologies, tools, and security solutions.

- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory, security, and data governance standards within cloud environments.

- Act as a key liaison across IT, security, business units, and cloud service providers to drive alignment and execution.

- Manage strategic relationships with cloud vendors and partners, including contract negotiations and service performance management.

- Lead, mentor, and build high-performing teams of cloud architects, engineers, and security specialists, fostering a culture of continuous learning.

- Oversee cloud operations, including monitoring, risk management, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and incident response.

- Provide executive-level reporting on cloud performance, security posture, risks, and strategic initiatives.

- Stay current with industry trends, emerging threats, and evolving best practices to continuously enhance cloud capabilities.

Required Qualifications :

- Bachelors degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.

- Extensive leadership experience in IT architecture, cloud technologies, and security within enterprise environments.

- Deep expertise in major cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure) and their security capabilities.

- Strong understanding of cloud security architecture, including IAM, encryption, network security, and threat detection.

- Proven experience leading large-scale cloud transformations and implementing secure cloud solutions.

- Strong knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements related to cloud and data security.

- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, including executive engagement.

- Relevant industry certifications (e.g., AWS, Azure, CISSP, CCSP) preferred.