Senior Cloud Platform Security Engineer

Title : Senior Cloud Security Engineer / Architect

Location : Chicago, IL

Target Start Date : 8 / 4 / 2025

Type : (C, CTH, D) Direct Hire

Pay Rate / Salary (Ranges OK) : Max $180,000 plus 10-15% bonus and benefits

Selling Point on Client -

Our client is an industry-leading manufacturer of building products and innovative solutions highlighted by Sheetrock®, Durock®, and Securock® Brands.

Headquartered in Chicago, USG serves construction markets around the world through its Gypsum, Performance Materials and Ceilings divisions. Its wall, ceiling, flooring, sheathing, and roofing products provide solutions that enable customers to build outstanding spaces where people live, work, and play.

Our client is evolving its digital customer experience and translating the objective of being easiest to do business with into a sustainable technology roadmap. The digital transformation includes upgrading our technology stack and augmenting our teams, developing new digital platforms, and integrating a best-in-class eCommerce operating model to deliver exceptional customer experience from design planning to order delivery. The digital services are based on to be improved data and process models and will be provided for all our customers in the US, Canada, and LATAM.

Job Description :

The Information Security Specialist will be a key role in the IT information security team, fully supporting the organization's digital transformation effort and is responsible for supporting the business transformation roadmap while ensuring the organization's IT security standards for safeguarding the environment, data, ensuring compliance with regulations, and protecting against security threats. They must ensure security controls are maintained and respond to cybersecurity risks or incidents.

Our client offers a hybrid workplace. The office location is Chicago, IL. Minimal travel may be required.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities :

• ssessing application security : Responsible for reviewing proposed new systems, networks, and software designs for potential security risks, recommending mitigation or countermeasures, and resolving integration issues related to the implementation of new systems within the existing infrastructure
• Support security strategy : Develop and manage an enterprise-wide security strategy, and communicate performance to key stakeholders
• Ensuring compliance and security : Ensure data systems comply with relevant regulations and security standards. Develop measures to protect data privacy and ensure the security of data pipelines and analytics infrastructure
• Risk assessment : Lead cybersecurity risk assessments and mitigation efforts, and oversee incident management and response planning
• Collaboration and communication : Collaborate with cross-functional teams, especially within customer experience teams of the organization, including IT, data science, and business units of customer experience teams, to mitigate risk. Guide engineering teams in making informed security decisions on infrastructure, systems, and applications design

Key Qualifications : Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, or a related field

Relevant certifications such as Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

Required Skills :

Bonus / Soft Skills :

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