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Security Architect

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank

Columbia, SC · Posted September 30, 2026

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Cloud Security Architect (Hybrid - Columbia, SC)

The Cloud Security Architect designs and governs secure cloud architectures that protect organizational data, applications, and platforms. They embed security into cloud strategy and solution delivery, ensuring cloud environments are resilient, compliant, and aligned with business and risk objectives. The Architect partners across engineering, security, and compliance teams to define standards, assess risks, and guide secure adoption of cloud and cloud native capabilities.

What You’ll do

Design and Govern Secure Cloud Architectures

Define and maintain cloud security architecture standards and patterns for public, private, and hybrid environments.

Evaluate cloud solution designs to ensure alignment with security principles and organizational risk posture.

Identify cloud security risks and recommend mitigation approaches that support business and technology goals.

Advise teams on secure configuration and design decisions throughout the system lifecycle

Demonstrate experience with AWS, Microsoft Azure, and other cloud solutions is a requirement

Automate, provision and manage cloud resources across multiple environments with infrastructure as code (IaC) principles

Integrate Security into Cloud Delivery and Operations

Collaborate with engineering and DevOps teams to embed security into cloud native designs, automation, and deployment workflows.

Establish monitoring and alerting requirements to support visibility, threat detection, and incident response in cloud environments.

Support cloud-related investigations by providing architectural insight and recommending remediation approaches.

Promote consistent implementation of cloud security requirements across teams and environments.

Enable Cloud Security Awareness and Collaboration

Provide technical guidance and knowledge sharing to engineers and security team members.

Partner with compliance stakeholders to ensure cloud solutions meet internal policies and regulatory expectations

What You’ll Need

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field.

Master's Degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Systems, or a related field.

7-9 years of experience in cybersecurity, including hands-on cloud security work and experience

designing and securing cloud environments across multiple service models (e.g., SaaS, IaaS, PaaS).

Requires certifications AWS Certified Security

Preferred certifications AWS Certified Solutions Architect l, CISSP Certified Information Systems Security, CISM

Proficiency: Broad understanding of cloud security concepts, architectures, and shared responsibility models.

Experience with cloud automation and provisioning approaches (e.g., infrastructure as code principles).

Familiarity with monitoring, detection, and security operations practices related to cloud services.

AgFirst Farm Credit Bank provides financing, as well as technology and other value-added services, to association partners so they can lend to rural residents and agricultural operations of all sizes. We take pride in investing in our employees, our partners and our community.

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