About Cognizant

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About The Role

As a Cloud Security Architect, you will lead the design, validation, and governance of security architecture across enterprise cloud and hybrid environments. You will play a critical role in ensuring cloud-native and hybrid architectures align with Cognizant’s security reference architecture, regulatory obligations, and business objectives across multi-cloud platforms including Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

You will work independently with senior stakeholders,



enterprise architects, security teams, cloud engineering teams, DevSecOps practitioners, and compliance leaders to provide end-to-end ownership of cloud security architecture from threat modeling and design reviews through implementation validation and operational governance. You will have the opportunity to influence strategic cloud adoption initiatives, contemporary security architectures, and enterprise-wide cloud governance programs while mentoring teams and driving security excellence.

In This Role, You Will

Govern the security architecture of enterprise cloud and hybrid environments across Azure, AWS, GCP, and OCI platforms.
Conduct cloud security architecture reviews covering Identity and Access Management (IAM), Privileged Identity Management (PIM), network segmentation, micro-segmentation, and Zero Trust security models.
Partner with Cloud Management Office, enterprise architecture, securit

📌 Cloud Security Architect (Chennai)
🏢 Cognizant
📍 Chennai