Cloud Security Engineer - Assistant Vice President

About the Role

iCapital is looking for a Assistant Vice President, Cyber Cloud Security Engineer to join the Security Engineering team, within the Information Security organization. This role will establish and manage cloud security programs, build new security architecture, drive automation, and continuously identify and address security gaps across iCapital's technology landscape. The ideal candidate is a deeply technical individual contributor who can research, design, and implement security technologies, and collaborate effectively across teams and functions.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage Cloud Security Programs across AWS, Azure, and GCP infrastructure
• Design, implement, and validate secure cloud infrastructure architectures, ensuring new capabilities meet established security standards and requirements.
• Apply Zero Trust architecture principles and best practices across cloud infrastructure design and access models.
• Drive continuous detection, remediation, and resolution of cloud vulnerabilities and security misconfigurations, leveraging CSPM tooling (e.g., AWS Security Hub, Wiz, or equivalent) and automation to continuously improve and maintain cloud security posture.
• Build automation capabilities for continuous monitoring and alerting across cloud infrastructure.
• Partner with engineering teams to drive the adoption of security standards and best practices, embedding security early across the development lifecycle and supporting a shift-left security culture.
• Collaborate with the SOC to develop and strengthen cloud detection engineering capabilities.
• Assist the Risk and Governance teams with the development and implementation of cloud-related policies, procedures, and standards.
• Engage with Platform, DevOps, and Software Engineering teams to deliver security initiatives and provide security guidance to projects across the organization.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of experience in cloud environments, with AWS as the primary platform, including proven hands-on expertise in cloud security architecture and infrastructure design.
• Relevant cloud or security certifications are a plus (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Security – Specialty, CISSP, or CCSP).
• Proficiency with AWS-native security services, including IAM, Config, KMS, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and GuardDuty.
• Experience with cloud identity and access architecture, including federation (e.g., Okta), RBAC, ABAC, and service-to-service authentication models.
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling such as AWS CDK, CloudFormation, or Terraform.

We believe the best ideas and innovation happen when we are together. Employees in this role will work in the office four days, with the flexibility to work remotely one day (Friday).

Benefits

iCapital offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes a total compensation program consisting of competitive salary, annual performance bonus, and equity for all full-time employees; healthcare with 100% employer-paid health and dental insurance; and generous paid time off (PTO).

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