Cloud & Application Security Architect We are seeking a Cloud and Application Security Architect to join an expanding information security program at Danaher Corporation. This is an exciting opportunity for you to lead technical security initiatives across over 25 globally diverse science and technology operating companies. Whether its protecting our digital properties, safeguarding our cloud applications, or driving continuous improvements to our security controls, you will play a valuable role in delivering security from the ground-up in our systems and applications. Reporting to the Chief Information Security Officer and closely collaborating across information security functions, you will serve as the central resource for defining and evolving protection of cloud and application services across IT and business lines of operation.Define and maintain the security roadmap for adoption and consumption of cloud services in AWS and Microsoft Azure platforms * Lead in establishing a DevSecOps culture of continuous security enhancements and new feature releases into the product design and consumption of cloud services * Provide senior technical leadership in working with and across IT infrastructure, application developers, application service providers, and cloud service providers in the review, design, and implementation of cloud and cloud-based solutions * Develop and maintain technical security blueprints and practical best practices for protecting services and data within public and provide cloud environments and SaaS deployments * Create standardize work methods and procedures for conducting cloud security assessments, validations, and continuous conformance monitoring to established policies and procedures * Lead and participate in application and software development design reviews, code assessments, and development lifecycle planning * Work in partnership with application development & software engineering resources to embed security into software packages and maintain resilient application service * Lead in defining secure architecture and components for IoT platform development including edge systems, gateways, communication services, device management, and business rules & functionality * Participate in product development planning processes and recommends enhancements to existing procedures to maintain regulatory compliance requirements and increase resiliency of systems and solutions * Collaboratively work with a variety of product development, engineering, and R&D stakeholders to develop secured viable product offerings and lifecycle for managing existing product lines * Lead technical workshops, training, and webinars designed to increase overall security acumen of application developers, IT resources, and business partners to drive adoption of secured cloud services * Define, document, and deliver techniques and services for the on-going delivery of cloud solutions and to fortify application and software implementations * Create code, utilities, programs, and services engineered to simplify and standardize on a holistic approach to cloud security throughout the organization * Review product concepts and IT project requests to ensure adherence to security standards * Evaluate, recommend, and implement technologies to enhance cloud and application security functions including monitoring for, identification of, and responding to threats **Required Skills & Experience: ** * Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering, or related technical field of study * 5+ years hands-on designing and deploying security solutions in a large-scale enterprise IT environment * 3 years engineering experience leading and managing a technical team working on security applications * Deep understanding of Microsoft Azure and AWS ecosystems including experience implementing enterprise scale secure deployments * Ability to architect cloud solutions utilizing native and third-party cloud workload protection platforms in AWS and Azure environments * Ability to develop, debug, and recommend enhancements to applications & services written in C, C++, Java, Node.js, .net, Python, and common database technologies * Strong understanding of Internet of Things (IoT) design principles and patterns and best practices for hardening solutions * Ability to develop custom and integrated solutions for easing the adoption of security services using commonly accessible programming and/or scripting languages and API * Experience with service-oriented architectures for cloud-based deployments * Familiarity recommending and deploying industry standard authentication solutions (SAML, OAuth, OpenID, identity provider & service provider-oriented platforms) * Hands-on experience deploying and operating large-scale cloud PaaS, IaaS and SaaS models * Experience evaluating and validating security vendor technologies * Travel up to 40% may be required at times throughout the year **Preferred Skills & Experience: ** * Relevant security certifications (GSEC, SSCP, CASP, GCIH) are a plus * Microsoft security certifications (GCWN or similar) are a plus * Cloud security certifications (CCSP) are similar are a plus solving protection of cloud and application services across IT and business lines of operation **Primary Location: **North America-North America-United States-DC-Washington **Work Locations: ** **Job: **Information Technology **Organization: **Beckman Coulter, Inc. **Schedule: **Full-time