Lead Cloud Security Analyst

Are you passionate about technology and interested in joining a community of collaborative colleagues who respectfully and courageously seek to challenge the status quo? If so, read on to learn more about an exciting opportunity with Deloitte Technology US (DT - US). We are curious and life-long learners focused on technology and innovation.

Recruiting for this role ends on 10/3/2026.

Work you’ll do

As a Lead Cloud Security Analyst, you are an advanced individual contributor pivotal to bridging Deloitte’s cybersecurity expertise and cloud engineering execution. This highly visible role is focused on influential, hands-on contributions—championing embedded collaboration, addressing complex risks, and guiding strategic alignment between cyber and infrastructure domains. You’ll serve as a thought leader, technical consultant, and trusted advisor across teams, delivering best-in-class solutions and supporting dynamic business needs.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Advanced Execution

Lead Embedded Collaboration:

• Drive the flexible embedding of security and infrastructure resources—proactively advising, aligning, and executing as project needs evolve. Serve as the go-to analyst across high-impact domains, facilitating rapid adaptation as priorities shift.

Expert Solution Architecture Support:

• Collaborate closely with architecture, engineering, and network teams on cloud architecture, micro-segmentation, agent scanning, and burn-down strategies. Provide deep technical expertise to shape scalable, secure solutions from initial design through delivery.

Risk Assessment and Remediation:

• Conduct comprehensive risk reviews for cloud and infrastructure solutions, identifying gaps, potential rework triggers, and opportunities for proactive remediation. Serve as a first-line subject matter expert in incident response, vulnerability management, and security control implementation.

Continuous Alignment & Best Practices:

• Drive rigorous ongoing feedback loops with embedded teams to ensure day-to-day cyber alignment, minimize project drift, and reduce rework. Capture and share lessons learned, helping to formalize best practices and improve organizational knowledge.

Strategic Influence & Cross-Team Partnership

Tailor Embedding Models:

• Assess and recommend embedding intensity across teams (e.g., full-time support for firewall/critical ops, periodic or architecture-phase-only engagement for other domains). Provide consultative input on workforce planning, workload balancing, and talent optimization.

Mentor and Guide Peers:

• Model collaborative behaviors and help mentor less experienced analysts, reinforcing Deloitte’s culture of learning, agility, and business partnership.

Facilitate Stakeholder Communication:

• Proactively communicate risks, priorities, and achievements to senior stakeholders. Translate technical challenges into actionable business guidance, advocating for security and resilience.

The successful candidate would possess these skills

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
• Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
• Ability to lead projects or workstreams
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to provide clear guidance to others

The team

Deloitte Technology US (DT - US) helps power Deloitte’s success, which serves many of the world’s largest, most respected organizations. We develop and deploy cutting-edge internal and go-to-market solutions that help Deloitte operate effectively and lead in the market. Our reputation is built on a tradition of delivering with excellence.

The ~3,000 professionals in DT - US deliver services including:

• Cyber Security
• Technology Support
• Technology & Infrastructure
• Applications
• Relationship Management
• Strategy & Communications
• Project Management
• Financials

Cyber Security

Cyber Security vigilantly protects Deloitte and client data. The team leads a strategic cyber risk program that adapts to a rapidly changing threat landscape, changes in business strategies, risks, and vulnerabilities. Using situational awareness, threat intelligence, and building a security culture across the organization, the team helps to protect the Deloitte brand. 

Areas of focus include:

• Risk & Compliance
• Identity & Access Management
• Data Protection
• Cyber Design
• Incident Response
• Security Architecture
• Business Partnership

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, IT, or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of hands-on experience in cloud engineering, cybersecurity, and/or infrastructure—ideally in large-scale, cross-functional environments.
• Ability to travel 10%, on average to support embedded team collaboration across domains periodically as required.

Preferred:

• Advanced experience with Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud Platform, including architecture and automation.
• Hands-on expertise with DevOps and CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Jira, Bamboo, TFS, and TeamCity.
• Proven experience with micro-segmentation solutions, including policy design, deployment, and tuning.
• Practical working knowledge of Docker containers and microservices architecture.
• Proficiency with configuration management tools (Ansible, Chef, Puppet) and packaging programs (MSI, rpm, etc.).
• Familiarity with both SQL and NoSQL databases and cloud/hybrid application architectures.
• Strong understanding of networking, firewalls, load balancers, and network traffic analysis tools (e.g., Wireshark).
• Experience with virtualization technologies such as VMware and Hyper-V.
• Deep knowledge of security controls, best practices for resilient operations, and frameworks like zero trust, NIST, and CIS.
• Recognized technical authority in at least one major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, GCP) and strong proficiency with DevOps, automation, and security frameworks (Zero Trust, NIST, CIS).
• Demonstrated expertise in designing, implementing, and securing cloud infrastructure and security architectures.
• Strong proficiency with DevOps, automation, and security frameworks (Zero Trust, NIST, CIS).
• Exceptional technical, analytical, documentation, and communication skills for stakeholder and cross-team influence.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code, Automation, and Orchestration.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor peers, lead process improvements, and contribute to organizational best practices.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $102,500 to $210,600.  

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance. 

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