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Senior Cloud/Application Security Consultant

South San Francisco, CA 94080

Posted: 07/24/2026 Employment Type: Contract To Hire Industry: Information Technology Job Number: 12759 Pay Rate: $75.00 - $90.00 Remote Friendly: Onsite

Job Description


Our client is acutting-edge research company dedicated to unraveling the biology of aging to promote longer, healthier lives. As a Senior Cloud/Application Security Consultant, you will play a pivotal role in protecting our advanced scientific infrastructure, enabling groundbreaking research while ensuring top-tier security across our cloud and application environments. This is your opportunity to collaborate with world-class scientists, engineers, and bioinformaticians in a dynamic, mission-driven organization that values curiosity and innovation.


What You’ll Do:
  • Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing enhancement of cloud security controls within Google Cloud Platform (GCP), establishing secure-by-default architecture patterns.
  • Develop and manage comprehensive security strategies for identity, access, secrets management, network security, and threat detection.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering and research teams to integrate security best practices into CI/CD pipelines, secure application development, and AI/ML workflows.
  • Perform threat modeling, security reviews, and vulnerability assessments for scientific applications, data pipelines, and infrastructure.
  • Support security operations with incident response, logging, monitoring, and threat detection, strengthening Calico’s ability to detect and respond to security events.
  • Ensure security compliance aligns with standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls, and SOC 2, supporting audits and assessments.


Required Skills:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
  • 8+ years of hands-on experience in information security with proven expertise in cloud and application security.
  • 5+ years securing cloud applications and infrastructure, with strong preference for Google Cloud Platform experience.
  • Deep knowledge of Google Cloud native security services such as Security Command Center, Cloud Armor, KMS, Secret Manager, Cloud DLP, and related tools.
  • Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, especially Terraform, implementing policy-as-code and automated security guardrails.
  • Proven expertise in securing containerized workloads with Docker, Kubernetes, GKE.
  • Skilled in application security concepts including API security, web app security, threat modeling, and security testing tools like SAST, DAST, SCA.
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of translating complex security topics to technical and non-technical audiences.

Job Requirements


Nice to Have:
  • Relevant cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CSSLP, GCP Professional Cloud Security Engineer, GIAC certifications.
  • Experience in biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, or research environments.
  • Additional security tools and frameworks familiarity.


Preferred Education and Experience:
  • Master’s degree preferred but not required.
  • Extensive experience in research computing, AI/ML security, or scientific data environments.


Other Requirements:
  • Willingness to work onsite at least four days per week.
  • Ability to collaborate across multiple teams and communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels.

Meet Your Recruiter

Jay Hite
Recruiter, Account Manager

As a Recruiter at Compass, Jay enjoys meeting job seekers and helping them to find new and exciting opportunities. He enjoys the process of getting to know candidates and learning all about their experience and what their future goals are. Jay feels the excitement of his candidates and is passionate about helping to find a fit both culturally and professionally. 

When Jay isn’t working, he enjoys bike rides, trying out new foods, tequila tasting and watching movies.  

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