Position: Cloud Security Consultant
Location: Remote
Focus: Security assessment of GCP-based conversational AI, telephony, API, and backend integration architecture.
Responsibilities:
Assess the end-to-end architecture from a data security and privacy standpoint.
Review data flows across:
GCP service projects Virtual agents /conversational AI, Telephony platforms, API proxies, Datastore, BigQuery, Cloud Storage, On-prem systems of record
Identify risks related to:
Customer data exposure PII handling Authentication and authorization Encryption in transit and at rest Secrets and key management Logging, monitoring, and auditability Data retention and deletion Cross-boundary data movement.
Review security controls for GCP Shared VPC, interconnects, service accounts, IAM, and network segmentation.
Implement Sentinel policies for enforcing encryption standards.
Implement database activity monitoring and blocking rules in GCP.
Assess AI-specific risks, including prompt/context leakage, model input/output handling, and knowledge store access.
Produce findings report with risk ratings, gaps, and remediation recommendations.
Required Skills:
Strong experience in cloud security architecture, preferably Google Cloud Platform.
Hands-on knowledge of:
GCP IAM
VPC / Shared VPC
Cloud Run / GKE
BigQuery
Cloud Storage
Datastore / Firestore
Cloud KMS / Secret Manager
Experience assessing data protection controls for PII, PCI, or regulated customer data.
Knowledge of API security, including OAuth, mTLS, token handling, gateways, and service-to-service authentication.
Familiarity with network security, private connectivity, firewalls, segmentation, and hybrid cloud interconnects.
Understanding of logging, SIEM integration, audit trails, and security monitoring.
Experience with threat modeling and architecture risk reviews.