Information Security Manager

Kforce has a client in Houston, TX that is seeking an Information Security Manager.

Responsibilities: Design, evaluate, and support secure cloud architectures across Azure, AWS, and GCP, ensuring alignment with enterprise security and compliance requirements. Provide hands-on technical support for cloud environments, including IAM, network segmentation, encryption, workload protections, and secure configuration baselines.

Review solution designs and technical implementations for security risks, providing architectural guidance to engineering and business teams.

Lead the assessment, configuration review, and ongoing governance of network security technologies, including firewalls, Palo Alto, Fortinet, Check Point, IDS/IPS, VPNs, WAFs, secure gateways, and segmentation strategies.

Collaborate closely with network engineering teams on troubleshooting, enhancements, and implementation of secure network architectures.

Support the security risk assessments for new business initiatives, technical projects, applications, and third-party relationships, providing actionable remediation recommendations.

Support vulnerability management efforts by validating findings, prioritizing risks, and coordinating remediation activities with application, network, and cloud teams.

Participate in incident response activities, including recommendations and post-incident reviews to improve security posture.

Serve as a primary security partner to business stakeholders, translating technical risks into clear business-aligned decisions and guidance.

Influence adoption of secure design patterns, guardrails, and security standards across cloud and network environments.

Assist with audit and compliance activities related to cloud services, network security, access management, and regulatory requirements.

Contribute to the development and enhancement of security policies, standards, operating procedures, and architectural frameworks.