Principal Google Cloud Security Consultant - GCP and Wiz
$127k - $212k/yr
Expert
Remote in USA
RemoteRemote within the United States, with up to 25% travel required.
CybersecuritySecurity Engineering & Architecture
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead secure Google Cloud architecture design and reviews across identity and access management, networking, workload protection, data protection, logging, monitoring, and compliance.
- Advise enterprise customers on Google Cloud Platform security strategy aligned to business risk, regulatory requirements, and operating priorities.
- Lead Google Cloud security posture assessments to identify high-impact risks, misconfigurations, control gaps, and operational weaknesses.
- Advise customers on Wiz use cases such as cloud-native application protection platforms, cloud security posture management, vulnerability prioritization, attack path analysis, entitlement risk, and remediation workflows.
- Advise customers on Google SecOps, Chronicle, security information and event management strategy, cloud telemetry strategy, detection engineering, and security operations center workflow design.
- Develop executive-ready findings, prioritized remediation roadmaps, and maturity-based security improvement plans.
- Lead Security Command Center and Security Command Center Enterprise implementation, configuration, tuning, and operationalization.
- Integrate Security Command Center findings into vulnerability management, compliance, security operations, and executive risk reporting workflows.
- Support security information and event management modernization and migration planning, including log source rationalization, detection migration, alert tuning, and operational transition.
- Help customers move from fragmented monitoring approaches into scalable, cloud-native security operations models.
- Own complex technical workstreams from discovery through delivery, including technical direction, scope, risks, and stakeholder coordination.
- Translate technical security findings into clear business risks, investment priorities, and actionable recommendations for senior leaders.
- Guide customer teams through secure Google Cloud design, configuration, deployment, and operational maturity decisions.
- Advise on Vertex AI and artificial intelligence workload security, including identity, access control, data protection, governance, logging, and monitoring.
- Create architecture diagrams, assessment deliverables, roadmaps, implementation documentation, and operational runbooks.
- Develop repeatable methodologies, assessment frameworks, implementation patterns, reference architectures, and reusable technical assets.
- Mentor consultants and help raise the overall capability of the Google Cloud Security practice.
- Provide technical leadership during client reviews, executive briefings, architecture discussions, and operational meetings.
- Contribute to process improvement and automation initiatives that improve consistency, scalability, and delivery quality.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with Wiz, Google SecOps or Chronicle, security information and event management migration, Vertex AI security, Terraform, or related cloud security skills.
About the company
Coalfire provides cybersecurity advisory and managed services to help organizations protect digital assets and secure cloud environments. Its offerings include risk assessments, threat and vulnerability management, compliance assessments, third‑party risk management, and cloud security consulting plus managed security services. It differentiates itself with a focus on regulated industries (HIPAA, HITRUST) and end-to-end services that cover both advisory guidance and ongoing security operations for scalable, compliant cloud deployments. Its goal is to reduce cyber risk and help clients meet regulatory requirements while advancing cybersecurity education through initiatives like the Richard E. Dakin Fund.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Series B
Total Funding
$9.4M
Headquarters
Westminster, Colorado
Founded
2001
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- August 4, 2026 Managed and Transformation Services targets recurring security revenue.
- May 18, 2026 CPAN expands Coalfire Federal into CMMC-driven defense demand.
- March 2026 Google Cloud and Drata deals signal stronger platform attach and pipeline leverage.
What critics are saying
- Coalfire still sells trust in a market increasingly crowded by Drata and Wiz.
- April 21, 2026 Google Cloud integration deepens partner dependence and weakens pricing power.
- Dallas County paid $600,000 in January 2026, keeping Coalfire's pentest liability narrative alive.
What makes Coalfire unique
- Coalfire pairs independent assessments with tools like Compliance Essentials and FastRAMP.
- March 10, 2026 Drata partnership fuses continuous monitoring with Coalfire validation.
- August 3, 2026 Wiz alliance and Google Marketplace reach embed compliance into operations.
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Benefits
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Options
- Parental Leave
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Professional Development Budget
- Mental Health Support
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance