Data Center Security Compliance Public Sector Specialist

About Us

At Cloudflare, we are on a mission to help build a better Internet. Today the company runs one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties for customers ranging from individual bloggers to SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. Cloudflare protects and accelerates any Internet application online without adding hardware, installing software, or changing a line of code. Internet properties powered by Cloudflare all have web traffic routed through its intelligent global network, which gets smarter with every request. As a result, they see significant improvement in performance and a decrease in spam and other attacks. Cloudflare was named to Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top Company Cultures list and ranked among the World’s Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company. 

At Cloudflare, we’re not looking for people who wait for a polished roadmap; we’re looking for the builders who see the cracks in the Internet that everyone else has simply learned to live with. We value candidates who have the instinct to spot a "normalized" problem and the AI-native curiosity to create a solution using the latest tools. Our culture is built on iteration, leveraging AI to ship faster today to make it better tomorrow, while ensuring that every improvement, no matter how small, is shared across the team to lift everyone up. If you’re the type of person who values curiosity over bureaucracy, and that AI is a partner in solving tough problems to keep the Internet moving forward, you’ll fit right in.

Location: Austin, TX

About the Role

Cloudflare is looking for a Data Center Security Compliance Public Sector Specialist to assist our global Data Center Security Compliance team. This critical role is part of the Infrastructure Operations organization that is responsible for building, scaling, and running Cloudflare’s data center and network infrastructure around the world.  You will play a key role in ensuring the performance, availability, and security of Cloudflare’s network.  In pursuit of the goal to “help build a better Internet,” Cloudflare operates one of the world’s largest and most important cloud networks. Spanning more than 300 cities across the globe, Cloudflare’s network is a key strategic asset and supports all customers and products.

The DCSC Public Sector Specialist sits at the intersection of physical infrastructure, strict government regulation (FedRAMP), and operational security.  We are looking for a driven, detailed, and organized professional that can help us improve operational excellence working with our large, strategic partners. In this role, you will have the opportunity to blend strategic vision with tactical implementation to drive outcomes. The ideal candidate will have experience working with the Data Center Security Compliance Programs with a focus on improving operational excellence to drive growth and scalability. This is your opportunity to join a growing, fast-paced, and market-leading cloud security company that is poised to be one of the iconic brands of the decade. If you are interested in building your career with a company that is experiencing explosive growth, while being given the responsibility and challenge to have a real impact on our company’s success, then this is the opportunity for you.

Key Responsibilities

1. Public Sector & Compliance Governance

• Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) on NIST 800-53 control families and FedRAMP requirements.

• Manage Cloudflare’s continuous monitoring program, inclusive of annual assessments and significant change requests.

• Collect, validate, and organize FedRAMP evidence and artifacts to present to auditors, FedRAMP customers, and the FedRAMP PMO.

• Help guide our overall security policy and governance architecture to ensure alignment with evolving government regulations.

       2. Audit Lifecycle Management

• Orchestrate end-to-end audit activities for standards such as PCI, SOC2, ISO, NIST, and FedRAMP.

• Coordinate with auditors to manage data center access, compliance certificate collection, and evidence defense.

• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Legal, Product, and Operational teams to maintain management and technical controls.

• Support compliance and regulatory projects, including implementation of new legislation / regulation.

        3. Identity & Access Management (IAM) Operations

• Execute monthly Periodic Access Reviews (PARs): Compare portal user lists against ACLs to ensure least-privilege access is maintained across all data centers.

• Manage the lifecycle of portal access: Auditing access, provisioning/deprovisioning users, and maintaining accurate documentation.

• Oversee physical access requests to data centers and ensure strict adherence to security policies.

• Drive the resolution of daily DCSC Jira tickets for portal access, physical access, audits, and site decommissioning.

• Automate and streamline access review processes where possible, utilizing standard communication templates to site managers.

       4.  Partner Relations & Reporting

• Own, influence, and orchestrate relationships within the partner Offering teams that can help drive Cloudflare offerings and strategic positioning.

• Monitor and implement changes to individual accountability regime requirements (such as UK, Ireland, Singapore and Australia).

• Maintain centralized documentation, databases, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to track compliance health.

Requirements

• 3-6 years working in Security Compliance, Information Security, or Risk Management.
• Deep familiarity with all NIST 800-53 control families and FedRAMP requirements
• Ability to work closely with auditors and articulate technical concepts
• Experience in auditing of network, operating system, and application security
• Proven experience managing an audit throughout the full audit lifecycle (from readiness to final report)
• Familiarity with additional security standards and frameworks such as ISO 27000, SOC 2, PCI DSS, ISMAP and IRAP.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with internal stakeholders and strong communications skills
• High tolerance for ambiguity and ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
• Some travel may be required to engage with regulators and auditors
• Certifications: CISSP, CIPP, CIPM, CIPT, CISA, or CRISC.
• A relevant professional experience working with technology partners, alliances, or third-party vendors, ideally in the following disciplines: Data center Security Compliance, Access Management, audit administration at a leading high-tech company; offering management
• Technical skills including the ability to understand (1) product roadmaps; (2) market trends and factors; and (3) complex partner requirements.
• Strong technical proficiency with spreadsheet software (Excel/Google Sheets) including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs for data reconciliation.
• Organized & Disciplined, with a strong focus on driving outcomes
• Preferred Prior experience with Data Centre Security Compliance disciplines and audit programs and past history working at a hyperscaler or high-growth tech company.
• Preferred Superb organizational skills and demonstrated history managing complex processes including audit cycles, Facts gathering and analytical skills.

 

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What Makes Cloudflare Special?

We’re not just a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company. We’re a highly ambitious, large-scale technology company with a soul. Fundamental to our mission to help build a better Internet is protecting the free and open Internet.

Project Galileo: Since 2014, we've equipped more than 2,400 journalism and civil society organizations in 111 countries with powerful tools to defend themselves against attacks that would otherwise censor their work, technology already used by Cloudflare’s enterprise customers--at no cost.

Athenian Project: In 2017, we created the Athenian Project to ensure that state and local governments have the highest level of protection and reliability for free, so that their constituents have access to election information and voter registration. Since the project, we've provided services to more than 425 local government election websites in 33 states.

1.1.1.1: We released 1.1.1.1 to help fix the foundation of the Internet by building a faster, more secure and privacy-centric public DNS resolver. This is available publicly for everyone to use - it is the first consumer-focused service Cloudflare has ever released. Here’s the deal - we don’t store client IP addresses never, ever. We will continue to abide by our privacy commitment and ensure that no user data is sold to advertisers or used to target consumers.

Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? We’d love to hear from you!

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