Senior Security Architect, Applied Field Engineering Office

The role

You will serve as the primary South Korean security expert within the APJ Field CTO Office. You will advise customers on building secure, Korea-compliant Data and AI architectures and bridge the gap between global cloud architecture and local regulatory frameworks.

What you will do

• Scope security related feature enhancements for Product Management and Engineering.
• Advise customers and engineering teams on building secure Korea-compliant Data and AI architectures.
• Collaborate with Sales, Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Support to drive security feature adoption.
• Partner with Product Marketing to define Snowflake's AI and Data Cloud posture.
• Collaborate with Field CTO members in Enterprise AI, Gen AI, Data Engineering and Applications teams.
• Share knowledge with internal and industry communities via webinars and conferences.
• Create security and networking-related reference architectures and hardening guides.

Required qualifications

• 7-10+ years of hands-on information security experience.
• 5+ years focused on cloud security architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP, or domestic Korean CSPs like Naver Cloud/NHN).
• Native or professional business fluency in written and spoken Korean.
• Professional-level English.
• 10+ years of industry, customer-facing, and hands-on implementation experience with data concepts, privacy, governance, networking, infosec and security technologies.
• Experience selling enterprise SaaS software and working in the local South Korean market.
• Experience designing and managing physical and logical network separation architecture and data localization/residency compliance.
• Expertise and hands-on experience in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and corresponding security, data encryption, and networking architecture.
• Advanced understanding of IAM/RBAC, OAuth, identity governance (SCIM), TCP/IP, IP routing, DNS, proxies, and CSP private networking.
• Practical exposure to AI Security principles and non-human identity frameworks like Agentic Identity.
• Experience executing gap assessments, control implementations, and managing annual surveillance/reassessment cycles.
• Demonstrated knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST, CIS, OWASP, and MITRE ATT&CK.

Nice to have

• Masters degree
• Knowledge of ANSI SQL compliant databases and / or data warehousing
• Direct, hands-on experience leading or supporting a successful CSAP certification framework (Low, Mid, or High tier)
• Direct experience navigating the K-FSI CSP Safety Evaluation process
• Working knowledge of South Korean data privacy and cloud legislation (Cloud Computing Act, EFTA, PIPA)
• AWS/Azure/GCP security and / or networking specialty related certification
• Hands-on expertise with SQL, Python, and APIs
• Hands-on expertise with software containerisation in Kubernetes, including the use of Terraform or similar technologies
• Background or experience in Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Infosec Auditing
• Prior experience implementing cloud security architectures within Korean Manufacturing, Telecom, Financial Services, or Retail verticals

About the company

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