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Deloitte US

Cyber - GCP Forward Deployed Security Engineer (FDE) - Senior Consultant

AI summary of the role

Embed with client cloud and engineering teams to design, build, deploy, and operate automated security controls across GCP environments.

What you’ll do

  • Design and harden security controls for Google Cloud AI services (Gemini, Model Garden, Model Armor) and GKE workloads.
  • Implement data protection and DLP using GCP DLP, KMS, Security Command Center, and IAM Policy Analyzer.
  • Write and maintain Terraform-based infrastructure-as-code with security guardrails and policy-as-code.
  • Own deployed security controls in production, tune performance, and lead technical workstreams.

What you’ll bring

  • 5+ years in cloud security, cybersecurity, technology risk, or technology consulting.
  • 3+ years hands-on GCP security solution design, build, or operation.
  • 2+ years using Terraform for production infrastructure-as-code.
  • Experience with policy-as-code (Organization Policies, OPA, Checkov, tfsec) and CI/CD security integration.

Technologies

GCP · Terraform · Gemini AI · GKE · Workload Identity Federation · Data Loss Prevention · KMS · Security Command Center · Open Policy Agent · Checkov · Python · Bash

Source and classification

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Join Deloitte’s Cloud Cyber Security practice as a GCP Forward Deployed Engineer, Senior Consultant and help organizations secure Google Cloud Platform (GCP) cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) workloads at scale. In this hands-on role, you will work directly with client engineering teams to design, build, ship, and operate secure-by-default GCP environments and automated security controls across generative AI services, container and data platforms, infrastructure-as-code, and secure delivery pipelines. This role is suited for an engineer who enjoys solving complex cloud security challenges, shipping working automation, and driving security outcomes in production environments. Recruiting for this role ends on 12/31/2026. Work you’ll do As a GCP Forward Deployed Engineer, Senior Consultant on the Cloud Cyber Security team, you will be responsible for… Embedding directly within
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