Senior Security Architect, Applied Field Engineering

About the role

This position is for a highly skilled technical security architect focused on helping customers implement robust security measures for the Snowflake AI & Data Cloud. You will be a key expert in South Korea, bridging global cloud architecture with local regulatory requirements. This role requires a hands-on approach to designing and evangelizing secure, compliant data and AI solutions.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Define security feature enhancements for the local market by collaborating with product and engineering teams.
• Promote Snowflake adoption by guiding customers and engineering teams on building secure, Korea-compliant data and AI architectures.
• Work with various internal teams including Sales, Product, and Marketing to boost customer security feature adoption.
• Partner with product marketing to promote Snowflake's AI and Data Cloud security posture and Security DataLake workloads through marketing events.
• Act as a security expert within the Field CTO team, collaborating on Enterprise AI, Gen AI, Data Engineering, and Applications.
• Share knowledge with internal and external communities through webinars and conferences.

Requirements

• 7-10+ years of information security experience, with at least 5 years specifically in cloud security architecture (AWS, Azure, GCP, or Korean CSPs like Naver Cloud/NHN).
• Native or professional business fluency in written and spoken Korean for regulatory filings and technical documentation.
• Professional-level English for global team collaboration.
• 10+ years of industry, customer-facing, and hands-on implementation experience focusing on data concepts, privacy, governance, networking, and security technologies.
• Excellent presentation skills for both technical and executive audiences.
• Experience selling enterprise SaaS software and working in the South Korean market.
• Proven experience designing and managing physical and logical network separation and data localization for highly regulated industries in Korea.
• In-depth working knowledge and hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform (AWS, Azure, GCP) and its 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 (NAT, Firewalls, TLS, PrivateLink).
• Practical exposure to modern security vectors, including AI Security principles and emerging non-human identity frameworks like Agentic Identity.
• Experience with audit lifecycle management, including gap assessments, control implementations, and evidence collection.
• Ability to build demos, configure CSP environments, and test use cases on the Snowflake platform.
• Ability to create and articulate security and networking reference architectures and best practices to customers.
• Demonstrated knowledge of security frameworks such as NIST, CIS, OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK, and how to apply them in a risk assessment approach.
• Bachelor's degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Management Systems, or a related field.

Nice to have

• Direct experience leading or supporting a successful CSAP certification framework (Low, Mid, or High tier).
• Direct experience navigating the K-FSI CSP Safety Evaluation process.
• Clear working knowledge of South Korean data privacy and cloud legislation, including Article 23-2 of the Cloud Computing Act, EFTA, and PIPA.
• AWS/Azure/GCP security and/or networking specialty certification.
• Hands-on expertise with SQL, Python, and APIs.
• Hands-on expertise with software containerization in Kubernetes, including Terraform.
• Background or experience in Governance, Risk, Compliance (GRC) and Infosec Auditing with relevant accreditations.
• Security operations experience in a Security Operations Environment.
• Experience implementing cloud security architectures or handling compliance programs within Korean Manufacturing, Telecom, Financial Services, or Retail sectors.
• Valid global security credentials (CISSP, CISM, or CISA) paired with official K-ISMS-P Lead Auditor/Assessor credentials.
• Prior experience working within a live Security Operations Center (SOC) or threat-hunting environment.
• Technical pre-sales or architecture experience supporting enterprise cloud or SaaS software sales cycles.

Skills & tools

• AWS, Azure, GCP, Naver Cloud, NHN
• IAM/RBAC, OAuth, SCIM
• TCP/IP, IP routing, DNS, proxies, NAT, Firewalls, TLS, PrivateLink
• NIST, CIS, OWASP, MITRE ATT&CK
• ANSI SQL
• SQL, Python, APIs
• Kubernetes, Terraform

Practical notes

• Master's degree preferred.
• Knowledge of ANSI SQL compliant databases and/or data warehousing is preferred.
• Understanding of cultural diversity across the Asia Pacific Japan region and flexibility to work with customers and colleagues across multiple APJ time zones.