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# Senior Director - Cloud Security at 3Cloud

- **Company:** 3Cloud
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $183k–$229k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-30
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/3cloud/jobs/8659911002?gh_jid=8659911002

## Job description

Are you looking for a role that motivates and challenges you? Are you ready for an opportunity for growth? Do you want to work on teams where people roll up their sleeves to take on tough problems together, and regularly blow the doors off our clients with their outstanding teamwork? If you answered yes to those questions, 3Cloud might just be for you!

At 3Cloud, we hire people who aren’t afraid to experiment or fail. We hire people who are willing to give direct and candid feedback to their managers, leaders, and team members. We hire people who jump at those opportunities because they care about our collective growth and success. We hire people who challenge and hold each other accountable for living 3Cloud’s core values because they know that it will result in amazing experiences and solutions for our clients and each other.

Senior Director - Cloud Security

The Senior Director, Cloud Security will lead the growth, development, and delivery of 3Cloud’s cloud security capabilities. This leader will be responsible for building a differentiated portfolio of Microsoft Azure infrastructure, cloud foundation, platform engineering, identity, networking, resiliency, and security services that enable enterprise cloud, data, application, and AI transformation.

The Senior Director will operate as both a market-facing practice leader and a senior client advisor. The role will work closely with 3Cloud sales and service-line leaders, Microsoft, and Cognizant account and delivery teams to identify demand, shape opportunities, develop solutions, and convert pipeline into bookings and revenue.

This individual will be accountable for capability strategy, go-to-market execution, solution quality, delivery oversight, talent development, financial performance, and cross-service-line pull-through. The successful candidate will combine strong commercial instincts, executive consulting presence, Microsoft Azure expertise, and the ability to build and scale a high-performing team. This role reports to the 3Cloud CTI (Cloud Technology Insights) leader.

## Responsibilities

Growth and Market Development

- Define and execute the growth strategy for the Cloud Security practice.
- Build a qualified pipeline that supports bookings, revenue, margin, and pull-through objectives.
- Develop trusted relationships with Microsoft, Cognizant, strategic clients, and executive stakeholders.
- Lead executive discussions with CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, and infrastructure leaders on cloud security strategy and transformation.
- Position Cloud Security as a foundational capability supporting enterprise cloud, AI, data, and application modernization initiatives.

Offering and Solution Leadership

- Develop and evolve a portfolio of repeatable Cloud Security offerings, methodologies, accelerators, and reference architectures.
- Lead complex solutioning efforts, including discovery, architecture, estimation, proposals, pricing, and executive presentations.
- Ensure solutions are technically sound, commercially viable, appropriately governed, and aligned with client outcomes.
- Translate Microsoft roadmap investments, emerging technologies, and market trends into new services and growth opportunities.

Delivery and Client Success

- Provide executive oversight for strategic and high-risk engagements.
- Establish standards for architecture governance, delivery quality, security, resiliency, compliance, and operational readiness.
- Partner with delivery leadership to ensure projects achieve client outcomes, financial objectives, and contractual commitments.
- Capture reusable delivery assets, reference architectures, and client success stories that improve future engagements.

Practice and Talent Leadership

- Build, develop, and lead a high-performing team of architects, consultants, engineers, and technical leaders.
- Define organizational structure, competencies, career paths, and succession plans.
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, technical excellence, and client-centric consulting.
- Partner across all 3Cloud service lines to deliver integrated client solutions and eliminate siloed capabilities.
- Balance onshore, offshore, partner, and managed delivery capacity to support scalable growth.

Financial and Operational Accountability

- Own pipeline, bookings, revenue, gross margin, utilization, and capability performance.
- Develop annual operating plans, investment priorities, hiring strategies, and capacity forecasts.
- Monitor business performance, market demand, offering profitability, and delivery health.
- Provide executive reporting and strategic recommendations to senior leadership.

## Requirements

- 15+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, consulting, systems integration, or related fields.
- 8+ years in formal, progressive leadership roles in consulting, architecture, engineering, or professional services organizations.
- Demonstrated success building or scaling cloud security, infrastructure, or platform engineering capabilities.
- Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, cloud security, identity, networking, governance, automation, and platform operations.
- Experience leading enterprise cloud transformation, migration, or modernization programs.
- Proven success developing and selling consulting services while owning or influencing pipeline, bookings, and revenue.
- Strong executive communication and client advisory skills.
- Experience leading multidisciplinary consulting teams within a matrixed organization.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Travel up to 50%.

## Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working within the Microsoft partner ecosystem.
- Experience partnering with a global systems integrator or large enterprise account organization.
- Knowledge of Microsoft security capabilities, including Entra, Defender, Sentinel, Purview, and Azure Policy.
- Familiarity with Kubernetes, Azure Arc, infrastructure as code, DevSecOps, and platform engineering.
- Relevant Microsoft, cloud architecture, or cybersecurity certifications.
- Experience developing managed cloud, security, or platform operations services.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At 3Cloud we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

At this time, we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas.

This Job Posting will expire on Monday, September 14th, 2026.

3Cloud Total Rewards Highlights Include:

- Flexible work location with a virtual first approach to work!
- 401(K) with match up to 50% of your 6% contributions of eligible pay
- Generous PTO providing a minimum of 15 days in addition to 9 paid company holidays and 2 floating personal days
- Two medical plan options to allow you the choice to elect what works best for you!
- Option for vision and dental coverage
- 100% employer paid coverage for life and disability insurance
- Paid leave for birth parents and non-birth parents
- Option for Healthcare FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA
- $67.00 monthly tech and home office allowance
- Utilization and/or discretionary bonus eligibility based on role
- Employee Assistance Program to help with everyday challenges

3Cloud offers competitive compensation. In addition to base pay employees are eligible to receive an annual discretionary/utilization bonus. If you are hired at 3Cloud your final base salary is based on factors such as skills, education, experience and/or geographic location. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above includes the full base salary range for the role. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range.

Base Salary Range $183,400—$229,300 USD

Don’t meet every single requirement? At 3Cloud we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway.

At this time, we cannot sponsor applicants for work visas.

## About 3Cloud

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: 3Cloud is a 100% Azure-dedicated technology consulting firm that helps enterprises and mid-market organizations architect, build, and optimize their cloud environments on Microsoft Azure.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Cognizant in November 2025; deal expected to close Q1 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Downers Grove, Illinois (Chicago area), USA
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Mike Rocco and Jim Dietrich

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Cloud Consulting & IT Services (Microsoft Azure ecosystem)
- **Target customers**: Enterprise and mid-market organizations across banking & financial services, healthcare, technology, and consumer sectors
- **Mission**: To be the leading Microsoft Azure partner; loved by employees, trusted by clients, and valued by Microsoft and business partners. The company believes a brighter future is created through human brilliance and transformative technology.

## Products & Services
- **Cloud Strategy & Advisory**: Helping clients define their Azure roadmap, including digital modernization, cost optimization, and business transformation.
- **Data & AI Solutions**: Modern data platforms, advanced analytics, AI enablement, and machine learning solutions built on Azure. Recognized as Microsoft’s 2024 Partner of the Year for Data & AI.
- **Application Innovation**: Cloud-native app development, application modernization, and migration to Azure.
- **Cloud Platform & Infrastructure**: Architecture, design, and implementation of Azure cloud environments, including hybrid and multi-cloud strategies.
- **Managed Services**: Ongoing Azure environment management, monitoring, optimization, and support (Azure Expert Managed Services Provider).
- **Quality Engineering**: Testing and quality assurance services for cloud applications.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (acquired by Cognizant in November 2025; financial terms not disclosed)
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding — 3Cloud was a portfolio company of **Gryphon Investors** (private equity). Prior to acquisition, the company reported 20% organic compound annual growth since 2020, with 20%+ growth expected in 2025.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Gryphon Investors (PE backer); Microsoft (strategic partner); Databricks (Elite partner)
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Acquired by Cognizant (NASDAQ: CTSH) in November 2025 for an undisclosed sum; deal expected to close Q1 2026.
  - Named **2025 Microsoft U.S. Channel Partner of the Year**.
  - Named **2024 Microsoft Americas Partner of the Year for Data & AI**.
  - 1,000+ Azure experts and engineers; 1,500+ Microsoft certifications.
  - 20% organic compound annual growth since 2020.
  - Serves 1 in 10 Fortune 500 companies.

## Competitive Advantages
- **100% Azure Dedicated**: Unlike generalist consultancies, 3Cloud is singularly focused on the Microsoft Azure ecosystem, giving them unmatched depth of expertise.
- **Founder Pedigree**: Founded by former Microsoft executives who managed $1B+ revenue portfolios and have deep relationships within Microsoft’s sales and engineering leadership.
- **Award-Winning Track Record**: Multiple Microsoft Partner of the Year awards (Data & AI, Health & Life Sciences, Migration to Azure, Modernizing Applications, 2025 U.S. Channel Partner of the Year).
- **Scale & Certification**: 1,000+ Azure experts, 1,500+ Microsoft certifications, and 1,600+ Azure engagements.
- **Elite Partner Status**: Also an Elite Databricks partner, adding depth in data and AI.

## Strategic Focus
- **Enterprise AI Readiness**: Helping clients build, deploy, and scale AI solutions on Azure, with a strong emphasis on data platforms and AI-driven operations.
- **Growth Through Acquisition**: The pending acquisition by Cognizant (expected Q1 2026) will combine 3Cloud’s Azure expertise with Cognizant’s global scale, creating one of the largest Microsoft partners with 21,000+ Azure-certified specialists.
- **Continued Azure Specialization**: Remaining 100% focused on the Azure ecosystem, deepening capabilities in data, AI, and app innovation.
- **Expansion of Managed Services**: Growing the managed services practice to support ongoing client operations and optimization.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: 3Cloud emphasizes a "human led, tech driven" philosophy, with core values of Growth, Client Success, and Winning Together. The company is described as passionate, innovative, and committed to building a diverse and inclusive environment.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: 3Cloud embraces a **remote-first** approach, hiring based on skill set rather than geographical location. Employees have the flexibility to work from home, with physical offices in Downers Grove, IL (HQ) and Dallas, TX. Typical time on-site is "None."
- **Notable Perks** (per Built In):
  - Comprehensive healthcare benefits (medical, dental, vision, FSA)
  - Generous parental leave and family medical leave
  - Performance bonuses
  - Employee discounts
  - Free snacks and drinks
  - Mobile phone discount
  - Travel concierge services
  - Job training, conferences, and customized development tracks
  - Promotion policies and career growth support
- **Engineering Culture**: Focus on leading-edge Azure technology, with opportunities to work on complex, high-impact projects for Fortune 500 clients. The company emphasizes innovation, continuous learning, and a collaborative "winning together" mindset.
- **Diversity & Inclusion**: 3Cloud is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse environment.

## Sources
1. [3Cloud Solutions - About Us](https://3cloudsolutions.com/about-us/)
2. [3Cloud Solutions - Careers](https://3cloudsolutions.com/join-us/)
3. [Built In - 3Cloud Careers, Perks + Culture](https://builtin.com/company/3cloud)
4. [Cognizant Press Release - Acquisition of 3Cloud (Finanzwire)](https://www.finanzwire.com/press-release/cognizant-technology-solutions-etr-cognizant-to-acquire-3cloud-creating-a-leading-force-in-microsoft-azure-services-and-enterprise-ai-transformation-X3tgRPOLQTb)

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