Principal Security Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and uphold enterprise architecture standards, principles, reference architectures, and multi-year technology roadmaps.

• Provide architectural leadership and guide strategic technology investment decisions for business and technology executives.

• Oversee architecture governance reviews and ensure technology solutions are aligned with enterprise objectives.

• Assess emerging technologies and create adoption strategies that balance innovation, security, scalability, and cost.

• Take ownership of enterprise cloud architecture and governance across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

• Design and maintain cloud landing zones, network architectures, identity models, security controls, and management frameworks.

• Set enterprise standards for Infrastructure as Code, automation, and cloud operations.

• Lead initiatives related to cloud modernization, migration, platform engineering, and transformation.

• Develop and sustain cloud governance, FinOps, and operational excellence programs.

• Architect secure environments for regulated workloads, including AWS GovCloud and other compliance-sensitive settings.

• Manage the architecture, governance, administration, and strategic direction of the GitHub Enterprise platform.

• Oversee GitHub Enterprise licensing, billing structures, organizational hierarchy, repository governance, and platform security.

• Drive enterprise adoption and governance of GitHub Copilot, AI-assisted development platforms, and contemporary software engineering capabilities.

• Establish standards for source code management, CI/CD platforms, developer workflows, and software supply chain security.

• Collaborate with engineering leadership to enhance developer productivity, platform reliability, and developer experience.

• Define governance controls for enterprise AI coding assistants and developer tool ecosystems.

• Develop enterprise architectures for AI platforms, generative AI services, foundation models, and AI-enabled business capabilities.

• Create governance frameworks for responsible AI adoption, security, compliance, and risk management.

• Collaborate with business and engineering teams to promote the secure adoption of emerging AI technologies.

• Evaluate and govern enterprise AI platforms, including commercial and cloud-native AI services.

• Establish enterprise security architecture standards across cloud, infrastructure, applications, AI, and developer platforms.

• Define patterns and controls for identity and access management, privilege management, secrets management, and DevSecOps.

• Work alongside cybersecurity, product security, and engineering organizations to implement security-by-design practices.

• Ensure architecture decisions meet regulatory, contractual, and industry compliance requirements.

• Lead cloud financial management initiatives across AWS, Azure, GCP, GitHub Enterprise, and AI platforms.

• Establish governance for consumption, budgeting, licensing, chargeback/showback, and cost optimization.

• Identify opportunities to enhance operational efficiency through automation, standardization, and platform consolidation.

• Drive continuous improvement programs that minimize technical debt while enhancing scalability and reliability.

• Serve as a senior technical advisor to executive leadership and technology teams.

• Lead cross-functional architecture initiatives involving infrastructure, security, software engineering, product, and operations teams.

• Mentor architects, engineers, and technical leaders across the enterprise.

• Build partnerships with business stakeholders, vendors, and strategic technology partners.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise architecture, cloud architecture, infrastructure engineering, or technology leadership roles.

• Profound hands-on expertise with AWS, Azure, and GCP architecture, governance, and operations.

• Experience in administering and governing GitHub Enterprise at an enterprise scale.

• Familiarity with GitHub Copilot, AI tooling, developer platforms, and software delivery ecosystems.

• Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture, cloud security, identity and access management, and governance frameworks.

• Proven experience leading cloud migration, transformation, and modernization initiatives.

• Excellent executive communication and stakeholder management skills.

• Demonstrated ability to balance technology innovation, risk management, and business outcomes.

• AWS Solutions Architect Certification is preferred.

• Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Certification is preferred.

• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect Certification is preferred.

• Experience with Terraform, Bicep, PowerShell, Python, automation platforms, and API integration is preferred.

• Familiarity with AI governance, LLM platforms, and enterprise AI enablement is preferred.

• FinOps, ITIL, Security+, or similar architecture and governance certifications are preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Diverse, inclusive culture.

• Opportunities for learning and growth.

• Limitless potential for personal and professional development.

• Dynamic startup spirit and a collaborative work environment.