Staff Security Architect

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

📋 Description

• Spearhead security architecture initiatives for intricate enterprise projects, strategic programs, and significant technology implementations.

• Provide guidance to engineering, infrastructure, cloud, data, and product teams throughout the design and delivery of solutions.

• Formulate security architecture strategies, reference architectures, design patterns, standards, and technical guidance.

• Conduct threat modeling sessions, architectural risk assessments, and security design evaluations.

• Assess emerging technologies, platforms, and vendor solutions to identify security risks and architectural compatibility.

• Enhance the Security Architecture review process, threat modeling techniques, and security consulting services.

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture and technology leadership to incorporate cybersecurity requirements into technology roadmaps and governance frameworks.

• Establish security controls and compensatory measures that align with business goals, operational needs, and risk tolerance.

• Act as a subject matter expert in areas such as cloud security, application security, identity security, network security, data security, AI security, or zero trust architectures.

• Mentor security architects and cybersecurity professionals while providing technical oversight for complex projects.

• Create reusable documentation, security patterns, architecture decision records, and implementation guidance.

• Stay informed about evolving threats, industry trends, emerging technologies, and security best practices.

• Deliver security architecture recommendations, technology risks, and strategic initiatives to both technical and executive stakeholders.

• Cultivate relationships across business and technology sectors to promote collaboration and the adoption of cybersecurity initiatives.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5-8 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity disciplines, including security architecture, application security, cloud security, infrastructure security, governance, risk management, or security engineering.

• At least 3 years of experience in designing enterprise security architectures for complex cloud-native, hybrid, or distributed environments.

• Proven experience in developing enterprise security architecture strategies, standards, reference architectures, and security design patterns.

• Profound understanding of enterprise architecture frameworks and security architecture methodologies.

• Extensive experience with AWS, Azure, and/or Google Cloud Platform, including familiarity with cloud-native security services and modern application architectures.

• Experience with threat modeling methodologies such as STRIDE, PASTA, MITRE ATT&CK, OWASP Threat Modeling, or comparable frameworks.

• Strong grasp of SSDLC, DevSecOps, CI/CD security, SAST, DAST, SCA, and penetration testing methodologies.

• Experience designing security controls for APIs, containers, Kubernetes, microservices, serverless architectures, identity platforms, and zero trust networks.

• Familiarity with IAM, PAM, EDR, SIEM, network security, encryption, secrets management, PKI, and data protection technologies.

• Experience with NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, SOX, and CIS Controls.

• Ability to influence architectural decisions across multiple technology organizations without direct authority.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and systems-thinking capabilities.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership and executive audiences.

• Proven track record of leading multiple strategic initiatives while managing competing priorities.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.

• Desired industry certifications include CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, GIAC, TOGAF, or similar qualifications.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health insurance.

• Retirement plans.

• Paid time off.

• Additional forms of compensation and benefits may be available based on skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

• Equal employment opportunity protections.

• Support for reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities or disabled veterans.