A Lead Integrated Cybersecurity Architect plays a crucial role in promoting established cybersecurity architectural principles, standards, and design patterns across engineering teams. The focus is on building secure products and enterprise tools for multi-cloud and on-premises environments. This role is designed to be an integral member of the product and engineering teams, providing essential guidance on how to implement cybersecurity architecture guidelines effectively.
With comprehensive cybersecurity expertise in designing and constructing secure software, this leader collaborates with both direct and cross-functional teams throughout the organization. They work to address cybersecurity risks unique to specific business units and their products.
Key Responsibilities :
- Communicate and advocate for cybersecurity guidelines to both engineering and business teams, supporting their adoption.
- Maintain continuous engagement with engineering teams to provide strategic advice on architecture decisions and implement cybersecurity controls.
- Identify and mitigate cybersecurity risks by conducting threat modeling for products and enterprise tools.
- Offer cybersecurity architecture consultation across significant programs and solutions.
- Foster collaboration with cybersecurity peers to build a cohesive department and report on business-specific activities.
- Act as the primary cybersecurity representative to product and engineering teams.
- Work with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, and engineering teams to assess existing architecture, identify vulnerabilities, and recommend security enhancements.
- Participate in security events and incident response to address design gaps and propose preventative solutions.
- Educate architects and engineers on best practices and standards in cybersecurity.
- Collaborate with legal, governance, risk, and compliance teams to ensure architectural compliance with regulatory and contractual obligations.
Minimum Qualifications :
Bachelor's degree in a related discipline and 6 years of experience, or a combination of advanced degrees and relevant experience.A minimum of 4 years focused on cybersecurity.Experience in designing, securing, or operating AWS infrastructure and services.Ability to communicate cybersecurity policies and procedures effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.Outstanding skills in customer service, writing, and executive presentations.Ability to build productive relationships with stakeholders and collaborate with other cybersecurity teams.Consultative approach to address complex and controversial topics.Strong ability to evaluate risks and recommend mitigative actions based on business impact.Knowledge of current cybersecurity architectures such as zero trust, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, and DevSecOps.Creative problem-solving skills for complex cybersecurity challenges.Experience with Agile methodologies and change deployment in Fortune 1000 companies.Familiarity with cybersecurity frameworks like ISO 27000 and NIST.Preferred Qualifications :
Expertise in developing cybersecurity standard methodologies across all layers of hosting and application stacks.Knowledge of IAM, cryptography, secret management, and security protocols.Experience in application security implementations.Strong technical knowledge in programming languages and cloud technologies.Familiarity with edge services including firewalls and network architectures.Experience with AWS Well-Architected Framework and cloud enterprise solutions.Salary ranges from USD 119,600.00 to 199,400.00 annually, reflecting individual qualifications. The position offers generous vacation and wellness time, along with additional paid leave options.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without current or future sponsorship.