Cloud Security Architect, SVP

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients' best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We'll enable growth and progress together.

About Our Team :

The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is home to deeply talented colleagues that work to ensure the safety of Citi's clients', our revenue, our employees and our proprietary data. We manage information security as one end-to end program - one with a clear mandate and accountability. Our mission is a program that is fully anchored to modern control and architectural frameworks, is fully aligned with the enterprise architecture of the firm and is deeply integrated into the sectors and functions.

Position Overview :

The Cloud Security Architect is a strategic professional who closely follows latest trends in own field and adapts them for application within own job and the business. Typically a small number of people within the business that provide the same level of expertise. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business. Necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Primarily affects a sub-function. Responsible for handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team / project. Note this position is specifically for a Security Architect, whose also specializes in AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud security architecture.

Responsibilities :

Provides security architectural vision for all IT systems, including those that support Internet applications, ensuring that security architecture conforms to enterprise blueprints.

Develops security architecture, strategy, planning, and problem solving solutions on an enterprise level.

Interfaces across several channels, acting as a visionary to proactively assist in defining direction for future GCP-related and other projects.

Maintains continuous awareness of business, technical, and infrastructure issues and acts as a sounding board or consultant to aid in the development of creative GCP security architecture solutions.

Depending on project scope, may be accountable for end-to-end results including such items as : budgeting, policy formulation as well as providing future state technology security strategies for an effort.

Interfaces with vendors to security assess their technology and to guide their product roadmap based on Citi's security requirements.

Exhibits in-depth knowledge of how own specialism contributes to the business and has a good understanding of the commercial environment.

Provides thought leadership in subjects that are key to the business.

Requires sophisticated analytical thought to resolve issues in a variety of complex situations.

Impacts the technology function through contribution to technical direction and strategic decisions pertaining to Citi's Google Cloud usage.

Uses developed communication skills to negotiate and often at higher levels.

Performs other job duties and functions as assigned

Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications :

10+ years relevant experience within security domain

Extensive AWS or Azure experience required; GCP expertise preferred

Experience and thorough understanding of security architecture design, data security, security controls, threat modeling, compliance and governance, etc.

Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Management and prioritization skills

Ability to develop working relationships

Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities

Ability to work under pressure and to meet tight deadlines

Self-starter with ability to take the initiative and master new tasks quickly

Methodical, attention to detail

Education :

• Bachelor's / University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

Job Family Group : Technology

Job Family : Architecture

Time Type : Full time

Primary Location :

Jacksonville Florida United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range :

$141,440.00 - $212,160.00

In addition to salary, Citi's offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including : medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills

Cloud Security Architecture, Enterprise Security Architecture, Security Architecture Design.

Anticipated Posting Close Date :

Oct 07, 2025

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