Senior Lead Info Security Architect

Position Summary

The Senior Lead Info Security Architect role will lead and collaborate with various stakeholders on the strategic vision for the enterprise leveraging security, managed solutions, and traditional capabilities; provide security designs for innovative solutions and technologies. They will lead for secure design, planning, and implementation of the company's Cyber Security organization.

• Lead and collaborate with stakeholders on the strategic vision for the enterprise, leveraging security, managed solutions, and traditional capabilities.
• Provide security designs while leading innovative solutions and technologies in alignment with our enterprise architecture best practices.
• Define policies and standards in alignment with enterprise security and architecture requirements.
• Create and maintain roadmaps within the technology and architecture strategy.
• Lead the designs and implementation of new, innovative secure solutions within the organization.
• Ensure design and architecture information is well‑documented, up‑to‑date, and communicated to the relevant stakeholders.
• Lead the definition of systems solutions to fulfill the functional management of cloud platforms, conforming to established system architecture standards and practices.
• Provide leadership in threat analysis consultation across the organization, both within the operating business unit and to Information Technology management and staff.
• Maintain highly technical knowledge of security trends and emerging technologies to best inform secure design, architecture, and decision‑making processes.

• 5+ Years Required; 7+ Years Preferred
• University (Degree) Preferred

• Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in Information Technology or Cyber Security Engineering/Operations
• At least 2+ years’ experience in Security Architecture
• At least 2+ years’ experience with cloud architectures (e.g., SaaS, PaaS), common commercial cloud systems (e.g., AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud) and cloud security solutions (e.g., Cloud Access Security Broker, Multi‑factor Authentication, Zero Trust Architecture)
• Familiarity with program coding
• Worked in an agile environment
• Experience utilizing development pipelines and automation (Devops/Dev Secops)

• At least 2+ years’ experience managing multiple projects.
• Possess professional certification (i.e., CCSP – Certified Cloud Security Professional, CISSP, CISM) or comparable certifications.
• Comfortable with delivering documents in MS Office (i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)

• Accountability
• Adaptability
• Business Continuity Planning
• Cloud Computing Security
• Collaboration
• Communication
• Compliance
• Consultative Communication
• Cybersecurity
• Detail‑Oriented
• General Risk Management
• Network Security
• Prioritizes Effectively

Base Pay Range: $159,500/yr - $208,100/yr

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non‑annual sales incentive plans, or other non‑annual incentive plans).

2026‑03‑07

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