Security Architecture Engineer

Overview

Role:
Security Architecture Engineer

Location:

Orlando, FL

Rate Range: $60/hr - $80/hr

Role

Summary:

We are seeking a Security Architecture Engineer (SAE) to support enterprise-wide security architecture, tooling integration, and risk posture across a complex technology portfolio. This role is hands-on and highly collaborative, working closely with engineering, infrastructure, application, and security teams to ensure security capabilities are effectively designed, implemented, and operationalized. The SAE is not a purely theoretical architect. This role bridges security strategy and execution, helping teams integrate security tooling, validate coverage, improve visibility, and reduce risk through scalable and automated approaches.

• Security Architecture & Engineering:
  Design and evolve security architectures that align with enterprise standards while supporting modern platforms, applications, and infrastructure.
• Act as a hands-on technical partner to engineering teams, ensuring security requirements are built into platforms and services from design through implementation.
• Support the integration and optimization of security tooling across endpoint, infrastructure, application, and data layers.
• Tooling, Visibility & Risk Posture:
  Partner with security operations and platform teams to ensure consistent asset visibility and coverage across the environment.
• Support consolidation and correlation of security data from multiple tools (e.g., endpoint protection, SIEM, vulnerability scanning, application security).
• Help define and validate security posture metrics, ensuring leadership has accurate, actionable insight into risk.
• Vulnerability & Platform Enablement:
  Collaborate with vulnerability management and application security teams to ensure vulnerabilities are identified, prioritized, and contextualized based on asset and application criticality.
• Support platform teams in building and refining internal security dashboards and automation capabilities that reduce manual reporting and audit effort.
• Assist with security discovery, asset inventory alignment, and data accuracy across tooling ecosystems.
• Governance, Standards & Advisory:
  Provide architectural guidance aligned to industry standards and internal security policies.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to product, infrastructure, and engineering leaders on security design decisions.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design forums, and risk discussions as a security SME.

• 7+ years of experience in security engineering, security architecture, or related technical security roles
• Strong understanding of:
  • Enterprise security architecture concepts
  • Infrastructure, application, and cloud security fundamentals
  • Vulnerability management and security tooling ecosystems
• Hands-on experience working with security platforms such as:
  • Endpoint security tools
  • SIEM / logging platforms
  • Vulnerability scanning and application security tools
• Ability to translate security requirements into practical, implementable solutions
• Strong communication skills and comfort working in highly matrixed environments

• Experience supporting large, complex enterprise environments
• Familiarity with asset discovery and inventory challenges in distributed systems
• Experience partnering with teams building internal security platforms or dashboards
• Background working closely with both security operations and engineering teams
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., PCI, media, entertainment, large consumer platforms)

• Highly collaborative and embedded with delivery teams
• Mix of strategic architecture thinking and hands-on execution
• Iterative, problem-solving mindset focused on improving visibility, scale, and automation
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity while platforms and tooling continue to evolve

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package.…