Cybersecurity Architect

Koch is hiring a Cybersecurity Architect based in Atlanta, GA 30301 (onsite) to provide cybersecurity expertise across MADICS merger, acquisition, divestiture, integration, closure, and site initiatives. The role supports transaction-focused security work, including due diligence, security architecture for integrations and site changes, and reusable architecture assets for Koch technology teams and operating companies.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the cybersecurity point of contact for blockers raised by project managers and technical subject matter experts on MADICS projects.
• Lead cybersecurity due diligence and conduct risk assessments for acquisition, divestiture, and integration transactions, translating findings into clear implications for risk, cost, and timeline for the deal team.
• Architect security designs for integrations, carve-outs, site builds, and site closures, spanning identity, network, endpoint, cloud and M365, and data protection.
• Partner with project managers and business IT stakeholders to understand business problem(s) and develop plans that address them without delaying transaction activities.
• Operate on tight timelines with urgency to meet delivery dates, making pragmatic security decisions when information is incomplete.
• Create and publish cybersecurity points of view, reference architectures, and patterns that others can reuse across Koch.
• Consult with Koch operating companies to understand their cybersecurity needs, applying an enterprise perspective while respecting how each business operates.
• Provide security architecture guidance to support internal Koch Technology teams and related projects.
• Build and maintain a knowledge network across Koch Technologies and operating companies, collaborating to leverage comparative advantage across the organization.

Required Experience

• Experience in a cybersecurity or related role with knowledge across multiple security domains: identity, network, endpoint, cloud and M365, and data protection.
• Experience assessing technology risk and translating technical findings into business terms for non-security stakeholders.
• Experience partnering with project managers to document risks, solution plans, and risk optimization efforts.
• Experience working in a multi-cultural environment with a diverse workforce.
• Experience collaborating on global projects.

Technology Focus

• M365

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• Life insurance
• ADD, disability, and retirement
• Paid vacation/time off
• Educational assistance
• May also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave, and adoption assistance

What Will Put You Ahead

• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or carve-outs from a cybersecurity standpoint.
• Experience developing cybersecurity points of view, reference architectures, or patterns adopted beyond a single project.
• Demonstrated experience driving strategic initiatives, collaborating with stakeholders, and driving value-based conversations.
• Stakeholder management experience across multiple business units or operating companies.

Equal Opportunity Information

• Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.
• Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test.
• This employer uses E-Verify.