Cybersecurity Architect

Benefits and support included: relocation assistance is available for this onsite role. You will also have the opportunity to work on security enforcement and architecture work aligned to NIST frameworks, partnering with teams across cloud and enterprise environments.

Work location and schedule: San Diego, CA (onsite). This is a full-time, salaried position with a pay range of USD 84,000 to 140,625 per year. Travel requirements are 0% to 25%, and the role may transition to fully on-site as business needs change.

Responsibilities

• Engineer large-scale security enforcement frameworks, automate security solutions, and support enterprise-wide security initiatives.
• Deploy and configure security enforcement technologies, managing complex changes and advanced troubleshooting.
• Architect and build secure solutions across AWS and Microsoft Azure, including for business and international locations.
• Contribute to security design and NIST-aligned reference architectures while helping develop security capabilities and maintain them in cloud environments.
• Support security enforcement architecture efforts, drive enterprise security standardization, and develop scalable policy enforcement solutions that enable business operations while reducing organizational risk.
• Design, implement, and maintain security policies and enforcement capabilities across on-premises and cloud environments, balancing security requirements with operational and business needs.
• After initial deployment, create and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and support documentation for the deployed solutions.
• Train team members on solution operation, support, and maintenance so the capability can be sustained internally.
• Serve as a cybersecurity technical advisor to business, IT, cloud, infrastructure, application, and engineering teams.
• Consult with stakeholders to understand business and technical requirements, assess cybersecurity risks, and recommend practical security architectures, controls, technologies, and compensating measures.
• Provide cybersecurity expertise throughout the planning, design, acquisition, implementation, and operational lifecycle of new technologies and cloud services.
• Translate complex security risks and technical requirements into clear guidance for both technical and non-technical stakeholders, aligning security, business objectives, operational needs, and risk.
• Ensure enterprise security enforcement technologies are optimized for performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Lead the design and implementation of security enforcement technologies.
• Identify opportunities to automate security controls, policy enforcement, monitoring, and response to improve effectiveness and scalability of the Cybersecurity Defense function.
• Evaluate emerging threats, technologies, and industry trends to strengthen security capabilities and reduce evolving risks.
• Develop and maintain a forward-looking cybersecurity technology roadmap aligned with business objectives, enterprise architecture, NIST frameworks, and the organization’s security strategy.
• Identify gaps in existing security capabilities and controls, and recommend improvements that increase security maturity, operational resilience, and risk reduction.
• Research, evaluate, and pilot emerging security technologies to determine applicability, business value, security benefits, and operational impact prior to enterprise adoption.

Requirements

• Typically requires a bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field, and two or more years of progressive experience in cybersecurity with a bachelor’s.
• Solid understanding in system security architecture and secure operations.
• Supports teams in solving complex security challenges.
• Operates autonomously and supports high-level planning.
• 3-5 years of progressive cybersecurity experience.
• Desired credentials: Security+, Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) or higher, Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100), CISSP.
• Desired: experience in Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) technologies.
• Desired: some scripting experience (Python, PowerShell).
• Relevant experience: AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Palo Alto, M365 Security.
• Must have the ability to obtain a government clearance.
• US Citizenship Required.

Technology Focus

• AWS
• Microsoft Azure
• NIST
• Python, PowerShell
• Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) technologies
• Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
• Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
• Security+, CISSP
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate, Palo Alto, M365 Security
• Secret clearance (clearance level listed)