Principal, Cybersecurity Architect

The Principal, Cybersecurity Architect is a strategic technical leader responsible for maintaining enterprise-wide security architecture coherence and shaping long-term security strategy. Based in Rosemead, CA with a hybrid work arrangement, the role reports to the Head of Cybersecurity and Risk and emphasizes enterprise and multi-domain security architecture leadership, aligning security with business outcomes, and setting the overall direction for security architecture.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the enterprise security architecture vision and roadmap, and establish and govern security reference architectures, principles, and patterns.
• Define the enterprise architecture for agentic AI systems, including orchestration, tools, runtime, and governance.
• Lead architecture decisions for high risk, high impact, or cross-enterprise initiatives, balancing security, cost, and performance.
• Define and enforce security models for non-human identities, including authentication, credentials, and lifecycle.
• Establish least-privilege access controls and enforce clear action boundaries for autonomous systems.
• Define monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks to ensure traceability, auditability, and compliance.
• Establish lifecycle governance for agents, including development, deployment, versioning, and retirement.
• Establish secure, scalable patterns for agent orchestration, tool calling, and multi-agent workflows.
• Partner with software engineering leaders to integrate cybersecurity practices into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows.
• Influence platform, vendor, and tooling strategy with a long-term enterprise perspective.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or an IT-related discipline.
• 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, architecture, engineering, product security, or large-scale technology leadership with increasing management responsibility; experience with cloud-native architectures, embedded systems, or hybrid software ecosystems and relevant certifications such as CISSP, CSSLP, or equivalent.
• Successful completion of initial and periodically required trainings.
• Obtaining a valid Food Handler's Card within 30 days of employment is a requirement of this position.

Benefits

• Hybrid Work schedule
• 401K with company match
• Yearly bonus opportunity*
• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance *
• On-site fitness center, biometric screen, and flu shot clinic
• Discounts at Panda restaurants, theme parks, and gym memberships
• Paid time off starting at 15 days with 7 federal holidays*
• Continuous education assistance and scholarships*
• Income protection including Disability, Life and AD&D insurance*
• Bereavement leave*
• Benefits available for eligible permanent full time associates

Pay Range

• M3H: $157,000 - $220,000 / Annual
• Within the range, individual pay is determined using various factors, including work location and experience.