Senior Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect

Senior Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect

Kentucky, United States

$90 to $100 Hourly

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Required Skills

Cybersecurity SIEM EDR

We are seeking a Senior Enterprise Cybersecurity Architect to define and guide the organization's security architecture across applications, infrastructure, cloud platforms, networks, and enterprise data systems. The successful candidate will translate business and technology requirements into practical security strategies that reduce risk, support compliance, and protect critical business assets.

• Develop and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architecture, principles, standards, and reference designs.
• Evaluate security risks across cloud environments, enterprise applications, networks, endpoints, and data platforms.
• Design security controls for identity and access management, network segmentation, encryption, and data protection.
• Guide secure cloud adoption and architecture across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Establish security architecture requirements for new systems, integrations, and technology initiatives.
• Partner with enterprise architects, engineering teams, risk managers, and business leaders.
• Conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security design assessments.
• Define strategies for zero-trust security, privileged access management, and identity governance.
• Support security monitoring, incident response readiness, vulnerability management, and resilience planning.
• Align security controls with relevant frameworks such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework and ISO 27001.
• Evaluate emerging security technologies and provide recommendations to senior leadership.
• Mentor security engineers and architects while promoting secure-by-design practices.

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Typically 8–12 years of experience in cybersecurity, including significant security architecture responsibilities.

Washington, District of Columbia, United States