IT Cybersecurity Architect

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship.

This position is for full-time, onsite employment at the Family Dollar Chesapeake, VA Store Support Center.

We handle relocation for anyone interested outside of the Hampton Roads, VA area

The Cybersecurity Architect is responsible for defining, designing and advancing a scalable, resilient and cost-effective security architecture across a complex, distributed retail enterprise. This role’s scope encompasses retail stores, distribution centers, corporate systems, data centers, third-party integrations, multi-cloud platforms, point-of-sale and payment environments. Serving as a senior technical leader and trusted security advisor, the Cybersecurity Architect partners closely with Enterprise Architecture to establish security principles, standards, reference architectures, and technology roadmaps that support business growth, operational efficiency, regulatory compliance, and high-volume, cost-conscious retail operations.

Family Dollar is looking for a passionate individual who wants to make an impact in multiple environments. This individual’s role is critical to the strategic and tactical success of Family Dollar’s cybersecurity program and will be responsible for providing technical direction to our security engineering and operations teams, influencing cybersecurity investment decisions, and guiding the selection and optimization of the security technology portfolio.

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Under the direction of the Director of Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations, the Cybersecurity Architect will have a critical role in ensuring the security of all protected information collected, used, maintained, or released by Family Dollar. This position is instrumental in reducing cyber risk, preventing business disruption, protecting customer and company information, supporting regulatory obligations, and enabling the organization to pursue strategic initiatives securely and confidently.

• Define, design and implement enterprise security architecture standards across retail, cloud, and corporate environments
• Develop reference architectures for Zero Trust, store connectivity, and cloud security models
• Serves as a senior technical leader and trusted security advisor, partnering closely with Enterprise Architecture and engineering teams to review and secure solution designs.
• Lead Architecture Review Board (ARB) governance to enforce secure design decisions
• Integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) frameworks
• Advance Zero Trust adoption across distributed store and enterprise environments
• Architect secure cloud environments (GCP/OCI/Azure) with strong segmentation and posture management
• Collaborate with engineering teams to operationalize cloud security tools (e.g., CSPM platforms)
• Define and optimize enterprise security tooling strategy across endpoint, network, and email security
• Apply threat-informed defense strategies aligned to MITRE ATT&CK framework
• Conduct threat modeling and reduced attack surface across POS, e-commerce, and supply chain systems
• Ensure compliance with PCI DSS 4.0 and NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF)
• Support audit readiness, risk assessments, and remediation planning
• Design scalable architectures supporting divestitures and Transitional Service Agreements (TSAs)
• Enable secure system separation, migration, and third-party onboarding/offboarding

Position Requirements:

• 7+ years of cybersecurity experience, including hands-on senior security engineering roles
• 2+ years of experience leading projects and collaborating cross-functionally with teams (e.g., Incident Response, Engineering team), bringing strong…