Global Cybersecurity Senior Domain Architect - Restaurant Infrastructure

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McDonald’s growth strategy, Accelerating the Arches, encompasses all aspects of our business as the leading global omni-channel restaurant brand. As the consumer landscape shifts we are using our competitive advantages to further strengthen our brand. One of our core growth strategies is to Double Down on the 3

Ds (Delivery, Digital and Drive Thru). McDonald’s will accelerate technology innovation so 65M+ customers a day will experience a fast, easy experience, whether at one of our 25,000 and growing Drive thrus, through McDelivery, dine-in or takeaway.

McDonald’s Global Technology is here to power tomorrow’s feel-good moments.

That’s why you’ll find us at the forefront of transformative technology, exploring new and innovative ways to serve our millions of customers and spread happiness one delicious Hot Fudge Sundae-dipped fry at a time.

Using AI, robotics and emerging tech, we’re digitizing the Golden Arches. Combine that with our unparalleled global scale, and we’re reshaping all areas of the business, industry and every community that is home to a McDonald’s restaurant.

We face complex tech challenges every day. But that’s where our diverse and talented teams come in. They’re made up of the best and brightest from all over the globe, and they thrive in the space where feel-good meets fast-paced.

Check out the McDonald’s Global Technology Technical Blog to learn how technology and our global team are directly enabling the Accelerating the Arches strategy.

The Global Cybersecurity Senior Domain Architect – Restaurant Infrastructure will serve as a technical authority for the Restaurant Infrastructure cybersecurity architecture, leading the design and governance of security solutions across the enterprise. This position ensures alignment with business objectives, enterprise architecture, and cybersecurity strategy while driving innovation and reducing risk. The Domain Architect will participate in the Architecture Review Board for cybersecurity and collaborate with other domain architects to define and enforce security standards, reference architectures, and PSPGs (Policies, Standards, Procedures, and Guidelines).

• Own the Global Cyber Security Restaurant Infrastructure architecture domain, ensuring end-to-end accountabilities for all initiatives.
• Make major architectural decisions and resolve domain-level technical challenges.
• Align security architecture with business objectives, enterprise architecture, technical strategy and cybersecurity strategy.
• Collaborate with management and additional experts in various subject areas to uphold a cohesive security posture.
• Advocate for secure-by-design and secure-by-default principles and influence adoption across teams.
• Establish and maintain a risk-weighted technical debt register for the Restaurant Infrastructure domain; quantify impact and drive remediation with product leaders.
• Collaborate with engineering and product teams to ensure prioritization and secure implementation of solutions.
• Approve and ensure the production of architecture artifacts, security models, and design patterns.
• Co-create and maintain domain reference architectures and contribute to Policies, Standards, Procedures & Guidelines (PSPGs) using approved templates and governance lifecycle.
• Evangelize cybersecurity priorities and translate PSPGs/reference architectures into reusable patterns and guidance adopted by infrastructure, product and platform teams.
• Improve visibility of business risks by conducting threat modeling, mapping controls, and performing risk assessments.
• Provide architectural oversight for major initiatives from design through deployment.
• Act as a resident chair member, offering guidance on architectural decisions for cybersecurity initiatives.
• Stay current on emerging technologies, evolving threats, and industry trends to proactively shape and strengthen the security strategy.
• Mentor senior architects and engineers, improving security architecture practices.
• Conduct risk assessments and ensure compliance with frameworks like NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and PCI DSS.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in…