Sr. Manager, Cybersecurity Engineering & Architecture

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Job Title
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Sr Manager, Security Engineering & Architecture
Type
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Direct-Hire
Location
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Candidate must work 5 days onsite per week in one of the following offices:
Irving, TX;
Miami, FL; or Bentonville, AR

Summary
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Our client is seeking a Senior Manager of Security Engineering & Architecture to lead and elevate their enterprise security program with a strong focus on network and endpoint security. This role is primarily people leadership, guiding a high-performing team of six senior engineers and architects to drive innovation, alignment, and best practices across the organization. This role will also include some hands-on engineering work, providing deep technical expertise during critical escalations.

The ideal candidate will define and execute the security architecture and technical vision for both cloud and on-premises environments, operating at the intersection of business and technology to deliver scalable, modern security solutions that strengthen the company’s overall security posture.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and implement security solutions and capabilities that are clearly aligned with business, technology, and threat drivers.
• Collaborate with the governance and sourcing team to develop security strategy and roadmaps based on sound enterprise architecture practices.
• Develop and maintain security architecture artifacts (models, patterns, templates, and standards) that can be used to leverage security capabilities in projects and operations.
• Partner with enterprise security & governance teams to assess and reduce cloud security risks.
• Provide clear written and verbal consulting to projects about security architecture and risk management.
• Champion the implementation of industry leading security standards and best practices across the enterprise.
• Provide advice, analysis, and recommendation on security products in the security space.
• Develop standards and practices for data encryption and tokenization within the organization based on the organization’s data classification criteria.
• Conduct vulnerability assessments and other security reviews of systems, and prioritize remediation based on the risk profile of the assets.
• Coordinate with Dev Ops teams to advocate secure coding practices and escape concerns related to poor coding practices.
• Participate in security assessments of existing and prospective vendors, especially those with which the organization shares confidential, restricted, regulated or other protected data.
• Support the testing and validation of internal security controls.
• Coordinate with operational and facility-management teams to assess the security of operational technology.
• Collaborate to establish multi-cloud cybersecurity architecture with a focus on proactive threat detection, security control enforcement and incident response.
• Collaborate with enterprise and domain architects to develop secure solutions.
• Collaborate with SOC teams to define and enforce security standards.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity.
• 3+ years as a skilled people leader overseeing a team of security professionals across engineering and architecture.
• Expertise in Network Security and Endpoint security.
• Experience working across various EDRs, firewalls, etc. with hands-on implementations, deployments, and enhancements.
• Skilled in talent development, mentorship, and empathetic performance management.
• Willingness to innovate and take calculated risks, enabling teams to explore new techniques for impactful change.
• In-depth understanding of cloud cybersecurity standards, frameworks and best practices.
• Experience in identifying gaps in security architecture.
• An ability to communicate complex and technical issues to diverse audiences, orally and in writing, in an easily understood, authoritative, and actionable manner.
• Experience with cloud service providers such as AWS or Azure across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS models and various environments (Public, Private, Hybrid).
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related discipline.
• High preference for candidates who hold cybersecurity related certifications.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
Gravity IT Resources is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.