Enterprise Cyber Security Architect

For more than 20 years, AEG has played a pivotal role in transforming sports and live entertainment. Annually, we host more than 160 million guests, promote more than 10,000 shows and present more than 22,000 events around the world. We are committed to innovation, artistry, and community, and leverage the power of our 300+ venues, leading sports franchises, marquee music brands, integrated entertainment districts, premier ticketing platform and global sponsorship activations, to create memorable moments that give the world reason to cheer.

Our business is interwoven with the human mind and heart, and we strive to build a diverse and inclusive company that reflects the artists, athletes, and fans that we host; reach beyond traditional boundaries to support the communities in which we operate; and minimize our impact on the environment by adopting sustainable practices throughout our business operations.

If you want to be challenged to up your game and make a difference, then join us in giving the world reason to cheer!

We are seeking a highly skilled and forward-thinking Security Architect (ESA) to join our Information Security team. Reporting to the VP of Information Security, and operating within the global security team under the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), this role serves as the lead security architect responsible for designing and implementing secure architectures that enable the business while reducing risk. The Security Architect will work closely with IT, Venues, Infrastructure, Application Development, Legal, Compliance, and the Security Operations team to define and embed security standards into enterprise technology solutions.

The ideal candidate will possess a blend of deep technical expertise, architectural experience, and strong business acumen to drive secure design practices across a complex and distributed environment.

• Develop and maintain security architecture standards, reference architectures, and design patterns across cloud, infrastructure, network, endpoint, identity, and application environments.
• Define secure architecture principles that support network segmentation, identity-driven access controls, and secure access to enterprise resources.
• Ensure new technologies and solutions are designed with security in mind and align with organizational security, risk, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders to ensure security architecture initiatives support strategic objectives and CISO priorities.
• Create architecture guidance for enterprise applications, cloud platforms, integrations, identity services, and venue technologies.
• Incorporate threat intelligence, threat modeling, and emerging risks into architecture decisions and security design standards.
• Solution Reviews and Advisory:
  • Provide hands-on security guidance throughout solution design, implementation, and deployment efforts.
  • Lead security architecture reviews and deliver risk-based recommendations for new technologies, major initiatives, and significant system changes.
  • Work closely with engineering and operations teams to implement approved security architectures and controls.
  • Evaluate and recommend security controls that balance risk reduction with business and operational needs.
• Cross-Functional Engagement:
  • Partner with IT, Application Development, Infrastructure, Security Operations, and PMO teams to align security requirements and integration efforts.
  • Serve as the security subject matter expert within project teams, helping stakeholders navigate security requirements, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Security Standards and Frameworks:
  • Develop and maintain enterprise reference architectures, secure configuration standards,…