Manager Cybersecurity Architecture & Engineering

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Manager Cybersecurity Architecture & Engineering leads the design and implementation of enterprise security standards across IT and OT environments. This role ensures alignment with Alliant Energy’s cybersecurity roadmap, Zero Trust principles, and regulatory requirements. The manager is accountable for architecture standards, engineering roadmaps, and reliability of critical security platforms.

• Perform all leadership duties, including hiring, rewarding talent, fostering an inclusive and safe workplace, partnering with employees to set clear goals and expectations, providing timely and specific feedback on performance, developing improvement plans to address performance gaps, and addressing conflict with care and respect.
• Define and maintain enterprise security architecture standards across cloud, identity, network, and OT environments; ensure decisions align with risk appetite, regulatory requirements, and governance frameworks.
• Design and implement a comprehensive strategy to deliver continuous improvements on Alliant Energy’s infrastructure and systems security posture.
• Lead enterprise‑level cybersecurity initiatives, including cloud security strategy, Zero Trust adoption, and modernization of security platforms to strengthen enterprise resilience.
• Drive AI governance by ensuring security standards are integrated into emerging technologies and enterprise processes.
• Serve as security design authority and collaborate with enterprise architecture to implement segmentation and monitoring strategies aligned with industry frameworks (e.g., Purdue model).
• Oversee strategy and operational reliability of security monitoring and automation platforms, provide technical direction to project teams, and mentor and develop security engineers to build organizational capability.
• Establish security architecture lifecycle processes, including threat modeling, design reviews, post‑implementation validation, and integration of feedback loops from SOC and vulnerability management into continuous improvement.
• Engage in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s values and help deliver on our purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements
Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, STEM, or related field (Preferred).

Certification Requirements
CISSP, CISM, CRISC, GICSP, or equivalent (Preferred).

Required Experience
7 years of experience in cybersecurity, including security architecture, engineering, or security leadership roles. 3 years of experience leading security architecture or engineering initiatives at an enterprise level.

Experience designing or governing enterprise cyber security architecture across cloud, IAM/PAM, network segmentation, and security monitoring platforms (SIEM/SOAR/TIP).

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture principles and major frameworks, including NIST CSF, Zero Trust, and cybersecurity standards for operational technology (e.g., IEC 62443, NIST 800-82).
• Ability to interpret and apply regulatory requirements and compliance standards to security architecture decisions.
• Ability to translate security frameworks into actionable designs and lead enterprise‑level initiatives that align with risk appetite and regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross‑functional teams, manage vendor relationships, and mentor security engineers to build organizational capability.
• Ability to assess complex security challenges, apply threat modeling, and…