Cybersecurity Architect

Overview

Cybersecurity Architect - Transportation & LTL

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The Cybersecurity Architect will plan, design, build, and maintain security solutions and capabilities for a national transportation and LTL logistics environment. This role ensures secure, resilient, and compliant infrastructure across enterprise IT, terminal networks, IoT/OT assets, and SaaS/cloud services. The Architect plays a key role in embedding cybersecurity into digital freight transformation initiatives, regulatory readiness, and operational risk reduction. The Architect will lead the development and governance of cybersecurity architecture standards.

This role collaborates closely with business units, IT leadership, compliance, and legal teams to ensure secure-by-design principles are applied across all technology domains. The Architect will evaluate emerging technologies such as AI/ML logistics use cases, define security metrics and KPIs to measure architecture effectiveness, and provide mentoring to engineering teams. This position is critical in driving a culture of security first design throughout the organization.

• Define and evolve security architecture strategy aligned with transportation systems, fleet technologies, and logistics operations.
• Design secure integration patterns for dispatch systems, warehouse control systems, TMS/WMS, and telematics.
• Lead threat modeling and architectural reviews for applications interfacing with mobile fleets, terminal systems, EDI, and APIs.
• Architect secure cloud and hybrid environments (e.g., AWS for freight analytics or Azure for logistics platforms).
• Support Dev Sec Ops  integration across CI/CD pipelines.
• Evaluate security tools that support 24/7 fleet operations—SIEM, EDR, IAM, ZTNA, and endpoint protection on ruggedized devices.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Dev Ops, Fleet Maintenance, and OT Security teams to embed controls into operational systems.
• Drive Zero Trust implementation across mobile workers, OT devices (e.g., IoT gateways), and control systems at terminals.
• Partner with GRC teams to ensure technical controls map to the enterprise risk register and audit-ready control sets.
• Support compliance with SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPAA (if applicable), and evolving DOT/FMCSA guidance on cybersecurity in transportation.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 8+ years in cybersecurity, with 3+ years in architectural leadership roles.
• Proven experience with enterprise GRC frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001).
• Expertise in cloud security, network segmentation, IAM, and data protection.
• Industry certifications: CISSP, CCSP, CISM, TOGAF, or other equivalent security certifications.
• Experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or OT-heavy environments.
• Familiarity with transportation technology stacks-e.g., ELD, telematics, routing optimization, freight analytics.

• Familiarity with OT/ICS security standards (ISA/IEC 62443).
• Experience with AI/ML security in fleet optimization or predictive maintenance.
• Exposure to quantitative risk modeling in logistics.

• Ability to translate technical controls into business-impact language for executives.
• Strong collaboration with IT, Risk, Legal, and Operations stakeholders.
• Calm under pressure—able to lead during security incidents impacting operational continuity.

R+L Carriers offers an excellent compensation and comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance, 401(k) Retirement Plan with company matching contributions, Paid Vacation & Holidays, and vacation lodging at our exclusive employee resorts in Daytona Beach, FL, Big Bear Lake, CA, Pigeon Forge, TN, and Ocean Isle Beach, NC.

R+L Carriers is a family owned, privately held transportation company founded in 1965. Our business caters to the transportation and…