
Security & Compliance Architect – Enterprise Security Enablement
- Alpharetta, GA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Architecture Pillar - defines frameworks, models, and requirements.
- Engineering Pillar - executes and implements security designs.
- Operations Pillar - ensures sustainability, governance, and ongoing compliance.
- Security Architecture Design: Define enterprise security frameworks aligned with NIST, CIS, ISO 27001, and organizational requirements, ensuring integration into broader cloud and IT transformation initiatives.
- Risk & Vulnerability Planning: Conduct vulnerability and CBE analysis, develop prioritization strategies, and drive risk-based remediation planning.
- Trusted Advisor Role: Partner with ITS service lines (infrastructure, cloud, applications, and operations) to ensure security is built into solution design and delivery.
- Stakeholder & Product Owner Mindset: Engage business and IT stakeholders to gather requirements, align priorities, and advocate for security initiatives as enablers of business outcomes.
- Architecture Deliverables: Produce design patterns, reference architectures, diagrams, and business cases that guide engineering and operations execution.
- Collaboration Across Pillars: Provide clear architectural guidance to the Engineering Pillar for implementation and ensure the Operations Pillar has the processes and governance required for sustainability.
- Governance & Compliance: Ensure security controls and frameworks are embedded in cloud-native, hybrid, and enterprise IT solutions delivered by ITS.
- Continuous Improvement: Stay current on emerging security threats, industry trends, and technology shifts; recommend improvements to strengthen enterprise resilience.
- 10+ years of experience in enterprise security architecture or senior security engineering roles.
- Deep expertise with security frameworks and standards (NIST, CIS, ISO 27001) and enterprise security governance.
- Broad technical knowledge across cloud security models (Azure, AWS, GCP), IAM, vulnerability management, and data protection.
- Experience translating security objectives into architecture frameworks and actionable requirements for engineering and operations teams.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, able to present architectural direction to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Self-starter with the ability to drive architectural initiatives while aligning with organizational goals and IT strategy.
- Familiarity with enterprise-scale tools such as Prisma Cloud, SIEM/SOAR platforms, or agentless scanning solutions.
- Experience with multi-cloud security architectures and service integration.
- Certifications such as CISSP, CISM, SABSA, TOGAF.
- Background in security business case development, cost/benefit analysis, and solution evaluation.
- Influence and shape the enterprise-wide security architecture of one of the world's leading IT organizations.
- Operate as a trusted advisor within a large-scale ITS environment that delivers cloud, infrastructure, and application services globally.
- Work within a three-pillar model (Architecture, Engineering, Operations) where your designs and frameworks guide implementation and sustainability.
- Collaborate with a consultancy team delivering long-term, transformational cloud and security solutions.