Cybersecurity Senior Architect - Application Threat Modeler
- Atlanta, GA
- Temporary
- Full-time
The following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.Threat Modeling & Risk Identification
- Conduct structured threat modeling for applications, APIs, and services across the Technology Delivery Lifecycle (TDLC)
- Identify potential threats, attack vectors, design flaws, and vulnerabilities that may impact delivery timelines, system security, or regulatory compliance
- Assess risks to confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resiliency of business-critical systems
- Embed security-by-design practices into each TDLC phase (requirements, design, build, test, deploy)
- Collaborate with delivery teams to ensure security controls and mitigations are defined early and consistently implemented
- Track and validate mitigation strategies throughout delivery cycles to ensure secure releases
- Document threat models, risk scenarios, and security design considerations in clear, actionable reports.
- Deliver tailored risk communication to technical teams, product owners, and executive stakeholders
- Provide risk ratings and recommendations to support informed go/no-go release decisions
- Partner with architects, engineers, product managers, and delivery leads to balance security and business objectives.
- Act as a subject matter expert on secure application design, emerging attack vectors, and industry frameworks (e.g., STRIDE, PASTA, OWASP).
- Mentor TDLC team members on threat modeling practices and proactive risk identification.
- Refine threat modeling processes, frameworks, and automation for scalability across delivery portfolios.
- Incorporate real-world threat intelligence, incident data, and vulnerability management findings into TDLC risk assessments.
- Contribute to the creation of reusable playbooks, secure design patterns, and threat libraries for enterprise-wide adoption.
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Bachelor's degree in a technical or business field, or equivalent education and related training
- Eight years of demonstrated experience of systems engineering and/or architecture in at least one of the information security areas: network security, access management, end point protection, data loss prevention, vulnerability management, application security, forensics, web security, mainframe, incident response and/or cyber threat management in a medium to large corporation
- Highly experienced in network security architecture, including design tools, methods, and techniques and the application of Defense-in-Depth principles; knowledge of network design processes, including understanding of security objectives
- Specialized depth and thorough Knowledge of The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), including infrastructure, data, information security, applications, architectural concepts, and associated disciplines
- Deep knowledge of:
o Authentication and authorization technologies including remote access;
o Application security and the security development lifecycle and ability to apply to client-server and web-based application development environments;
o Enterprise databases and database security, including database activity monitoring and database access control technologies;
o Encryption methods and technologies for data-in-transit and data-at-rest scenarios;
o Incident response processes;
o Denial of Service prevention mechanisms;
o Firewall technologies and intrusion prevention methods;
o Cloud technologies and hosting;
o Operating system hardening;
o Virtualization technologies;
o Mobile technologies;
o Encryption and key management technologies;
o Endpoint Protection (includes malware);
o Data Loss Protection technologies
- Experience with peripheral component interconnect and other security audit processes, evidence gathering and development/management of remediation plans used in resolution of finding
- Degree in a related field from an accredited program or equivalent experience
- Industry certifications in cyber security and forensics, such as CISSP, CFCE, GCFE, GCFA, GCIH and other related credentials preferred
- Industry certifications in general technology (MCP, MCSE, Network+, etc)
- Industry certifications in networking, such as CCNA, CWNA, and cloud security (AWS & Azure)
- Experience producing threat models utilizing PASTA
- Experience using ServiceNow, Veracode, Whitehat, Qualys, Splunk, and Attack IQ