Lead Cybersecurity Architect - Local Remote - PST/CST

Lead Cybersecurity Architect

Our client is building a new security architecture function and needs a leader to set its direction from day one. As Lead Cybersecurity Architect, you’ll define the future-state security architecture for a security-first organization, shaping how identity, cloud, network, endpoint, and data protection work together across the enterprise. You’ll be the go-to technical authority, help grow a new team, and turn evolving threats into practical, risk-informed design decisions that strengthen security while supporting innovation.

• Job Type: Direct Hire
• Location: Remote – The first 3 months are hybrid, 2-3 days per week onsite at a local office in Dallas, San Antonio, or Austin, TX; Tempe, AZ; Las Vegas, NV; Portland, OR; Northern California; or Garden Grove, CA.
• Compensation: This job is expected to pay about $150,000-$170,000 per year plus bonus, based on location
• No Visa Sponsorship Available for this role

What You’ll Do:

• Serve as the lead technical authority for enterprise cybersecurity architecture, setting the future-state vision across identity, network, cloud, endpoint, application, data, and infrastructure.
• Design end-to-end security architectures and develop enterprise standards, reference architectures, and technical roadmaps aligned with Zero Trust, NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, and MITRE ATT&CK.
• Lead architecture reviews and risk assessments for cloud platforms, applications, infrastructure, and third-party integrations, weighing tradeoffs in security, usability, resiliency, and cost.
• Help build a new security architecture team, mentor engineers and architects, and act as the primary escalation point for complex design decisions.
• Partner with infrastructure, cloud, networking, and application teams to embed security into initiatives, evaluate new technologies through proofs of concept, and explain risk clearly to technical and business leaders.

What Gets You the Job:

• 15 years designing and securing enterprise infrastructure, cloud, networks, and identity systems, including leading enterprise security architecture initiatives in an environment you built and owned.
• Expert knowledge of Zero Trust, with deep hands-on experience in IAM, PAM, IGA, Conditional Access, ZTNA, SASE/SSE, micro segmentation, PKI, EDR/XDR, SIEM, exposure management, and data protection.
• Strong experience with the Microsoft security stack, including Entra ID, Azure, Defender, Sentinel, Intune, Azure Firewall, Defender for Cloud, and Purview.
• Experience securing hybrid and multi-cloud, geographically distributed, and OT/IoT environments, along with modern application platforms (DevSecOps, IaC, supply chain security) and AI-enabled solutions.
• Proven leadership and strong communication skills, with the ability to influence architectural decisions and translate complex concepts for engineers and leadership alike.

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