Principal Cybersecurity Architect

Role: Principal Cybersecurity Architect

Location: Mountain View CA (Mandatory 3 days onsite/week) Need someone Local who can be in Bay Area CA

Contract

Job Description:

We are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect to serve as the strategic and technical leader advancing our global cyber architecture and engineering maturity. Working directly with Client CISO team this individual will act as the principal technical authority on cybersecurity architecture and engineering execution-driving secure design practices technology modernization automation and adoption of emerging security capabilities.

This role partners closely with application infrastructure and business teams to define evaluate and implement cybersecurity architectures that balance innovation agility and risk management. The successful candidate will help evolve our hybrid security ecosystem spanning on-premises and AWS GCP Cloud environments and lead engineering initiatives in emerging areas such as AI Security Cloud-native defense models AI-driven automation and continuous controls monitoring.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic & Leadership:

• Serve as the CISOs principal technical advisor on cybersecurity architecture engineering strategy and emerging technology risks.
• Drive the execution of architectural and engineering objectives within the cybersecurity program ensuring alignment with the CISOs overall strategy and governance framework.
• Lead Cybersecurity Technology Build (CTB) initiatives identifying opportunities to modernize automate and integrate security capabilities across platforms.
• Translate complex security architecture requirements into actionable roadmaps that balance business priorities risk tolerance and regulatory expectations.
• Contribute to shaping the cybersecurity technology roadmap evaluating innovative solutions through lab testing and strategic vendor partnerships.

Architectural & Technical:

• Define and maintain cybersecurity architectural blueprints ensuring alignment across applications infrastructure cloud and data domains.
• Conduct architecture design reviews across applications infrastructure and cloud domains to ensure adherence to corporate policies technical standards and security best practices.
• Evaluate pilot and integrate emerging security technologies-including AI/ML security controls continuous controls monitoring solutions and Zero Trust frameworks.
• Develop and maintain enterprise security architecture patterns and reference models consistent with NIST CSF ISO 27001 and MITRE ATT&CK frameworks.
• Oversee threat modeling security assessments and control design for major technology initiatives.
• Guide engineering teams in implementing secure configurations hardening standards and automated control validations to embed security-by-design principles across the enterprise.

Governance & Collaboration:

• Collaborate with Cyber Operations GRC and IT Infrastructure teams to ensure consistent architecture enforcement and operational integration.
• Establish and evolve governance processes to ensure architectural consistency control effectiveness and secure technology adoption across global programs.
• Contribute to cybersecurity strategy development budget planning and investment roadmaps.
• Partner with global cybersecurity and IT teams across North America EMEA and APAC to ensure alignment and operational consistency.
• Act as a technical point of contact for community engagement with industry groups such as FS-ISAC participating in intelligence sharing and best-practice exchanges.
• Mentor and develop engineers and architects fostering technical excellence and a culture of continuous improvement.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Cybersecurity or a related field.
• Experience: 10 15 years of progressive experience in cybersecurity with at least 10 years leading security architecture and engineering functions in complex enterprise environments.
• Certifications: CISSP CCSP CISM or relevant cloud security and architecture certifications preferred.

Technical Expertise:

• Proven leadership in hybrid environments (on-premises AWS Cloud GCP Cloud).
• Deep understanding of application infrastructure and cloud security architecture.
• Experience in AI/ML security automation continuous controls monitoring Zero Trust Identity and Access Management (IAM PIM MFA SSO) and data protection frameworks.
• Proficiency with enterprise cybersecurity platforms such as Endpoint Protection Platforms (e.g. CrowdStrike SentinelOne Microsoft Defender) SIEMs (e.g. Splunk CrowdStrike Next-Gen SIEM Microsoft Sentinel) and deception technologies.
• Proficiency with DevSecOps integration infrastructure-as-code security and automated compliance tooling.
• Experience with Cyber Threat Intelligence and Threat Hunting frameworks processes and platforms.
• Good to have knowledge on Genstudio or similar tool (Suitable for summarizing text analyzing sentiment and extracting themes from large datasets ) Zoom AI Companion Google NotebookLM Code Assist tools Enterprise Chat/Collaboration tools like slack jira wiki confluence
• Hands-on familiarity with SIEM EDR/XDR DLP PKI and vulnerability management solutions.
• Strong understanding of industry standards and frameworks (NIST ISO 27001 CIS Controls).
• Experience working with global teams and managing cybersecurity initiatives across multiple regions and time zones.

Core Competencies:

• Strategic Influence: Shapes cybersecurity technical direction and engages senior technology stakeholders in risk-aware decision-making.
• Technical Authority: Recognized as a trusted expert in secure architecture engineering and technology integration.
• Collaboration: Builds partnerships across IT and business domains and collaborates effectively with global colleagues.
• Innovation: Champions AI automation continuous control enhancement and secure-by-design innovation to improve resilience and efficiency.
• Communication: Simplifies complex cybersecurity concepts for executive and business audiences with clarity and precision.

Values & Culture Alignment:

• Acts with non-negotiable integrity and maintains the highest professional standards.
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity seeking to continually advance the firms cybersecurity engineering posture.
• Embodies collaboration transparency and accountability in all engagements.
• Dedicated to protecting client trust through security excellence and proactive risk management.

Special Requirements:

• Required to be onsite in primary office location (Mountain view) three days per week.
• Occasional after-hours or weekend support may be necessary for global collaboration or incident response.