Senior Security Architect

As MISOs Senior Security Architect you will lead the design implementation and ongoing enhancement of secure architectures across enterprise systems applications and cloud environments. This role provides expert guidance on current security challenges while anticipating future trends to proactively shape strong resilient solutions. Youll think like an adversary ensuring security strategies evolve with the changing threat landscape. Strong communication and leadership skills are essential as youll mentor team members and provide technical direction to delivery and solution design groups. The architect contributes to threat modeling reference architectures and repeatable security patterns that reduce risk and improve consistency. Additionally you will serve as a strategic advisor for secure digital transformation aligning AI adoption enterprise architecture engineering and compliance to ensure sustainable businessâaligned security decisions.

Your responsibilities as our Senior Security Architect include:

• Partnering with leaders and technical teams to design futureâstate architectures reference models and repeatable security patterns that align technology strategy business needs and security outcomes.
• Performing risk assessments supporting broader risk management activities and developing effective mitigation plans.
• Evaluating selecting and designing security tools controls and services while guiding teams in adopting DevSecOps and secure AI practices.
• Participating in security assessments (including pen tests vulnerability reviews audits and simulations) and strengthening incident response and recovery processes.
• Staying current on emerging security threats analyzing risks and ensuring systems and applications are resilient against evolving threats.
• Engaging with vendors to ensure alignment with MISO security standards and defining guardrails for humanâversusâautomation decisionâmaking in security workflows.
• Delivering clear executiveâready risk narratives that translate architecture tradeâoffs into business impact resilience and regulatory implications.

Skills needed for our Senior Security Architect:

• Bachelors degree in Information Security Computer Science or related field (required).
• 8 years of information technology administration experience or equivalent combination of work and educational experiences.
• 5 years of security engineering cloud infrastructure or DevOps roles.
• Relevant technical and/or architecture certifications are preferred (TOGAF AWS Azure etc.).
• Experience in creating secure reference architectures or design patterns.
• Demonstrated experience governing AI-assisted security workflows with accountable human oversight and quality controls.
• Experience presenting architecture risk and recommendations to senior leadership in business terms.
• Proven record leading cross-functional security architecture initiatives that produce measurable risk reduction and delivery efficiency.
• Understanding of NIST ISO or other security frameworks.
• Proven knowledge of security (preferred - CISSP CISA SSCP AWS/Azure security specialty GCIH other GIAC certifications OSCP CEH etc.).

Appropriate level will be determined based upon experience and knowledge.

Transformative innovation is happening in the electric industry from digitalizing homes and distributed resources to renewable energy and an ever-changing grid. MISO manages the electricity superhighway in the Central U.S. and through use of groundbreaking research and advanced technology our highly skilled employees ensure power flows reliably to 45 million Americans. Operating the electricity grid running a robust energy market planning for a bright future its what our immensely hardworking and dedicated team does every day.

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $155000 - $180000 USDannually. Base salary range for this position is included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors including but not limited to location of the role individual competencies education/professional certifications and qualifications/experience.

Position is also eligible for an annual bonus if individual performance and company objectives are met. At MISO we offer a comprehensive benefits package including 401k vacation sick and safe time available on your first day of employment.

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