AI-First Principal Security Architect

BeyondTrust, Inc.; Canada; Remote; CAD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BeyondTrust, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Security Architect to own security architecture across the product suite, including endpoints, thick clients, SaaS platforms, APIs, and cloud-native services.

You’ll lead threat modeling, secure design reviews, and AI-first security workflows from day one, mentoring teams and expanding the Product Security handbook. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering leadership with deep security expertise and the ability to drive secure design across

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software engineering and security architecture.
• Experience with threat modeling and attack surface reduction.
• Hands-on coding ability and ability to read production code.
• Experience applying LLM platforms to security workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end security architecture for assigned product lines from concept to production.
• Lead threat modeling and secure design reviews across platforms.
• Use Claude/OpenAI to scale threat analysis and remediation guidance.
• Embed secure-by-default patterns into product development.
• Contribute to the Product Security handbook and AI workflows.
• Set technical direction for secure design as a principal engineer.
• Mentor engineers and Security Champions on secure design.

Skills

Threat modeling

Security architecture

Cloud-native security

LLM-powered security workflows

Cross-functional leadership

Secure design patterns

Endpoint security / identity platforms

Offensive security testing

Cloud security (AWS/Azure/Kubernetes)

Tools

Claude

OpenAI

Job description

BeyondTrust, Inc. is seeking a Principal Software Security Architect to own security architecture across the product suite, including endpoints, thick clients, SaaS platforms, APIs, and cloud-native services.

You’ll lead threat modeling, secure design reviews, and AI-first security workflows from day one, mentoring teams and expanding the Product Security handbook. The role emphasizes hands-on engineering leadership with deep security expertise and the ability to drive secure design across