Director of Security Architecture & AI Risk

Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Sun Life is seeking a senior Security Architect to shape security across enterprise architecture and AI deployments. You will lead strategic concepts, align with the NIST framework, and advance modernization across clouds and on‑prem environments.

You will partner with global domain architects, evaluate emerging technologies, and present security strategy at executive forums. The role emphasizes zero‑trust and secure-by-design AI integration.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years in information security architecture and design.
• Experience navigating large organisations across the security, network, infrastructure and global architecture stack.
• Proven experience migrating core security technologies as part of an evolving security stack.
• Experience managing third-party security service providers.

Responsibilities

• Partner with global domain architects to review enterprise architecture patterns and guardrails, ensuring security is designed in rather than retrofitted.
• Evaluate and recommend emerging technologies with proofs of concept and business cases that demonstrate value.
• Represent security technology and capability strategy at senior executive forums and enterprise technology review boards.
• Provide architecture and design expertise on enterprise projects and security initiatives, including cross-domain functions, and certify domains in line with architecture governance.
• Lead the strategic evolution of security capabilities with a zero-trust-first approach, working alongside delivery teams.
• Define the security architecture for AI adoption covering AI and agentic systems, the data that feeds them, and the platforms that host them.
• Set a modernised approach to security tooling, services and capability sets, focused on technical feasibility across emerging technologies, controls and functions.
• Drive multi-cloud consistency, ensuring controls, telemetry and posture management extend uniformly across all cloud providers.

Skills

Information security architecture

Cloud security

Security governance

AI security

Leadership communication

Tools

CNAPP/CSPM

EDR/XDR

SIEM

SAST/SCA/DAST

WAF

PAM

IAM

Job description

Sun Life is seeking a senior Security Architect to shape security across enterprise architecture and AI deployments. You will lead strategic concepts, align with the NIST framework, and advance modernization across clouds and on‑prem environments.

You will partner with global domain architects, evaluate emerging technologies, and present security strategy at executive forums. The role emphasizes zero‑trust and secure-by-design AI integration.