Architect - Information Security

CommScope; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

CommScope in Hyderabad, India seeks a senior Security Architect to shape our information security program across enterprise and product environments.

You will lead design and governance for secure AI/ML pipelines, govern GenAI usage, and mentor engineers while influencing security decisions across a globally distributed organization.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, with at least 3 years in a security architecture or senior engineering capacity.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise security architecture, including Zero Trust design, network segmentation, identity and access management, and cloud-native security patterns.
• Hands-on experience securing AI/ML systems: threat modeling for AI pipelines, data poisoning and prompt injection mitigations, and governance frameworks for GenAI adoption.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain security architecture standards, ensuring alignment with business strategy, risk appetite, and industry standards (NIST CSF, CIS 18, Zero Trust principles).
• Develop threat models for AI/ML systems, establish guardrails for GenAI usage, and evaluate AI security tooling.
• Design and govern security controls for cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), including identity architecture, network segmentation, data protection, and workload security posture.
• Provide authoritative security architecture review for new products, platforms, infrastructure, and third-party integrations, delivering actionable findings and remediation guidance.
• Develop and maintain security reference architectures, patterns, and guardrails for use by engineering and development teams; socialize and evangelize standards across technology organizations.
• Partner with other security analysts and engineers to ensure architectures are informed by threat actor TTPs and emerging attack vectors.
• Collaborate with the Security Enablement team to translate architectural decisions into control evidence, supporting audits, client assessments, and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend security tooling and vendors; contribute to build-vs-buy decisions and support RFP/RFI processes as a technical subject matter expert.
• Mentor security engineers and cross-functional technology peers; elevate the security maturity of the broader engineering organization through enablement and consultation.

Skills

Zero Trust

IAM

Cloud security

ADR

NIST CSF

NIST AI RMF

CIS 18

ISO 27001

SOC 2

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Master’s degree in related field

Tools

CSPM

SIEM

SSE/SASE

Endpoint security

Job description

Architect - Information Security

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

General Summary

Are you excited by the challenge of securing next-generation technology at global scale? Do you thrive at the intersection of strategy, engineering, and emerging risk? CommScope's cybersecurity team is looking for a Security Architect who is ready to shape the future of our security program.

In this senior individual contributor role, you will serve as a technical authority on our Security Engineering team, driving the design of secure technology capabilities across our enterprise and product environments. A particular focus of this role is the secure adoption of artificial intelligence, including securing AI/ML pipelines, governing GenAI usage, and ensuring AI-assisted development practices meet our security standards. Success requires deep technical expertise, strong business acumen, and the ability to influence without authority across a complex, globally distributed organization.

CommScope’s security team protects the people, processes, and technologies that serve our customers, and their customers—the billions of people our products and services help to connect each day. Join us and pursue your personal best!

Duties & Responsibilities

• Define and maintain security architecture standards, ensuring alignment with business strategy, risk appetite, and industry standards (NIST CSF, CIS 18, Zero Trust principles).
• Develop threat models for AI/ML systems, establish guardrails for GenAI usage, and evaluate AI security tooling.
• Design and govern security controls for cloud environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), including identity architecture, network segmentation, data protection, and workload security posture.
• Provide authoritative security architecture review for new products, platforms, infrastructure, and third-party integrations, delivering actionable findings and remediation guidance.
• Develop and maintain security reference architectures, patterns, and guardrails for use by engineering and development teams; socialize and evangelize standards across technology organizations.
• Partner with other security analysts and engineers to ensure architectures are informed by threat actor TTPs and emerging attack vectors.
• Collaborate with the Security Enablement team to translate architectural decisions into control evidence, supporting audits, client assessments, and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and recommend security tooling and vendors; contribute to build-vs-buy decisions and support RFP/RFI processes as a technical subject matter expert.
• Mentor security engineers and cross-functional technology peers; elevate the security maturity of the broader engineering organization through enablement and consultation.

Accountability / Impact of Job

Local (Accountable to single country)

Regional (Accountable to multiple countries)

Global (Accountable to multiple continents)

Global footprint

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• High School degree
• Associate’s in related curriculum such as
• Bachelor’s in related curriculum such as
• I’m open to any Bachelor’s degree
• Master’s in related curriculum such as
• w/ Years of Related Experience
• 8+ Years of Related Experience

SKILLS REQUIRED

• 8+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience, with at least 3 years in a security architecture or senior engineering capacity.
• A bachelor’s degree in a related technical field or equivalent professional experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in enterprise security architecture, including Zero Trust design, network segmentation, identity and access management, and cloud-native security patterns.
• Hands-on experience securing AI/ML systems: threat modeling for AI pipelines, data poisoning and prompt injection mitigations, and governance frameworks for GenAI adoption (e.g., OWASP LLM Top 10, MITRE ATLAS).
• Strong working knowledge of major public cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, or GCP), including cloud security posture management (CSPM), SIEM, SSE/SASE, and endpoint security.
• Experience developing security architecture documentation, reference architectures, and architectural decision records (ADR).
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional technology teams and communicate complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Familiarity with relevant frameworks and standards: NIST CSF, NIST AI RMF, CIS 18, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and applicable privacy regulations.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and written communication skills.
• Ambitious, disciplined, and self-directed; able to manage competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
• DESIRED – Professional security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS/Azure Security Specialty, or GIAC credentials.
• DESIRED – Experience building or red-teaming AI agents and LLM-integrated applications.
• DESIRED – Exposure to product security and secure SDLC
• DESIRED – Experience with lightweight automation or scripting to support architecture validation and tooling integration.
• DESIRED – Familiarity with supply chain security, firmware security, or OT/IoT security considerations.

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