AI-First Principal Security Architect for Product Security

BeyondTrust; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BeyondTrust is seeking a Principal Software Security Architect to own end-to-end security architecture across the product suite, from concept to production. You will define secure-by-default patterns and lead threat modeling, attack surface analysis, and design reviews across cloud-native systems and endpoints.

The role requires hands-on engineering experience, deep cloud-security knowledge, and the ability to drive AI-first security workflows.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in Software Engineering or Security Architecture, with a track record of owning architecture for shipping products.
• Deep experience with threat modeling, attack surface analysis, secure design reviews, and architecture risk analysis at scale.
• Strong hands-on engineering background and ability to read code, design systems, and earn credibility with senior engineers.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native systems, APIs, endpoint agents, thick clients, and identity/security platforms.
• Hands-on experience using LLM platforms in engineering or security workflows.
• Ability to influence engineering and product teams from within.
• Builder mindset with scalable security workflows and enablement programs.
• Experience building AI-native security workflows, plugins, agents, or developer tooling.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end security architecture for assigned product lines, from concept through production, defining target-state architecture and secure-by-default patterns.
• Lead threat modeling, attack surface analysis, and secure design reviews across products, platform services, endpoint agents, and cloud-native systems.
• Use LLM platforms (Claude, OpenAI) to scale threat analysis, abuse-case generation, architecture review, and remediation guidance.
• Embed secure-by-default patterns into product development with reference architectures, reusable components, and automated guardrails.
• Own and expand the Product Security handbook to enforce secure design standards and engineering best practices.
• Set technical direction for secure design across the org as a principal-level engineer, mentoring teams.
• Help evolve BeyondTrust's AI-first Product Security Architecture strategy and identify next capability gaps.

Skills

Threat modeling

Attack surface analysis

Secure design

Cloud-native systems

LLM platforms

AI-first security

Mentoring

Security architecture

Job description

BeyondTrust is seeking a Principal Software Security Architect to own end-to-end security architecture across the product suite, from concept to production. You will define secure-by-default patterns and lead threat modeling, attack surface analysis, and design reviews across cloud-native systems and endpoints.

The role requires hands-on engineering experience, deep cloud-security knowledge, and the ability to drive AI-first security workflows.