Cyber Defense Architecture & Engineering Lead

Cencora; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 142,000 - 283,000; Full time

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a Senior Director of Cyber Defense Architecture & Engineering to lead strategy, design, and continuous improvement of enterprise detection, response, and threat mitigation capabilities across the organization. This role drives automation, advanced defense platforms, and threat intelligence integration to protect data, assets, and brand.

Collaborating with CISO and senior technology leaders, you will establish a vision for scalable defense across cloud, on-prem, and SaaS

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, information security, information systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of directly-related or relevant experience
• 8+ years in a managerial capacity, preferably in information security.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the enterprise cyber defense architecture strategy aligned to threat landscape and risk appetite.
• Develop layered defense models across endpoint, network, cloud, identity, and SaaS.
• Establish and document detection engineering standards and reference architectures.
• Collaborate to enable Zero Trust monitoring and enforcement architecture.
• Present defense posture maturity, risk trends, and roadmap to executive leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Team Management

Strategic Thinking

Planning

Risk-taking

Creativity

Education

Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, CS, information security or related field

Master's degree in MBA, CS, IT or related discipline

Tools

Security Tools / CSPM-CWPP-CDR-CNAPP-SIEM-EDR

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Cencora is seeking a Senior Director of Cyber Defense Architecture & Engineering to lead strategy, design, and continuous improvement of enterprise detection, response, and threat mitigation capabilities across the organization. This role drives automation, advanced defense platforms, and threat intelligence integration to protect data, assets, and brand.

Collaborating with CISO and senior technology leaders, you will establish a vision for scalable defense across cloud, on-prem, and SaaS