Cyber Security Architect

Public Storage; Frisco (TX); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Storage is expanding its creative team to strengthen cybersecurity architecture across cloud, data, and identity. The role leads secure‑by‑design initiatives, develops scalable security solutions, and partners with engineering and business teams to embed security throughout the technology lifecycle.

The position emphasizes governance, threat modeling, and risk management, with a focus on Zero Trust and AI governance, while aligning to PCI DSS, NIST, CIS, and SOX requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cybersecurity, security engineering, cloud security, infrastructure, or enterprise architecture.
• Strong expertise in cloud security, application security, network security, IAM, and security architecture.
• Experience with Identity Access, Cloud Infrastructure, SIEM, EDR/XDR, and DevSecOps technologies.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architecture standards, roadmaps, security patterns, and reference architectures.
• Lead security architecture reviews for cloud, infrastructure, application, AI, SaaS, and business transformation initiatives.
• Design and implement security controls across cloud platforms, network, IAM, data protection, endpoint security, and 3rd‑party integrations.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Cloud security

Security engineering

Identity & access management

Zero Trust

Tools

SIEM

EDR/XDR

DevSecOps

Job description

Since opening our first self-storage facility in 1972,Public Storagehas grown to become thelargest owner and operator of self-storage facilitiesin the world. Withthousands of locationsacross the U.S. and Europe, and more than 170 million net rentable square feet of real estate, we're also one of the largest landlords.

We've been recognized asA Great Place to Workby the Great Place to Work Institute. And, our employees have also voted us as havingBest Career Growth, ranked us in theTop 5% for Work Culture, and in theTop 10% for Diversity and Inclusion.

We're a member of theS&P 500andFT Global 500. Our common and preferred stocks trade on the New York Stock Exchange.

Public Storage is the nation’s leading self-storage provider, recognized for its iconic orange doors and commitment to delivering simple, reliable solutions to millions of customers across the country. We are expanding our creative team to enhance our consistent and engaging visual brand presence.

Job Description

Position Summary
The Cyber Security Architect provides strategic leadership for the design, implementation, and governance of the organization's cybersecurity architecture. This role develops secure, scalable solutions that protect enterprise systems, applications, cloud environments, data, and identities while enabling business growth and technology innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise cybersecurity architecture standards, roadmaps, security patterns, and reference architectures.
• Lead security architecture reviews for cloud, infrastructure, application, AI, SaaS, and business transformation initiatives.
• Design and implement security controls across cloud platforms, network architecture, identity and access management, data protection, endpoint security, and third‑party integrations.
• Partner with engineering, development, infrastructure, and business teams to embed secure-by‑design and security‑by‑default principles throughout the technology lifecycle.
• Conduct threat modeling, architecture risk assessments, and security reviews to identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigation strategies.
• Provide cybersecurity leadership for Zero Trust initiatives, identity governance, privileged access management, authentication, authorization, and access control frameworks.
• Establish security requirements for AI and emerging technologies, including governance, data protection, model security, and responsible AI adoption.
• Develop security reference architectures for enterprise platforms, cloud services, customer‑facing applications, and operational technologies.
• Ensure alignment with regulatory, compliance, and industry frameworks, including PCI DSS, NIST, CIS Controls, SOX, and privacy requirements.
• Evaluate emerging threats, attack techniques, and cybersecurity technologies to enhance the organization's security posture.
• Collaborate with Security Operations, Incident Response, Vulnerability Management, and Engineering teams to improve detection, response, and resilience capabilities.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to technology and business leaders on cybersecurity risks, architecture decisions, and strategic investments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, cloud security, infrastructure, or enterprise architecture.
• Strong expertise in cloud security, application security, network security, identity and access management, and security architecture.
• Experience with Identity Access, Cloud Infrastructure, SIEM, EDR/XDR, and DevSecOps technologies.
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust, threat modeling, security frameworks, regulatory compliance, and risk management.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence technical teams and executive stakeholders.

Measurable Security Outcomes

• Reduce critical and high‑risk architectural security findings by 30-50% annually through proactive security design reviews and threat modeling.
• Increase adoption of secure‑by‑design standards across new technology initiatives to 95% or greater.
• Reduce security exceptions and risk acceptance requests through standardized security reference architectures.
• Improve cloud security compliance and posture scores through implementation of enterprise cloud security guardrails.
• Accelerate secure project delivery by providing approved architecture patterns and reusable security designs.
• Reduce identity‑related security risk through Zero Trust architecture, privileged access controls, and modern authentication strategies.
• Improve compliance readiness and audit outcomes by embedding security controls within enterprise architectures.
• Strengthen cyber resilience through architecture decisions that improve detection coverage, containment capabilities, and recovery readiness.
• Enable secure adoption of AI technologies through governance frameworks, risk assessments, and security controls for AI platforms and data usage.

Business Impact

• Adds strategic architecture expertise for AI, cloud, identity, and secure‑by‑design initiatives.
• Drives enterprise‑wide cybersecurity maturity and long‑term security strategy.
• Reduces organizational risk by integrating security into technology decisions from inception through deployment.
• Enables secure digital transformation while improving compliance, scalability, operational efficiency, and cyber resilience.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security engineering, cloud security, infrastructure, or enterprise architecture.
• Strong expertise in cloud security, application security, network security, identity and access management, and security architecture.
• Experience with Identity Access, Cloud Infrastructure, SIEM, EDR/XDR, and DevSecOps technologies.
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust, threat modeling, security frameworks, regulatory compliance, and risk management.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence technical teams and executive stakeholders.

Additional Information

Workplace

• One of our values pillars is to work as One Team and we believe that there is no replacement for in‑person collaboration but understand the value of some flexibility. Public Storage teammates are expected to work in the office five days each week with the option to take up to three flexible remote days per month.

Public Storage is an equal opportunity employer and embraces diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected status. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

**Sponsorship for Work Authorization is not available for this posting. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without restrictions or requiring sponsorship now or in the future. We do not provide training plans or support for F-1 OPT, STEM OPT extensions, or future visa sponsorship.**

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