Cyber Security Architect

Alderson Loop; Juno Beach (FL); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Alderson Loop is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect to join a large enterprise energy organization’s Cybersecurity Architecture team. This on-site role focuses on risk assessment and security architecture rather than hands-on implementation.

You will evaluate solutions against security standards, identify risks, define controls, and document findings. Strong communication with business and technology teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of cybersecurity architecture experience.
• Strong network security knowledge.
• Strong understanding of cloud security with AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Experience conducting architecture and risk assessments.
• Ability to explain security findings to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct cybersecurity architecture assessments for software, hardware, cloud solutions, and other technology implementations.
• Evaluate proposed solutions against enterprise cybersecurity standards and best practices.
• Identify cybersecurity risks, assign risk levels, and document findings through formal assessments.
• Define required security controls and provide recommendations to reduce identified risks.
• Partner with business and technology teams to explain and defend assessment findings.
• Help teams design secure solutions with architecture guidance; not a hands-on implementation role.
• Maintain knowledge of network and cloud security across AWS, Azure, GCP.
• Support risk-acceptance processes with leadership approval.
• Communicate cybersecurity risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Network security

Cloud security

Security risk assessments

Stakeholder communication

CISSP

Education

CISSP Certification

Job description

MUST BE ON-SITE 5 DAYS/ WK. IN JUNO BEACH, FL!!!

Alderson Loop is seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect to join a large enterprise energy organization’s Cybersecurity Architecture team. This individual will partner closely with business and technology teams to assess the cybersecurity risk associated with new software, hardware, applications, and technology implementations.

This is a security architecture and risk assessment role rather than a hands-on implementation position. The Cybersecurity Architect will evaluate proposed solutions against enterprise security standards, identify and assign risk, establish security requirements and recommendations, and document findings through formal cybersecurity assessments. They will also help business and technical teams determine practical ways to securely implement solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct cybersecurity architecture assessments for new software, hardware, applications, cloud solutions, and other technology implementations.
• Evaluate proposed solutions against enterprise cybersecurity standards and security best practices.
• Identify cybersecurity risks, assign appropriate risk levels, and document findings through formal security assessment reports.
• Define required security controls and provide recommendations for reducing identified risks.
• Partner directly with business and technology teams to explain and defend assessment findings.
• Help teams design secure solutions when architecture or security guidance is needed; this is not a hands-on implementation role.
• Assess a broad range of technologies rather than specializing in one specific area; work is assigned through a centralized architecture review queue.
• Maintain strong knowledge of network security and cloud security, including environments such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Support risk-acceptance processes when identified risks cannot be remediated and require business leadership approval.
• Communicate technical cybersecurity risks clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of cybersecurity architecture experience.
• Strong network security knowledge.
• Strong understanding of cloud security; experience with at least one or two major cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP is sufficient.
• Experience conducting cybersecurity architecture and/or technology risk assessments.
• Ability to evaluate technology implementations and identify appropriate security requirements, recommendations, and risk levels.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-facing skills, with the ability to explain and defend technical security findings to business teams.
• CISSP certification required.
• Ability to work primarily onsite in Juno Beach, FL, five days per week.

Preferred Qualifications

• Cloud security certifications.
• Cybersecurity experience within a highly regulated industry, particularly utilities/energy, financial services, or healthcare.
• Previous experience operating in a large enterprise environment.