Cyber Security Architect: Secure Systems & IR Lead

Truliant Federal Credit Union; Salem (NC); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan with matching

Paid holidays and PTO

Wellness program

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Tuition reimbursement

Paid volunteer time

Job summary

Truliant Federal Credit Union is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Architect to shape secure technology environments, strengthen threat response, and help meet regulatory expectations. This role requires deep security leadership across architecture, risk, and collaboration with IT and business teams.

You will drive design decisions, lead incident response, and guide teams to implement safeguards, while balancing strong security with member-first service.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of IT security experience, including experience in a security architect role.
• Advanced SIEM experience and substantial experience using IDS/IPS and other network security platforms.
• Extensive Linux support experience and experience coding in at least one language such as SQL, HTML, Python, Java, C/C++, PHP, Perl, or Visual Basic.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement secure architectures, configurations, policies, and controls for technology projects, including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, encryption, identity management, and monitoring.
• Assess vulnerabilities and emerging threats, develop mitigation strategies, and lead incident response activities from investigation and containment through remediation and post-incident review.
• Partner with IT teams, business units, and external partners to integrate security, communicate risk clearly, support audits and compliance, and build employee security awareness.

Skills

Security architecture

Risk management

Incident response

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Cyber Security

CompTIA Security+

CEH

CISSP

CISM

TOGAF

CRISC

CCSP

Tools

SIEM

IDS/IPS

Firewalls

Encryption

Identity management

Job description

Truliant Federal Credit Union is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Architect to shape secure technology environments, strengthen threat response, and help meet regulatory expectations. This role requires deep security leadership across architecture, risk, and collaboration with IT and business teams.

You will drive design decisions, lead incident response, and guide teams to implement safeguards, while balancing strong security with member-first service.