Enterprise Endpoint Security Architect

Leadout Capital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadout Capital is seeking an experienced Enterprise Security Architect to lead the design and implementation of defense capabilities across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments. You will drive architecture, threat modeling, and risk-reduction strategies for our Enterprise Defense pillar, aligning with product and engineering to modernize the platform.

You will oversee vulnerability programs, deception technologies, and secure gateways, while mentoring engineers and collaborating across

Qualifications

• You have 15+ years of progressive experience in cybersecurity engineering, network security, and infrastructure defense.
• You have 8+ years in an enterprise security architect role overseeing multi-domain defense stacks.
• You have expertise architecting EDR and XDR platforms and Application Control solutions.
• You have deep knowledge of CSPM and SSPM tools.
• You are proficient with vulnerability platforms and API-integrated email security tools.
• You have knowledge of SWG, SSL/TLS decryption at scale, and secure browsers.
• You have hands-on experience designing deception environments and Active Directory deception.
• You can collaborate with architects and leads to craft architectural vision and roadmap.
• You have experience with AWS and/or Azure.
• You can create PoC architecture with code.
• You have experience with CI/CD platforms like Jenkins, Spinnaker, GitLab CI.
• You can mentor team members, and a related technical degree is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural design for core Enterprise Defense capabilities, including endpoint and workload protection, EDR and XDR, and Application Control.
• Own vulnerability and exposure management, including vulnerability scanning and CTEM.
• Design cloud and SaaS posture strategy, CSPM and SSPM.
• Architect messaging and gateway defense, including email security tools like SEG, DMARC, DKIM, SPF.
• Lead network and perimeter defense, including SSE, traffic inspection, DLP, and secure browsers.
• Design deception and active defense capabilities with honeypots and canary tokens.
• Define and maintain enterprise defense reference architecture and integration patterns across platforms.
• Establish technical standards and deployment blueprints across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud.
• Align endpoint security with business, security, and regulatory goals.
• Partner with product management and engineering to drive roadmaps and modernization.
• Design automated workflows linking vulnerability discoveries, threat intelligence, and remediation prioritization.
• Ensure telemetry from Enterprise Defense tools integrates into SIEM/SOAR/SOC pipelines.
• Lead threat modeling and architecture assessments for endpoint components.
• Evaluate emerging defensive technologies to reduce risk at endpoint/perimeter.
• Lead PoC evaluations, RFP processes, and architecture reviews for M&A in Enterprise Defense.
• Work with Scrum teams on active projects.

Skills

Cybersecurity engineering

Enterprise security architect

EDR/XDR expertise

CSPM/SSPM knowledge

Vulnerability platforms

Email security tools

SWG/SSL decryption

Deception environments

AWS/Azure

CI/CD tooling

Mentoring

Technical degree

Education

Related technical degree

Tools

Jenkins

Spinnaker

GitLab CI

Job description

The Experience

The Enterprise Security Technology team builds and operates highly scalable, fault-tolerant, distributed systems that deliver cloud-scale security services. Our key investments are in Endpoint Security along with Network, Email, and Identity Security, where we design and implement consistent, scalable services for Salesforce Enterprise, integrating our IT network, public cloud infrastructure, and our own data centers. In this role, you empower every Salesforce employee, device, and application to operate securely across these environments. You lead the technical vision, architectural integration, and risk-reduction strategy for the Enterprise Defense Pillar, protecting hosts, networks, applications, email channels, and cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) environments from advanced cyber threats.

What You'll Actually Be Doing

• Lead the architectural design for core Enterprise Defense capabilities, including endpoint and workload protection, such as Enterprise Endpoint Security, Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR), and Application Control

• Own vulnerability and exposure management, including vulnerability scanning and Continuous Threat Exposure Management (CTEM)

• Design cloud and SaaS posture strategy, including Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM)

• Architect messaging and gateway defense, including email security tools such as Secure Email Gateways (SEG) and Domain-based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC), DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM), and Sender Policy Framework (SPF)

• Lead network and perimeter defense, including Security Service Edge, traffic inspection, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), and Enterprise Secure Browser technology

• Design deception and active defense capabilities, including cyber deception technology, decoys and honeypots, lures, breadcrumbs, and canary tokens

• Define and maintain the enterprise defense reference architecture and integration patterns that may span multiple technology platforms or cloud substrates

• Establish technical standards and deployment blueprints across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments

• Align endpoint security strategy with business, security, and regulatory goals

• Partner with product management and engineering leads to drive technical roadmaps and platform modernization

• Design automated workflows that connect vulnerability discoveries, threat intelligence, and remediation prioritization frameworks with stakeholders

• Ensure seamless telemetry integration from all Enterprise Defense tools into the Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR), and Security Operations Center (SOC) detection pipelines

• Lead threat modeling and architecture assessments of endpoint components and dependencies

• Proactively evaluate emerging defensive technologies to reduce risk at the endpoint and perimeter

• Lead Proof of Concept (PoC) evaluations, Request for Proposal (RFP) processes, and architectural reviews for mergers and acquisitions in the Enterprise Defense domain

• Work alongside Scrum engineering teams on active projects

You're Our Person If...

• You have 15 or more years of progressive experience in cybersecurity engineering, network security, and infrastructure defense

• You have 8 or more years in an enterprise security architect role overseeing multi-domain defense stacks

• You have expertise architecting Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) platforms (for example, CrowdStrike Falcon) and Application Control solutions

• You have a deep understanding of Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) tools (for example, Wiz, Prisma Cloud) and SaaS Security Posture Management (SSPM) tools (for example, CrowdStrike or equivalent)

• You are proficient with vulnerability platforms (for example, Tenable, Qualys, or equivalent) and Application Programming Interface (API)-integrated email security tools (for example, Abnormal, Proofpoint)

• You have in-depth knowledge of Secure Web Gateways (SWG), Secure Sockets Layer/Transport Layer Security (SSL/TLS) decryption at scale, and secure browsers

• You have hands‑on experience designing deception environments, including honeypots, bait credentials, canary tokens, and Active Directory deception

• You can work with other architects, engineering leads, and program managers to craft the architectural vision and roadmap for the organization

• You have experience with cloud platform services in Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Azure

• You can create Proof of Concept (PoC) architecture with code

• You have experience with continuous integration platforms such as Jenkins, Spinnaker, GitLab Continuous Integration (CI), or similar

• You can mentor team members to support their understanding of the architecture and aid in their technical development

• A related technical degree required

Even Better If...

• You hold certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF), or other vendor-specific certifications

• You have experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and Terraform

• You have experience with monitoring tools such as ELK, Grafana, AppDynamics, or similar

• You have experience with Agile development methodology (for example, Scrum)