Enterprise Secrets Management Lead & Security Architect

The Vanguard Group; Malvern (Chester County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

The Vanguard Group is seeking a senior security architect to define enterprise secrets detection, prevention, and remediation across the software development lifecycle. You will own the design of secrets scanning solutions and drive governance, standards, and scalable controls aligned with IAM and CI/CD tooling.

You will mentor engineers, shape automation for detection and remediation, and deliver dashboards to track secrets risk posture and remediation progress.

Qualifications

• Minimum of five years related work experience.
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent training and experience; Graduate degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise strategy for secrets detection, prevention, and remediation.
• Own architecture and design of secrets scanning solutions across SDLC.
• Establish standards, policies, and guardrails for secrets management at scale.
• Lead integration of secrets controls across CI/CD pipelines and developer platforms.
• Drive enterprise rollout of secrets scanning with full coverage (e.g., GHAS, Wiz).
• Define risk-based prioritization model for secrets exposure and remediation.
• Partner with IAM to align credential lifecycle, rotation, and governance controls.
• Lead cross-team coordination for detection → response workflows.
• Drive automation strategy for detection, validation, and remediation at scale.
• Influence tooling roadmap, vendor feature requests, and capability enhancements.
• Establish KPIs, dashboards, and reporting for secrets risk posture and burn-down.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across AppSec initiatives.

Skills

5+ years exp

Education

Undergrad degree; grad degree preferred

Job description

The Vanguard Group is seeking a senior security architect to define enterprise secrets detection, prevention, and remediation across the software development lifecycle. You will own the design of secrets scanning solutions and drive governance, standards, and scalable controls aligned with IAM and CI/CD tooling.

You will mentor engineers, shape automation for detection and remediation, and deliver dashboards to track secrets risk posture and remediation progress.