Executive Director, Enterprise Security Architecture

Cencora; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 142,000 - 283,000; Full time

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a Senior Director of Enterprise Security Architecture to lead the definition, governance, and enforcement of enterprise security architecture strategy across the organization. This leader aligns cybersecurity architecture with business strategy, regulatory obligations, and risk appetite while overseeing architecture standards and ARB processes.

The role partners with the CISO and other security leaders to build scalable, measurable defenses across security domains, ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, information technology, cybersecurity, or related field, or equivalent experience required.
• Master's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Technology or any other related discipline or equivalent related experience.
• 12+ years of directly-related or relevant experience with 8+ years in a managerial capacity, preferably in information security.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise security architecture vision and multi-year roadmap.
• Align security architecture with corporate strategy, digital transformation, and technology modernization initiatives.
• Establish target-state architectures incorporating Zero Trust principles in collaboration with other Information Security and Technology leaders.
• Translate risk appetite into enforceable architectural guardrails.
• Develop and maintain standardized reference architectures for Cloud and hybrid infrastructure, IAM, data protection and privacy, network segmentation, application security, AI/GenAI security, and OT/IoT.

Skills

IT risk management

IT controls

Cyber attack mitigation

Enterprise IT management

Cloud security

Network security

Identity & Access Management

Application security

Threat modelling

Security architecture standards

Regulatory compliance

Security governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/SE/IT or related

Master's degree in related discipline

Tools

Security tools suite (CSPM, CWPP, CNAPP, SIEM, EDR)

Threat intelligence tools

Vulnerability testing tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Cencora is seeking a Senior Director of Enterprise Security Architecture to lead the definition, governance, and enforcement of enterprise security architecture strategy across the organization. This leader aligns cybersecurity architecture with business strategy, regulatory obligations, and risk appetite while overseeing architecture standards and ARB processes.

The role partners with the CISO and other security leaders to build scalable, measurable defenses across security domains, ensuring