Global Director, Enterprise Security Architecture (Hybrid)

Hewlett Packard Enterprise; Frisco (TX); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 413,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Director of Enterprise Security Architecture to lead the development and execution of enterprise security architecture strategy, standards, patterns, and reference architectures. You will govern architectural decisions, collaborate with ARB and governance forums, and drive security across infrastructure, cloud, data, and AI initiatives.

The role reports to the VP of Enterprise Cyber Security and leads a global team of security architects to enable secure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• 12+ years of experience in information security, cybersecurity architecture, enterprise architecture, or related technology disciplines.
• 5+ years of leadership experience managing architecture teams or senior technical professionals.
• Deep expertise across multiple security domains.
• Experience establishing enterprise architecture standards, governance processes, and technology roadmaps.
• Demonstrated success influencing large-scale technology decisions in complex global enterprises.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture methodologies and frameworks.
• Experience engaging with architecture review boards, governance councils, or enterprise architecture organizations.
• Exceptional written, verbal, and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a global team of enterprise security architects.
• Establish and maintain the enterprise security architecture vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Define and govern enterprise security architecture principles, standards, blueprints, reference architectures, and design patterns.
• Drive consistent security architecture practices across infrastructure, cloud, application, data, identity, and emerging technology domains.
• Build a culture of technical excellence, innovation, collaboration, and accountability within the architecture organization.
• Serve as the primary security representative to enterprise architecture governance processes and the Architecture Review Board (ARB).
• Partner with Enterprise Architecture leaders to ensure security requirements are integrated into enterprise technology standards and strategic roadmaps.
• Provide architectural guidance and risk-based decision support for major technology initiatives and investments.
• Review and approve security architecture designs for critical enterprise programs and transformational initiatives.
• Establish architecture review processes, governance models, and decision frameworks that balance security, business objectives, operational efficiency, and developer experience.
• Develop enterprise security reference architectures and implementation patterns that enable secure-by-design engineering practices.
• Translate security strategy into actionable architectural guidance for engineering, infrastructure, cloud, and application teams.
• Partner closely with security engineering teams to ensure architectural standards are practical, scalable, and operationalized.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, modernize, and standardize security capabilities across the enterprise.
• Drive adoption of modern architectural approaches including Zero Trust, cloud-native security, platform security, identity-centric security, and security automation.
• Define architectural strategy, standards, and governance for AI and Generative AI technologies across HPE.
• Establish security architecture patterns for AI platforms, model development, model deployment, agentic systems, data protection, and AI governance.
• Partner with business and technology leaders to evaluate emerging AI technologies and associated risks.
• Provide thought leadership regarding secure adoption of AI, LLMs, autonomous agents, and future AI-enabled capabilities.
• Collaborate with legal, compliance, privacy, and risk teams to align AI security controls with regulatory and corporate requirements.

Skills

Security architecture

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Executive communication

Governance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field

Job description

Hewlett Packard Enterprise seeks a Director of Enterprise Security Architecture to lead the development and execution of enterprise security architecture strategy, standards, patterns, and reference architectures. You will govern architectural decisions, collaborate with ARB and governance forums, and drive security across infrastructure, cloud, data, and AI initiatives.

The role reports to the VP of Enterprise Cyber Security and leads a global team of security architects to enable secure