Lead Enterprise Security Architect - Cloud & Zero Trust

Atlassian; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 221,000 - 289,000; Full time

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Job summary

At Atlassian, professionals can work anywhere—office, home, or hybrid—while contributing to enterprise security architecture and strategic security initiatives. This role focuses on defining the end-to-end security blueprint, guiding reviews of major initiatives, and mentoring engineers, with compensation and benefits aligned to a global pay framework.

Ideal candidates bring extensive cybersecurity experience, cloud security expertise, and the ability to communicate complex concepts to

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cybersecurity leadership roles.
• 5+ years as principal or lead security architect.
• Strong knowledge of cloud security architecture (AWS, GCP) and SaaS ecosystems.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain the enterprise security architecture blueprint across endpoints, identity, network and data.
• Lead architectural reviews of major initiatives (AI adoption, zero trust modernization, vendor onboarding).
• Provide risk-based architectural recommendations to executives and engineering teams.
• Mentor security engineers and act as liaison between security and product teams.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Security architecture

Cloud security

Identity & access management

Zero trust

Executive communication

Threat modeling

Tools

AWS

GCP

Okta

Google Workspace

Job description

At Atlassian, professionals can work anywhere—office, home, or hybrid—while contributing to enterprise security architecture and strategic security initiatives. This role focuses on defining the end-to-end security blueprint, guiding reviews of major initiatives, and mentoring engineers, with compensation and benefits aligned to a global pay framework.

Ideal candidates bring extensive cybersecurity experience, cloud security expertise, and the ability to communicate complex concepts to