Principal Security Architect - Product Defense

Verizon; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 121,000 - 231,000; Full time

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Principal Engineer - Security Architecture within the Product Security team. You will drive security initiatives across Web, API, Cloud, IoT, and AI systems, partnering with product and development teams to embed security into software development.

You will lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and code/business logic reviews, while building automated processes and AI agents to improve security outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of work experience.
• 6+ years of relevant experience in security across multiple domains.

Responsibilities

• Provide security architecture leadership across Web, API, Mobile, Cloud, IoT, and AI systems.
• Lead security reviews and threat modeling with product teams.
• Develop automated security workflows and AI agents to streamline security tasks.
• Drive security as a shared responsibility and empower product teams with tools and knowledge.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Web/API/Containers/Mobile security

Swift/Java/Scala/Python/C/C++

Root cause analysis

Security reviews/architecture reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4+ years experience

Tools

Fortify

Tenable

Job description

Verizon is seeking a Principal Engineer - Security Architecture within the Product Security team. You will drive security initiatives across Web, API, Cloud, IoT, and AI systems, partnering with product and development teams to embed security into software development.

You will lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and code/business logic reviews, while building automated processes and AI agents to improve security outcomes.