Principal Security Design Advisor

Jobtailor; West Point (PA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior security architect to guide strategic platforms, products, cloud, and AI initiatives. You will lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and secure-by-design patterns to embed security in CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows.

You will provide expert guidance on cloud, application, AI, and supply chain security while mentoring engineering teams on best practices and governance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of cybersecurity engineering, security architecture, cloud security, DevSecOps, or product security experience.
• Strong experience in threat modeling, security architecture, and cloud-native technologies.
• Expertise in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD security, and security automation.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the security advisor for strategic platforms, products, cloud, and AI initiatives.
• Lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security design assessments.
• Define and promote secure-by-design standards, patterns, and guardrails.
• Partner with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps teams to embed security into CI/CD and developer workflows.
• Provide expertise in cloud security, application security, AI security, software supply chain security, and platform governance.
• Influence security strategy and mentor engineering teams on security best practices.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Cloud security

DevSecOps

CI/CD security

Security automation

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Cybersecurity/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Responsibilities

• Serve as the security advisor for strategic platforms, products, cloud, and AI initiatives
• Lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and security design assessments
• Define and promote secure-by-design standards, patterns, and guardrails
• Partner with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps teams to embed security into CI/CD and developer workflows
• Provide expertise in cloud security, application security, AI security, software supply chain security, and platform governance
• Influence security strategy and mentor engineering teams on security best practices

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of cybersecurity engineering, security architecture, cloud security, DevSecOps, or product security experience
• Strong experience in threat modeling, security architecture, and cloud-native technologies
• Expertise in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD security, and security automation
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills