Remote Security Architecture Lead: IAM & Zero Trust

J.D. Power; Georgia; Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

JD Power seeks a Manager of Security Architecture to define IAM, Zero Trust, and cloud security strategy across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will lead architecture reviews, mentor the security team, and collaborate with platform and development groups to balance security with business velocity.

The role is remote for USA/Canada with compensation bands of USD 160k–200k per year and requires 10+ years in security architecture and multi-cloud expertise.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in security architecture or cloud security leadership.
• Experience leading and mentoring architects and senior engineers.
• Hands-on IAM, SSO, MFA, PAM knowledge and governance platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define IAM roadmap covering Auth0, Okta, PAM, and privileged access maturity.
• Lead Zero Trust maturity assessment, architecture design, and implementation planning across identity, network, and data domains.
• Conduct security architecture reviews for business initiatives and provide security-velocity balanced recommendations.
• Mentor the Principal Security Architect and guide the architecture team.
• Collaborate with Cloud Platform, Infrastructure, and Development teams on AWS, Azure, and GCP security posture and roadmaps.
• Establish architecture standards, patterns, design principles, and decision records scalable across the org.
• Track progress, dependencies, and risk of architecture roadmaps to CTO and stakeholders.
• Lead PoCs for emerging technologies and validate solutions before enterprise deployment.

Skills

IAM

SSO

MFA

PAM

Governance platforms

Cloud security

Multi-cloud

Security architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

CISSP

Tools

Auth0

Okta

CyberArk

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

JD Power seeks a Manager of Security Architecture to define IAM, Zero Trust, and cloud security strategy across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will lead architecture reviews, mentor the security team, and collaborate with platform and development groups to balance security with business velocity.

The role is remote for USA/Canada with compensation bands of USD 160k–200k per year and requires 10+ years in security architecture and multi-cloud expertise.