Security Architect

Consulting Solutions; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Consulting Solutions in St. Louis seeks a Senior Security Architect to lead security design reviews for cloud and on-prem solutions, aligning with reference architectures and governance models.

You will identify risks, propose mitigations, and collaborate with business and technical teams to embed security across delivery, including AI security considerations.

This role emphasizes clear communication to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and requires extensive enterprise experience.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Security Architect in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in cloud security and networking security architecture.
• Experience assessing and interpreting solution designs and associated security risks.
• Deep understanding of cloud reference architectures and governance models.
• Ability to communicate technical security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience evaluating application security, containerization, and micro-segmentation approaches.
• Knowledge of enterprise security controls, risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting large transformation or modernization initiatives is preferred.
• Familiarity with AI security concepts and controls is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess security risks associated with cloud and networking solutions.
• Review and validate solution designs against approved reference architectures.
• Identify security gaps and provide recommendations to address identified risks.
• Support cloud-first transformation initiatives and ensure alignment with organizational security standards.
• Evaluate unique solution designs where existing reference architectures do not apply.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure security requirements are addressed throughout project delivery.
• Provide guidance related to application security, container security, network segmentation, and cloud security controls.
• Assist teams in understanding security implications and compliance considerations for proposed architectures.
• Support AI-related security discussions and emerging security requirements as applicable.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

Networking security

Risk assessment

Stakeholder communication

Tools

GitHub

Wiz

Container technologies

Cloud security frameworks

Job description

• Assess security risks associated with cloud and networking solutions.
• Review and validate solution designs against approved reference architectures.
• Identify security gaps and provide recommendations to address identified risks.
• Support cloud-first transformation initiatives and ensure alignment with organizational security standards.
• Evaluate unique solution designs where existing reference architectures do not apply.
• Collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure security requirements are addressed throughout project delivery.
• Provide guidance related to application security, container security, network segmentation, and cloud security controls.
• Assist teams in understanding security implications and compliance considerations for proposed architectures.
• Support AI-related security discussions and emerging security requirements as applicable.

Job Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Security Architect in enterprise environments.
• Strong expertise in cloud security and networking security architecture.
• Experience assessing and interpreting solution designs and associated security risks.
• Deep understanding of cloud reference architectures and governance models.
• Ability to communicate technical security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience evaluating application security, containerization, and micro-segmentation approaches.
• Knowledge of enterprise security controls, risk management, and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting large transformation or modernization initiatives is preferred.
• Familiarity with AI security concepts and controls is highly desirable.

Tools and Technologies:

• Cloud Security Controls and Governance Frameworks
• GitHub
• Wiz
• Container Technologies
• Network Segmentation and Micro-Segmentation Solutions