Security Architect - Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid Role)

Steneral Consulting; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Steneral Consulting seeks a senior security architect to lead security reviews of enterprise and AI-enabled solution architectures, including ADRs and SARB submissions. You will assess GenAI and agentic system designs for model security, data protection, and regulatory compliance; author ADRs and reference architectures for traditional and GenAI-driven systems.

You will define security controls for GenAI systems, including model access, data boundaries, prompt injection defenses, and agent

Responsibilities

• Lead security reviews of enterprise and AI-enabled architectures, including ADRs and SARB submissions.
• Assess GenAI and agentic system designs for model security, data protection, prompt integrity, and regulatory compliance.
• Author and maintain ADRs, architectural patterns, and reference architectures for traditional and GenAI-driven systems.
• Define and evaluate security controls for GenAI systems, including model access, data boundaries, prompt injection defenses, and agent guardrails.
• Provide technical leadership in application, cloud, data, and AI security for GenAI copilots, RAG systems, and autonomous agents.
• Lead threat modeling and risk assessment for composite systems integrating GenAI with APIs and data stores.
• Refine GenAI tools for document review, security design support, and ADR quality assurance; develop prompts and decision frameworks.
• Mentor peers in human-AI collaboration, ensuring accountability and verification of AI outputs.
• Ensure architectural documentation is clear, actionable, and defensible with traceable recommendations.
• Promote secure-by-design and responsible AI adoption across the enterprise, contributing to policy and best practices for GenAI use.
• Maintain expertise in SABSA, TOGAF, NIST CSF, GenAI system architecture, and AI security patterns.
• Support continuous improvement and automation of security architecture review and governance processes.

Job description

• Lead and conduct security reviews of enterprise and AI-enabled solution architectures, including Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and Security Architecture Review Board (SARB) submissions.
• Assess GenAI and agentic system designs for model security, data protection, prompt integrity, agent orchestration, and regulatory compliance.
• Author and maintain ADRs, architectural patterns, and reference architectures for both traditional and GenAI/AI-driven systems.
• Define and evaluate security controls for GenAI systems, including model access, data boundaries, prompt injection defenses, and agent guardrails.
• Provide technical leadership in application, cloud, data, and AI security, supporting secure implementation of GenAI copilots, RAG systems, and autonomous agents.
• Lead threat modeling and risk assessment for composite systems integrating GenAI with APIs, data stores, and user environments.
• Utilize and refine GenAI tools for document review, security design support, and ADR quality assurance; develop reusable prompts and decision frameworks.
• Mentor peers in human-AI collaborative authoring, ensuring accountability and verification of AI-generated outputs.
• Ensure architectural documentation is clear, actionable, and defensible, facilitating structured reasoning and traceable recommendations.
• Promote secure-by-design and responsible AI adoption across the enterprise, contributing to policy and best practices for GenAI use.
• Maintain expertise in security frameworks (e.g., SABSA, TOGAF, NIST CSF), GenAI system architecture, and AI security patterns.
• Support continuous improvement and automation of security architecture review and governance processes.