Security Architect (Remote in Brazil)

Kyndryl Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work from Brazil

Job summary

Kyndryl Inc. is seeking a Senior Security Architect to assess and secure technology solutions across a service provider environment.

You will deliver independent, risk-based guidance to business, architecture, engineering, and technology teams, while delivery teams retain design and implementation responsibilities. Responsibilities include evaluating IAM, data protection, networks, and cloud security across AWS, Azure, and GCP; conducting threat modeling; and guiding remediation with

Qualifications

• Ten years of security architecture design and implementation in a service provider environment.
• Experience with NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or CIS Controls.
• Deep knowledge of security technologies (firewalls, IDS/IPS, vulnerability scanning, endpoint protection).
• Strong cloud security understanding across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Excellent English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Review designs, assess risks, threats, vulnerabilities, data flows, and security gaps.
• Perform security architecture reviews, risk assessments, and threat modeling for new/changed solutions.
• Evaluate controls across IAM, data protection, encryption, networks, apps, and service management.
• Recommend remediation and explain risks to technical and business stakeholders.
• Assess vendor/third-party solutions against security requirements and remediation needs.
• Guide teams to consider security policies, standards, and regulatory requirements throughout the lifecycle.

Skills

Security architecture

English fluency

Risk assessment and threat modeling

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Info Sec

Tools

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

Vulnerability scanning

Endpoint protection

Cloud security (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Job description

Role overview

Assess the security of proposed and changing technology solutions across a service provider environment. You’ll give independent, risk-based guidance to business, architecture, engineering, and technology teams, helping them identify security gaps and make informed decisions while the delivery teams retain responsibility for solution design and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Review solution designs and assess risks, threats, vulnerabilities, data flows, and security control gaps.
• Conduct security architecture reviews, risk assessments, and threat modeling for new and changing solutions.
• Evaluate controls across identity and access management, data protection, encryption, authentication, networks, infrastructure, applications, middleware, and service management.
• Recommend remediation or mitigating controls, challenge design assumptions, and explain risks to technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leaders.
• Assess vendor and third-party solutions against security requirements, identifying issues for remediation, mitigation, or formal risk acceptance.
• Help teams consider security policies, standards, regulatory requirements, and architecture principles throughout the technology lifecycle.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of security architecture design and implementation experience in a service provider organization.
• Experience with security frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or CIS Controls.
• Strong knowledge of security technologies, including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, vulnerability scanning, and endpoint protection.
• Strong understanding of cloud security concepts and services across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Advanced or fluent English.

Nice to have

• CISSP, CISM, or CCSP certification.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, information security, or a related field.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote position based in Brazil, with working hours of 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
• Professional development opportunities, including learning, coaching, and certification support.
• Well-being programs and a flexible, inclusive work environment.