Security Architect - Vulnerability Exposure Management

Edward Jones; St. Louis (MO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and prescription drug

Dental and vision

401k retirement plan

Flexible spending accounts

Paid holidays and vacation

Job summary

Edward Jones is seeking a Vulnerability Exposure Architect to identify, triage, analyze, and manage vulnerabilities across the Firm's enterprise environment. You will contribute to vulnerability management, posture management, assessments, and security tooling.

Collaboration with stakeholders will be essential to success. The role requires senior-level expertise in infrastructure, cloud, and security technologies, plus the ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive remediation efforts

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related field.
• 15+ years of experience across multiple technology areas, with at least 3 years in information security.
• 3+ years of architecture experience across on-prem, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Subject matter expert in infrastructure, systems management, cloud platforms, and security technologies.
• Designs IT architecture solutions supporting Firm strategies and security objectives.

Responsibilities

• Maintain exposure detection, mitigation, and remediation knowledge.
• Understand current security threats and attacker exposure paths.
• Use scanners, tests, and assessments to identify exposures across the Edward Jones environment.
• Suggest industry best practices and lessons learned to improve processes.

Skills

Vulnerability management

Security architecture

Cloud security

Penetration testing

Automation & tooling

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering/MIS

Job description

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 28-Jul-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

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Team Overview

The Vulnerability Exposure Architect will work at the direction of and with support from the Team Lead and peers to identify, triage, analyze, and mange vulnerabilities across the Firm's enterprise environment. This will include supporting core aspects of the vulnerability management, configuration management, posture management, penetration testing, security assessments, and vulnerability management. In the role, the Solutions Engineer will contribute to the development and maintenance of vulnerability management within the role and look to suggest opportunities for improvement. The Solutions Engineer will have reached proficiency for work and tasks within the assigned role and be able to collaborate and communicate clearly with stakeholders across the Firm.

What You'll Do

• Maintain knowledge and understanding in support of comprehensive exposure detection, mitigation, and remediation efforts.
• Maintain knowledge and understanding of current security threats and vulnerabilities and of how threat actors can misuse different types of exposures within an attack path.
• Utilize a combination of vulnerability/configuration/posture scanning tools, penetration tests, and third-party assessments to identify potential points of exposure across the Edward Jones enterprise environment.
• Contribute to the team's processes and documentation by suggesting opportunities to incorporate industry best practices and lessons learned.

What Experience You'll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or related work experience.
• Minimum 15 years of experience across multiple technology areas preferred, with at least 3 years directly related to information security.
• Minimum 3 years of relevant architecture experience across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Subject matter expert in infrastructure, systems management, cloud platforms, and security technologies.
• Designs IT architecture solutions supporting Firm strategies and security objectives.
• Develops secure designs supporting vulnerability, configuration, posture management, penetration testing, and security assessments.
• Defines cloud security standards, guardrails, configuration baselines, and governance across cloud and hybrid environments.
• Solves critical technical challenges requiring immediate analysis, coordination, and resolution.
• Analyzes requirements, security risks, feasibility, costs, benefits, and functional requirements.
• Performs root cause analysis using industry-standard tools to identify systemic issues and remediation actions.
• Serves as technical lead for team systems, processes, and related or dependent technologies.
• Defines KPIs, dashboards, and reporting for risk exposure, remediation, compliance, and security posture.
• Promotes automation and tool integration to improve security visibility, prioritization, remediation, and reporting.
• Leads cross-functional teams in vulnerability prioritization, remediation, assessments, and continuous improvement.
• Partners with application, infrastructure, cloud, and risk teams to establish ownership and remediation accountability.
• Evaluates security tools and emerging technologies for risk, scalability, integration, and business value.
• Builds team capabilities through technical leadership, training, mentoring, and knowledge sharing
• Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week effective June 1, 2026. Before June 1, 2026, candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.**

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Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.