Senior Cloud Security Architect – AWS & IP Protection

Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 164,000 - 297,000; Full time

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company is seeking a Principal Security Architect to own the security architecture for a major strategic program built primarily on AWS, with multi-cloud scope. You will drive threat modeling, risk assessments, and design patterns for sensitive workloads and trade secrets, coordinating with engineering, privacy, legal, and audit teams.

This senior role emphasizes architectural leadership, secure SDLC practices, and the ability to translate technical risk into actionable business

Qualifications

• Deep security expertise across cloud, application security, identity, and integration patterns.
• Experience designing controls for workloads handling trade secrets or sensitive intellectual property.
• Background is open—building and operating secure systems, security engineering, incident response, and security architecture are all relevant paths, provided the depth supports sound judgment on real designs.
• High School Diploma/equivalent with 4+ years of experience in Cyber Security, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 8+ years of professional experience across security, software engineering, cloud engineering, or a combination, including hands-on cloud security work.
• Authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. Lilly will not sponsor work authorization or visas for this role.

Responsibilities

• Own the security architecture and risk posture for the assigned program.
• Lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and risk assessments.
• Develop reference architectures, design patterns, and security guidance from recurring requirements.
• Collaborate with program leadership, engineering teams, and security groups across Security Architecture & Engineering, privacy, legal, and audit.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to architects and engineers.

Skills

Cloud security

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Identity management

Security governance

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

Eli Lilly and Company is seeking a Principal Security Architect to own the security architecture for a major strategic program built primarily on AWS, with multi-cloud scope. You will drive threat modeling, risk assessments, and design patterns for sensitive workloads and trade secrets, coordinating with engineering, privacy, legal, and audit teams.

This senior role emphasizes architectural leadership, secure SDLC practices, and the ability to translate technical risk into actionable business