Senior Cyber Security Architect & Strategy Lead

Viasat; Tempe (AZ); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 363,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking a Lead Cyber Security Engineer for a senior, hands-on leadership role. You will guide security engineering and operations, drive roadmap alignment with the Deputy CISO, and translate strategic goals into practical security programs across the company.

The role emphasizes technical excellence, collaboration with engineering teams, and mentoring security engineers while ensuring compliance with frameworks and risk reduction objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on technical leadership in designing, developing, and validating secure system architectures, communications networks, and security controls.
• Guide the implementation of secure network design, segmentation strategies, encryption mechanisms, identity and access controls, and monitoring systems.
• Establish a robust methodology for documenting and describing technical decisions to ensure efficient maturation of security-impacting services.
• Develop an understanding of the operational processes followed by Security to be able to identify difficulties and opportunities for improvement.
• Maintain a degree of technical proficiency with the various tools used by the Security organization.

Skills

Security engineering

Systems engineering

Network engineering

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Zero-trust architecture

Firewalls

IDS/IPS

PKI

SIEM/SOAR

EDR/NDR

CSPM/CNAPP

Encryption

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or a related technical field.

Job description

Viasat is seeking a Lead Cyber Security Engineer for a senior, hands-on leadership role. You will guide security engineering and operations, drive roadmap alignment with the Deputy CISO, and translate strategic goals into practical security programs across the company.

The role emphasizes technical excellence, collaboration with engineering teams, and mentoring security engineers while ensuring compliance with frameworks and risk reduction objectives.