Senior Cybersecurity Architect: Enterprise Risk & Cloud

NextEra Energy, Inc.; Juno Beach (FL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

NextEra Energy seeks a Cybersecurity Architect to augment its Architecture team and assess risk across cloud, on-prem, and third-party solutions. You will lead architecture reviews, model threats, and define controls with a business-enabling mindset.

The role covers AWS/Azure/GCP, IAM, data protection, and secure design patterns, collaborating with vendors and project teams to move business goals securely forward.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated senior-level cybersecurity architecture experience in large and complex environments.
• Strong understanding of cybersecurity architecture principles across diverse tech stacks.
• Ability to perform threat modeling and identify attack surfaces and risk.
• Experience with cloud security, IAM, data protection, and shared-responsibility models (AWS/Azure/GCP).
• Ability to interpret vulnerability findings and vendor security assessments for architecture risk.

Responsibilities

• Lead cybersecurity architecture reviews for complex projects, platforms, and services.
• Analyze solution architectures, data flows, and security controls across diverse domains.
• Perform threat modeling and assign risk ratings with clear mitigations.
• Develop risk documentation and communicate residual risk for business acceptance.
• Collaborate with project teams and vendors to implement secure solutions.

Skills

Cybersecurity architecture

Threat modeling

Risk assessment

Cloud security

Identity and access management

Application security

Data security

Networking security

Communication skills

Vendor security evaluation

Education

Bachelor's or Equivalent Experience

High School Grad / GED

Job description

NextEra Energy seeks a Cybersecurity Architect to augment its Architecture team and assess risk across cloud, on-prem, and third-party solutions. You will lead architecture reviews, model threats, and define controls with a business-enabling mindset.

The role covers AWS/Azure/GCP, IAM, data protection, and secure design patterns, collaborating with vendors and project teams to move business goals securely forward.