Senior Enterprise Security Architect - AI, Cloud & Risk

Verisign Inc.; Reston (VA); Hybrid; USD 164,000 - 222,000; Full time

Job summary

Verisign Inc. is seeking a Senior Information Security Architect to shape enterprise security strategy, reference architectures, and standards across the organization.

You will lead high-impact design decisions and advise engineering and executive leaders on risk, tradeoffs, and long-term technology direction. Collaborating with security engineering, infrastructure, cloud, data, and AI teams, you will ensure security is integrated into critical services from concept through production in a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of broad information security experience with security architecture and design for complex enterprise environments.
• Expertise across security architecture, secure networking, cloud, identity (on premises and cloud), endpoint, application security, data protection, and detection and response.

Responsibilities

• Define enterprise security architecture strategy, principles, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and roadmaps across domains.
• Lead security architecture engagements for complex programs; translate objectives and risk into scalable controls and design requirements.
• Establish architecture and security requirements for AI/ML systems, including secure MLOps, data lifecycle protection, and access controls.
• Review generative and AI designs and address controls to mitigate prompt injection, data leakage, and AI supply-chain risks.
• Perform threat modelling and security design reviews for critical systems and emerging technologies; document risk decisions and remediation.

Skills

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

AI/ML security

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Tools

NIST CSF

NIST AI RMF

MITRE ATT&CK

MITRE ATLAS

OWASP Top 10

Job description

Verisign Inc. is seeking a Senior Information Security Architect to shape enterprise security strategy, reference architectures, and standards across the organization.

You will lead high-impact design decisions and advise engineering and executive leaders on risk, tradeoffs, and long-term technology direction. Collaborating with security engineering, infrastructure, cloud, data, and AI teams, you will ensure security is integrated into critical services from concept through production in a