Senior Security Architect – AI, Cloud & Zero Trust (Hybrid)

ICW Group; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 122,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Challenging work

Voice and belonging

Benefits package

Bonus potential

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Learning support

Job summary

ICW Group in San Diego is seeking a Security Architect II to shape enterprise security architecture across cloud, data, and AI initiatives. You will translate business needs and regulatory obligations into practical security patterns and roadmaps, collaborating with multiple teams to embed security into platforms and solutions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in IT/security, strong knowledge of NIST/ISO frameworks, and hands-on AWS security experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 8 years of IT or cybersecurity experience.
• 4+ years in security architecture, cloud security, enterprise architecture, or solution architecture.

Responsibilities

• Develops, maintains, and communicates enterprise security architecture frameworks, principles, and roadmaps.
• Maps business goals and regulatory obligations to security capabilities and implementation directions.
• Partners with diverse architects to embed security into technology strategies and designs.
• Defines current-state/target-state security capabilities and sequences initiatives to improve maturity.
• Provides architecture guidance for IAM, zero trust, cloud security, application security, data protection, and related areas.
• Documents security trade-offs, risks, and follow-up actions.

Skills

Security architecture

Zero trust

Threat modeling

Security governance

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity/CS/IS/Engineering

Tools

AWS security services

Identity & Access Management

Cloud security patterns

Job description

ICW Group in San Diego is seeking a Security Architect II to shape enterprise security architecture across cloud, data, and AI initiatives. You will translate business needs and regulatory obligations into practical security patterns and roadmaps, collaborating with multiple teams to embed security into platforms and solutions.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years in IT/security, strong knowledge of NIST/ISO frameworks, and hands-on AWS security experience.