Senior Security Architect — Cloud, AI & Compliance Strategy

Kforce Inc; Manhattan Beach (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Onsite role in Manhattan Beach

Job summary

Kforce Inc. in Manhattan Beach, CA is seeking a Security Architect to lead security-by-design across enterprise environments.

This onsite role collaborates with infrastructure, cloud, and business teams to establish standards and roadmaps while ensuring secure technology implementations. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in security, strong enterprise architecture experience, and certifications such as CISSP or GIAC.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in information security, infrastructure, cloud or software engineering.
• Strong enterprise security architecture experience and governance.
• Experience documenting standards and reference architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise Security Architecture operating model.
• Develop security roadmaps aligned with business priorities and threats.
• Govern security standards, reference architectures and design patterns.
• Embed security into system design and architecture reviews.
• Provide guidance across cloud, data protection, and identity security domains.
• Assess new technologies for security risks and compliance.

Skills

Information security

Cloud platforms

Security standards

Architecture documentation

AI security

Threat modeling

Security governance

IDS/IPS/WAF

SIEM

Log management

Leadership

Education

CISSP certification

GIAC certification

Tools

Firewall technologies

WAF

IDS/IPS

SIEM

Endpoint security

Job description

Kforce Inc. in Manhattan Beach, CA is seeking a Security Architect to lead security-by-design across enterprise environments.

This onsite role collaborates with infrastructure, cloud, and business teams to establish standards and roadmaps while ensuring secure technology implementations. The ideal candidate has 8+ years in security, strong enterprise architecture experience, and certifications such as CISSP or GIAC.