Senior Security Architect — Cloud, Identity & Data Strategy

HMA Group Holdings, LLC; West Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Profit Sharing

Paid Parental Leave

Tuition Reimbursement

Volunteer time off

Job summary

Holmes Murphy is seeking a Principal Security Architect to join our Information Security team in West Des Moines, IA. You will design and advance our enterprise security architecture across data protection, Microsoft security technologies, identity, cloud, and Security Operations.

This senior role combines strategic architecture with hands-on leadership to reduce risk and implement scalable security solutions across Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in cybersecurity, IT, CS or related field.
• 6–8+ years of progressive cybersecurity experience with security architecture/engineering or technical design.
• CISSP/CCSP or equivalent security certifications preferred.
• Strong experience with Varonis and Microsoft Purview for data discovery, classification, and DLP.
• Hands-on leadership in Security Operations and cloud/hybrid security architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain enterprise security architecture, standards, and design patterns.
• Lead data security architecture using Varonis and Microsoft Purview (data discovery, classification, labeling, access governance, DLP).
• Design and improve monitoring, SOC/MDR, SIEM, detection and incident response capabilities.
• Provide architectural leadership across Microsoft Entra ID, Defender XDR, Sentinel, Intune, and Microsoft 365 security.
• Develop roadmaps and target-state architectures aligned with frameworks (NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS, SOC 2, HIPAA, GLBA, NYDFS).

Skills

Enterprise security architecture

Security operations

Identity and access management

Cloud security

Zero Trust

Threat modeling / MITRE ATT&CK

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity/IT/CS

Tools

Varonis

Microsoft Purview

Microsoft Entra ID

Defender XDR

Sentinel

Microsoft 365 security tooling

Job description

Holmes Murphy is seeking a Principal Security Architect to join our Information Security team in West Des Moines, IA. You will design and advance our enterprise security architecture across data protection, Microsoft security technologies, identity, cloud, and Security Operations.

This senior role combines strategic architecture with hands-on leadership to reduce risk and implement scalable security solutions across Azure, AWS, and hybrid environments.