Senior Security Architect: Hybrid Cloud & Data Security

Brown University Health; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 128,000 - 211,000; Full time

Job summary

Brown University Health's Principal Security Architect leads security architecture across hybrid on-prem and multi-cloud, partnering with infrastructure, data, and cloud teams to translate strategy into reference architectures and design requirements.

The role drives security reviews, remediation of gaps in identity, network, data protection, and monitoring, and maintains enterprise security standards and patterns. Requires 10+ years in IS/IT with 5+ in security, and relevant certifications.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years IS/IT experience with 5+ years in security architecture.
• Bachelor's in information systems; MBA/MS preferred.
• 3+ active security certifications in architecture, cloud, and security engineering.
• Experience designing security architecture for hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
• Strong communication and leadership across security domains.

Responsibilities

• Define security requirements early in project design across infrastructure and cloud teams.
• Lead security architecture reviews against enterprise standards and threat models.
• Identify and drive remediation of security and control gaps across identity, data, and networks.
• Define secure patterns for data ingestion, governance, and AI/agent platforms.
• Provide architectural guidance during incidents and post-incident reviews.
• Collaborate with governance and audit activities.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

IAM

Encryption / PKI

CI/CD security

Vulnerability management

CSPM/CWPP

SIEM / monitoring

Network security

Governance & compliance

Incident response

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems

MBA or MS in Information Security preferred

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Cloud CLIs/SDKs

Qualys

Nessus

Rapid7

Microsoft Purview

PowerShell

Python

Job description

Brown University Health's Principal Security Architect leads security architecture across hybrid on-prem and multi-cloud, partnering with infrastructure, data, and cloud teams to translate strategy into reference architectures and design requirements.

The role drives security reviews, remediation of gaps in identity, network, data protection, and monitoring, and maintains enterprise security standards and patterns. Requires 10+ years in IS/IT with 5+ in security, and relevant certifications.