Senior Security Architect & Platform Security Leader

Neptune; Alabama; On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Neptune Technology Group Inc. is seeking a Sr. Security Architect Manager to lead its security architecture across Enterprise, Cloud, and Product Security.

This role defines strategy, standards, and reference architectures, while guiding a team of security architects and serving as the principal partner to IT, Engineering, Cloud, and Product Development. You will drive security-by-design, ensure compliance, and provide senior technical guidance during incidents and governance reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years in information security with 4+ years in cloud/product security.
• 2+ years leading security architecture teams.
• Hands-on experience securing AWS and/or Azure.
• Familiarity with NIST, CIS Benchmarks, zero trust principles, and cloud shared responsibility models.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own architecture strategy across Enterprise, Cloud, and Product Security.
• Define standards, reference architectures, and reusable control patterns.
• Lead architecture reviews for new initiatives and programs.
• Manage and provide direction to security architecture resources.
• Govern architecture documentation, decision records, and compliance artifacts.
• Oversee cloud security architecture, landing zones, guardrails, and controls (AWS/Azure).
• Enforce least-privilege across cloud networking and identities.
• Design security controls for AI/ML services and data handling.
• Govern enterprise AI tool consumption to prevent data leakage to external APIs.
• Partner with Security Operations to improve visibility and response.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

Leadership

Incident response

Threat modeling

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

AWS

Azure

CSPM

SAST/DAST

SIEM

IAM

Job description

Neptune Technology Group Inc. is seeking a Sr. Security Architect Manager to lead its security architecture across Enterprise, Cloud, and Product Security.

This role defines strategy, standards, and reference architectures, while guiding a team of security architects and serving as the principal partner to IT, Engineering, Cloud, and Product Development. You will drive security-by-design, ensure compliance, and provide senior technical guidance during incidents and governance reviews.