Senior Security Architect, Product Security

Verizon; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 137,000 - 263,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Total rewards package

Job summary

Verizon is seeking a Distinguished Engineer - Systems Architecture to champion security across the product lifecycle, partnering with product teams to embed security by design. You will lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and code reviews while building automated security workflows and AI-assisted tooling to scale security across Web, API, Mobile, Cloud, IoT, and AI domains.

As Primary Product Security Engineer, you will mentor teams, align executive stakeholders, and promote shared

Qualifications

• Secure-by-design mindset balancing risk and business goals.
• Deep expertise in application design and security; root-cause analysis.
• Strong organizational and communication skills, capable of leading priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead security reviews across product portfolio and architecture.
• Collaborate with development teams to provide security guidance.
• Identify vulnerabilities and drive strategic security improvements.
• Develop automated security workflows and AI agents.

Skills

Secure by design mindset

Security architecture

Threat modeling

Automation & AI tooling

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Software engineering depth

Swift/Java/Scala/Python/C/C++

Education

Bachelor's degree or 4+ years of experience

8+ years of relevant security experience

Tools

Fortify

Tenable

Jira

AI agents/automation tooling

Job description

Verizon is seeking a Distinguished Engineer - Systems Architecture to champion security across the product lifecycle, partnering with product teams to embed security by design. You will lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, and code reviews while building automated security workflows and AI-assisted tooling to scale security across Web, API, Mobile, Cloud, IoT, and AI domains.

As Primary Product Security Engineer, you will mentor teams, align executive stakeholders, and promote shared