Senior Systems Architect - Secure Cloud & App Design

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company; West Bend (WI); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company in Wisconsin seeks a Systems Architect focused on application security to design and guide modern enterprise platforms. You will translate outcomes into scalable architectures, establish reusable patterns, and provide technical leadership across solution delivery.

The role combines hands-on engineering with architectural influence to review code, develop proofs of concept, and mentor engineers.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in application architecture, software engineering, application security, or related technology roles.
• Strong architecture experience across APIs, integrations, distributed applications, cloud solutions, and modern patterns.
• Demonstrated Application Security experience across secure design, development, testing, and vulnerability management.
• Experience with threat modeling, security architecture, and risk-based design reviews.
• Ability to translate business, technical, and security needs into practical architecture solutions.
• Hands-on experience with modern software engineering practices, including secure coding, code reviews, and CI/CD security integration.
• Ability to establish standards and patterns and provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams.
• Strong communication, collaboration, problem-solving, and technical leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Software Engineering: Practical development experience with modern application technologies, preferably C#/.NET, APIs, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
• Microsoft Azure: Azure application services, Azure API Management, Microsoft Entra ID, managed identities, Azure Key Vault, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Identity & API Security: OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), authentication and authorization, RBAC, least‑privilege design, secrets management, and API security.
• DevSecOps: GitHub and/or Azure DevOps, SAST, SCA, secrets scanning, DAST, CI/CD security controls, and GitHub Advanced Security or comparable tooling.
• Software Supply Chain: Dependency and package governance, SBOMs, artifact integrity, software provenance, and third‑party component risk.
• Security Frameworks & Practices: OWASP Top 10, OWASP ASVS, STRIDE, NIST SSDF, OWASP SAMM, Zero Trust, and secure SDLC practices.

Skills

Application architecture

APIs & integrations

Cloud solutions

Security leadership

CI/CD security

Threat modeling

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Azure

GitHub

CI/CD tooling

Kubernetes

Job description

West Bend Mutual Insurance Company in Wisconsin seeks a Systems Architect focused on application security to design and guide modern enterprise platforms. You will translate outcomes into scalable architectures, establish reusable patterns, and provide technical leadership across solution delivery.

The role combines hands-on engineering with architectural influence to review code, develop proofs of concept, and mentor engineers.