Strategic Cybersecurity Architect: Cloud, OT & Risk

BravoTECH; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

BravoTECH is seeking a strategic cybersecurity architect to shape secure, resilient technology across IT and OT. You will create practical security blueprints, guide complex decisions, and influence leaders and delivery teams with risk-informed recommendations.

Responsibilities include defining architecture standards, leading reviews for cloud, SaaS, and OT initiatives, and documenting tradeoffs with clear recommendations.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity, IT infrastructure, cloud security, security engineering, enterprise/solution architecture, OT security, or related field.
• 4+ years in a security or technology architecture role developing standards, patterns, reference architectures, governance, or roadmaps.
• Direct experience supporting the oil and gas industry.
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft technologies, Azure, Snowflake, and CrowdStrike.
• Translate business, technical, regulatory, and risk requirements into actionable security guidance.
• Lead architecture reviews, document tradeoffs, and advise stakeholders without direct authority.
• Knowledge of security architecture across domains: identity, cloud, network, data, apps, SaaS, OT, cyber-physical systems.
• Strong communication, facilitation, relationship-building, and executive presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and improve enterprise security architecture standards, reference architectures, guardrails, and secure-by-design practices.
• Lead security architecture reviews for cloud, SaaS, applications, identity, data, network, automation, AI, and OT initiatives.
• Identify design risks and control gaps; document tradeoffs, recommendations, and residual-risk considerations.
• Create repeatable architecture patterns and technical roadmaps that reduce risk and support business objectives.
• Partner with technical and business stakeholders, including senior leaders, to explain options and drive alignment.
• Guide security architecture across IT/OT convergence, industrial environments, segmentation, remote access, cloud, data platforms, and integrations.
• Support threat modeling, risk assessments, control alignment, and continuous improvement of the architecture function.

Skills

Security Architecture

Cloud Security

OT Security

Executive communication

Risk Management

Stakeholder Leadership

Tools

Azure

Snowflake

CrowdStrike

Job description

BravoTECH is seeking a strategic cybersecurity architect to shape secure, resilient technology across IT and OT. You will create practical security blueprints, guide complex decisions, and influence leaders and delivery teams with risk-informed recommendations.

Responsibilities include defining architecture standards, leading reviews for cloud, SaaS, and OT initiatives, and documenting tradeoffs with clear recommendations.