Technical Architect

Edward Jones; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Prescription

Dental & Vision

401k retirement plan

Paid holidays

Vacation & PTO

Bonuses & profit sharing

Employee Assistance Program

Job summary

Edward Jones is seeking a Technical Architect for Information Systems to drive threat and vulnerability management across a hybrid on-prem and cloud environment. You will lead secure cloud solution development, promote cloud platform adoption, and coordinate with distributed teams to ensure reliable instrumentation and monitoring.

The role requires deep cybersecurity experience, cloud multi-provider familiarity (AWS, Azure, GCP), and strong communication across business units and vendors.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in cybersecurity as a practitioner.
• Experience with architecting secure systems and cyber security strategy direction.
• Experience across multiple large-scale cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Strong communication with business units, senior leaders, and vendors.
• Knowledge of network, storage, OS, IAM, PAM, SSO, encryption, and contract negotiations.

Responsibilities

• Lead security solution development in cloud to meet firm needs.
• Drive adoption of cloud infrastructure platforms and hybrid architecture.
• Build relationships across teams and ensure services are instrumented for monitoring and debugging.
• Automate manual, repeatable system processes to reduce Tier 1 effort.
• Collaborate with project teams to deploy new solutions and PoCs.

Skills

Cybersecurity governance

Cloud architecture

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Communication

DevOps tooling

Git

Jenkins

Ansible

Chef

Tools

Git

Jenkins

Ansible

Chef

Job description

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 28-Aug-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we’re proud to be privately‑owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.

Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.

People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

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¹Fortune 500, published June 2024, data as of December 2023. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

Team Overview

The Technical Architect will be responsible for working across all areas of Information Systems (IS), providing leadership on technology selection and operational processes for running Threat and Vulnerability Management services and solutions in a mixed on‑prem and cloud environment.

What You'll Do

• Development of Information Security solutions in cloud to meet the needs of the firm.
• Lead the adoption of cloud infrastructure platforms and the integration of a hybrid architecture
• Creating and managing relationships with teams across the department
• Work with distributed teams to ensure that application services are properly instrumented to be reliably monitored and debugged
• Automate manual, repeatable system processes to reduce Tier 1 efforts
• Collaborate with project teams to deploy new solutions for proof-of-concept efforts

What Experience You'll Need

• Minimum 8 years’ experience in cybersecurity as a practitioner.
• Experience with architecting secure system.
• Must be experienced in creating a strategic cyber security technology direction, aligning it with tactical activities, and communicating plans broadly across the organization.
• Experience working across multiple large scale cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Must be able to communicate effectively across multiple audiences, including firm‑wide business units, senior leaders, associates, external vendors.
• Working knowledge in network, storage, application development, Operating Systems, IAM (Authentication/authorization), PAM, SSO, encryption standards, and contract negotiations.
• Familiarity with tools such as Git, Jenkins, Ansible, and Chef.
• Experience and understanding of various regulatory requirements and laws, including but not limited to: Payment Card Industry (PCI), Sarbanes‑Oxley Act (SOX), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Gramm‑Leach‑Bliley Act (GLBA). Additionally, experience in one or more of the following: ISO 27001/2, ITIL or NIST is preferred.

**Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week effective June 1, 2026. Before June 1, 2026, candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office three days per week, with preference for Tuesday through Thursday.**

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Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax‑advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.