This role is 4 days Onsite in New York, NY & it’s a fulltime position.
Principal Cybersecurity Architect in New York, NY
We are seeking a Senior Cybersecurity Architect to serve as the strategic and technical authority advancing a global cybersecurity architecture and engineering program. Reporting directly to the CISO, this role leads secure-by-design initiatives across a complex hybrid environment, driving modernization, automation, and adoption of emerging security technologies.
This is a highly visible role partnering with application, infrastructure, cloud, and business teams to balance innovation, risk, and regulatory expectations while strengthening enterprise-wide cyber resilience.
What You'll Do
• Strategy & Leadership
• Act as the CISO's principal technical advisor on cybersecurity architecture, engineering strategy, and emerging risks
• Translate security vision into executable roadmaps aligned with business priorities
• Lead cybersecurity technology build initiatives focused on automation, integration, and modernization
• Evaluate emerging technologies through lab testing and strategic vendor partnerships
• Architecture & Engineering
• Define and maintain enterprise security architecture and reference models
• Lead architecture reviews across application, infrastructure, cloud, and data platforms
• Advance Zero Trust, AI-driven security, cloud-native defenses, and continuous controls monitoring
• Guide threat modeling, security assessments, and control design for major initiatives
• Embed security-by-design through hardened configurations, automation, and validation
• Governance & Collaboration
• Partner with Cyber Operations, GRC, and Infrastructure teams to ensure architectural consistency
• Support cybersecurity strategy, investment planning, and global execution
• Collaborate with teams across North America, EMEA, and APAC
• Mentor engineers and architects, fostering technical excellence and innovation
What You Bring
• 10–15 years of cybersecurity experience, with deep leadership in architecture and engineering
• Proven expertise in hybrid environments (on-prem + Azure Cloud)
• Strong knowledge of application, infrastructure, and cloud security architecture
• Hands-on experience with Zero Trust, IAM (MFA, SSO, PIM), AI/ML security, DevSecOps, automation, and continuous controls monitoring
• Familiarity with enterprise platforms such as EDR/XDR, SIEM, DLP, PKI, vulnerability management, and cloud security tooling
• Experience aligning architecture to NIST, ISO 27001, CIS Controls, and MITRE ATT&CK
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a related field
• CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or cloud security certifications preferred
Why This Role
• Direct influence on global cybersecurity strategy
• High visibility with executive leadership
• Opportunity to shape next-generation security capabilities, including AI-driven defense
• Competitive compensation, bonus, and comprehensive benefits package
Compensation depends on experience but is typically $170K-$210K
