Director, Security Architecture & Engagement

Description

• Hybrid 4 days onsite in Burbank, CA

• Our client seeks a Director, Security Architecture & Engagement to act as a strategic cybersecurity advisor and trusted partner for business, product, engineering, and technology leaders. The director will lead security architects and engineers, drive secure-by-design initiatives, mature enterprise security architecture, and enable risk-based decisions across a global technology landscape. The role requires deep architecture expertise, stakeholder engagement, and the ability to influence technical and executive audiences.

• Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

• Rate: 113.00 to 115.00/hr. w2

• JN -102026-109011

Responsibilities

• Serve as a primary cybersecurity advisor to business, technology, product, and engineering leaders.
• Build trusted relationships and provide practical, business-focused security guidance.
• Translate complex security and architecture requirements into actionable recommendations.
• Facilitate collaboration across business teams, engineers, architects, compliance partners, and security stakeholders.
• Ensure security requirements are incorporated early in planning and delivery processes.
• Support teams in navigating security governance and review processes.
• Promote approved security standards, reusable patterns, and secure implementation approaches.
• Lead security engagement efforts with vendors and third-party partners.
• Design enterprise security architectures and integrations across people, process, and technology.
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, reference architectures, design patterns, control frameworks, and security policies.
• Provide technical leadership across Zero Trust, AI Security, IAM, Data Security, Secure Access, and DevSecOps.
• Lead architecture reviews, threat modeling, vulnerability assessments, and security risk evaluations.
• Establish security architecture standards and evaluate emerging technologies.
• Support cloud security initiatives across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
• Drive adoption of risk-based security metrics and decision-making.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of security architects and engineers, including distributed teams and contractors.
• Oversee project delivery, budgets, status reporting, and executive communications.
• Advise leadership on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and business impacts.
• Foster a collaborative, service-oriented culture focused on partnership and enablement.

Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of experience within technology organizations.
• Minimum 3 years of DevOps experience.
• Minimum 2 years of Information Security experience supporting large enterprise environments.
• Proven experience as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders.
• Strong enterprise security architecture experience.
• Experience in one or more areas: Application Security, Secure SDLC, Data Security, Penetration Testing, Threat Detection & Monitoring, Security Operations, Threat Hunting, Security Automation, Machine Learning Security.
• Strong knowledge of NIST 800-53, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001, ISMS frameworks, and security risk management methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
• 5+ years of people leadership experience managing technical teams.
• Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
• Ability to balance security, risk, and business objectives in a complex enterprise environment.
• Preferred: CISSP, CISM, CISA, GCIH, CEH, AWS Security Specialty, or similar certifications.
• Preferred: Knowledge of SOX, HIPAA, PCI, GDPR.
• Preferred: Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, GitLab, Splunk, Vault, Kubernetes, and cloud-native architectures.
• Preferred: Background in penetration testing, adversarial simulations, or advanced cybersecurity testing.
• Preferred: Experience supporting highly regulated global organizations and Fortune 100 environments.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.

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