Enterprise Security Architect, Lead

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Raleigh, NC
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Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

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TL;DR · Enterprise Security Architect, Lead

JOB TITLE: Enterprise Security Architect, Lead The Enterprise Security Architect, Lead serves as the primary security architecture advisor, leading design, threat-modeling, and remediation sessions with the CISO office, Network Engineering, and Endpoint Management teams. This role involves authoring an enterprise security architecture roadmap to address edge and network defense, cloud security, transport security, endpoint protection, and certificate lifecycle management. The architect will conduct proactive reviews across a global hybrid environment to identify structural weaknesses and enforce infrastructure security policies. Key technical requirements include expertise in IDS/IPS, WAF/WAAP, SD-WAN, PKI/CAOps, NDR, NGFW, EDR/XDR, SIEM, and DNS protection. Candidates must apply knowledge of SASE/SSE convergence, Zero Trust principles, and frameworks like NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, and CIS Critical Security Controls within physical data centers and AWS, GCP, and Azure.

What you'll do

  • Author an enterprise security architecture roadmap aligned with CISO goals and business needs.
  • Lead design, threat-modeling, and remediation sessions with the CISO office and engineering teams.
  • Conduct proactive architecture reviews and continuous monitoring across the global hybrid environment.
  • Translate technical risks and structural vulnerabilities into clear business-risk metrics.
  • Establish and enforce infrastructure security policies and advance security automation.
  • Advise on planning and operations for CISO Engineering Security Edge workstreams.
  • Map infrastructure patterns to frameworks like NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, and CIS Controls.

What we're looking for

  • 15+ years of experience with architecture across edge and perimeter defense and enterprise security infrastructure.
  • 10+ years of experience with cybersecurity and infrastructure.
  • 5+ years of experience in a security architecture role influencing architecture decisions and priorities.
  • Experience applying security governance, policies, and standards, managing security governance workstreams, supporting incident response, and advancing SI automation.
  • Knowledge of SASE/SSE convergence, Zero Trust principles, and network service security including DNS, PKI/CAOps, and proxy services.
  • Knowledge of security framework alignment (NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, CIS Controls), hybrid enterprise environments (AWS, GCP, Azure), and AI development methodologies.
  • Ability to translate technical risks into business-risk metrics, author security architecture roadmaps, and lead sessions across at least four stakeholder groups.
  • HS diploma or GED, Public Trust, CCIE and CISSP Certifications, and cloud/Splunk/x-AI training (preferred).

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