Principal Architect, Infrastructure/Security

What you'll do

• Advise cross-functional teams on technology selection for infrastructure, security, and cloud platform decisions.
• Develop multi-year roadmaps for infrastructure modernization, cloud adoption, and security architecture priorities.
• Serve as the senior subject matter expert for network, cloud, identity, and endpoint security.
• Lead architecture reviews for critical applications, major infrastructure investments, and modernization programs.
• Identify infrastructure and security risks and define strategic mitigation plans aligned with regulatory requirements.
• Establish AI-enabled engineering patterns and governance across the software development lifecycle and toolchain.
• Present architecture recommendations and risk decisions to senior technology leadership to drive alignment.

What we're looking for

• Formal training or certification on architecture concepts and 10+ years of applied experience in large-scale enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in infrastructure, security, cloud platforms, networking, virtualization, storage, and Windows/Linux platforms.
• Expertise in container platforms like Kubernetes/AWS ECS and infrastructure as code.
• Demonstrated expertise in zero trust, network segmentation, IAM, PAM, PKI, cryptography, and endpoint protection.
• Experience applying enterprise-authorized AI capabilities within architecture and engineering workflows with strong data sensitivity awareness.
• Experience leading a product as a product owner or product manager.
• Ability to communicate architecture recommendations and risk decisions to senior leaders and executives.
• Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, TOGAF, or SABSA (preferred).