Sr Security Architect

Candescent

Us
Hybrid
Enterprise security authority
Security architecture strategy
Cloud security guardrails
The Security Architect is a principal-level individual contributor who operates as an enterprise security authority, accountable for defining, governing, and evolving security architecture across critical business platforms, cloud environments, and enterprise services

Job Summary

  • The Security Architect is a principal-level individual contributor who operates as an enterprise security authority, accountable for defining, governing, and evolving security architecture across critical business platforms, cloud environments, and enterprise services.
  • This role is expected to independently lead architectural decisions, influence senior engineering and technology leadership, and own long-term security architecture strategy, not just project delivery.
  • Partner with Platform, DevOps, and Infrastructure teams to embed security controls into CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure-as-code, and automation frameworks.

Matching Summary

The Security Architect is a principal-level individual contributor who operates as an enterprise security authority, accountable for defining, governing, and evolving security architecture across critical business platforms, cloud environments, and enterprise services.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • enterprise security authority
  • security architecture strategy
  • cloud security guardrails
  • identity-centric architectures
  • threat modeling and risk assessments
  • secure-by-design engineering

Nice-to-have

  • financial services experience
  • highly regulated environments
  • architectural maturity
  • pragmatic risk management

Key Requirements

  • 10+ years progressive experience
  • 5+ years senior architecture role
  • design large-scale security architectures
  • deep expertise in network security, IAM, encryption
  • strong experience with IaC, automation, CI/CD
  • exceptional communication skills
  • CISSP, CCSP, SABSA certifications

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