Principal Security Architect – Enterprise Network Security & Architecture Governance

Location: Remote
Experience: 11–15+ Years

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Principal Security Architect to provide enterprise security architecture leadership, technical guidance, and architecture governance across large-scale enterprise technology initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in enterprise network security, infrastructure security, datacenter architecture, and security architecture governance, with the ability to participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB), assess security risks, and provide practical recommendations aligned with business objectives.

This role requires a strong technical background across enterprise networking, hybrid infrastructure, cloud security, identity management, and Zero Trust architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Participate in Architecture Review Boards (ARB) and enterprise technology design reviews.

• Review solution architectures and technology implementations to identify security risks and control gaps.

• Provide security architecture guidance across network, infrastructure, cloud, identity, data, and application environments.

• Evaluate security exceptions, architecture deviations, and risk acceptance requests.

• Conduct security architecture risk assessments and support threat modeling.

• Define security controls, architecture standards, and secure-by-design practices.

• Provide technical expertise in enterprise networking, firewalls, network segmentation, routing and switching, IDS/IPS, VPN, and secure web gateways.

• Collaborate with Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Engineering, and Risk Management teams.

• Document security decisions, mitigation strategies, compensating controls, and risk recommendations.

• Translate complex security requirements into practical, business-aligned solutions.

Required Qualifications

• 11–15+ years of experience in Information Security, Infrastructure Security, or Security Architecture.

• At least 5 years of experience in a Security Architecture role.

• Experience participating in Architecture Review Boards (ARB) or enterprise technical governance forums.

• Strong expertise in enterprise networking, datacenter architecture, and network security.

• Architectural knowledge of firewalls, network segmentation, IDS/IPS, routing and switching, VPN, proxy, and remote access technologies.

• Experience supporting large-scale enterprise and complex hybrid infrastructure environments.

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure, AWS, Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Zero Trust architecture.

• Knowledge of application security, threat modeling, security monitoring, and enterprise architecture frameworks.

• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and technical risk assessment skills.

Preferred Certifications

• CISSP

• SABSA

• TOGAF

• GIAC Security Certifications

• Microsoft Azure Security Engineer

• AWS Security Specialty