Cyber Security Architect

Truliant Federal Credit Union•Winston-Salem, NC

6d•Onsite

About The Position

Truliant’s mission is to improve lives by putting our members first, providing great service and straightforward financial solutions. Our core values of Member Focus, Service, Guidance, Relationships, and Community define how we interact with members to fulfill our mission of improving lives and providing a foundation on which we conduct ourselves. Our Promise to Our Teammates: Truliant strives to provide all teammates with an enjoyable place to work where they feel valued, empowered and rewarded for all that they do. Why this role matters At Truliant Federal Credit Union, protecting information is essential to earning and keeping our members’ trust. As our Cyber Security Architect, you’ll shape secure technology environments, strengthen our ability to respond to emerging threats, and help the organization meet important regulatory expectations. This role is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex security challenges, influencing how technology is built, and turning risk into practical action that protects both members and the business. What you’ll do In this role, you’ll take ownership of Truliant’s security architecture and help ensure security is thoughtfully built into IT projects, systems, and day-to-day decisions. You’ll connect strategy with execution by identifying risk, designing safeguards, and helping teams respond confidently when incidents occur. Day to day, you’ll: Design and implement secure architectures, configurations, policies, and controls for technology projects, including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, encryption, identity management, and monitoring. Assess vulnerabilities and emerging threats, develop mitigation strategies, and lead incident response activities from investigation and containment through remediation and post-incident review. Partner with IT teams, business units, and external partners to integrate security, communicate risk clearly, support audits and compliance, and build employee security awareness. Beyond that, you’ll help Truliant strengthen its security posture by improving risk management practices, maintaining incident response plans, reviewing security information, and keeping our approach aligned with evolving technologies, threats, and regulatory requirements.

Requirements

5 + years of IT security experience, including experience in a security architect role.
Demonstrated experience designing and implementing security architectures, with advanced SIEM experience and substantial experience using IDS/IPS and other network security platforms.
Extensive Linux support experience and experience coding in at least one language such as SQL, HTML, Python, Java, C/C++, PHP, Perl, or Visual Basic.
Design secure network, system, cloud, and virtualized environments using recognized security technologies, protocols, and best practices.
Conduct risk assessments, identify vulnerabilities, develop mitigation strategies, and lead security incident response and improvement efforts.
Apply regulatory and security frameworks, including ISO 27001, NIST, FFIEC, GDPR, NCUA, and SOX, to monitoring, auditing, policies, and technology decisions.
Use security tools and controls including firewalls, IDS/IPS, SIEM, encryption, and identity management.
Lead security projects, collaborate across technical and business teams, and explain complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders in writing and conversation.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security, or a related field.
Must have at least one of the following certifications: CompTIA Security+, CEH, CISSP, CISM, TOGAF, CRISC certification.
CCSP certification or equivalent.
Comfortable handling sensitive information with integrity, staying current as threats and technologies evolve, and balancing strong security practices with excellent service to Truliant’s members.

Nice To Haves

The job description does not identify additional preferred qualifications beyond the required experience, skills, education, and certifications listed above.

Responsibilities

Design and implement secure architectures, configurations, policies, and controls for technology projects, including firewalls, intrusion detection and prevention, encryption, identity management, and monitoring.
Assess vulnerabilities and emerging threats, develop mitigation strategies, and lead incident response activities from investigation and containment through remediation and post-incident review.
Partner with IT teams, business units, and external partners to integrate security, communicate risk clearly, support audits and compliance, and build employee security awareness.
Help Truliant strengthen its security posture by improving risk management practices, maintaining incident response plans, reviewing security information, and keeping our approach aligned with evolving technologies, threats, and regulatory requirements.