Cybersecurity Architect

R+L • Wilmington, OH

10d

About The Position

The Cybersecurity Architect will plan, design, build, and maintain security solutions and capabilities for a national transportation and LTL logistics environment. The role ensures secure, resilient, and compliant infrastructure across enterprise IT, terminal networks, IoT/OT assets, and SaaS/cloud services. It contributes to digital freight transformation, regulatory readiness, and operational risk reduction, and leads the development and governance of cybersecurity architecture standards.

The Architect works with business units, IT leadership, compliance, and legal teams to apply secure-by-design principles across technology domains. The role evaluates emerging technologies, including AI/ML logistics use cases, defines security metrics and KPIs to measure architecture effectiveness, and mentors engineering teams to help foster security-first design throughout the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• At least 8 years of cybersecurity experience, including at least 3 years in architectural leadership roles.
• Proven experience with enterprise GRC frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST 800-53, or ISO 27001.
• Expertise in cloud security, network segmentation, IAM, and data protection.
• Industry certification such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, TOGAF, or an equivalent security certification.
• Experience in transportation, logistics, supply chain, or OT-heavy environments.
• Familiarity with transportation technology stacks such as ELD, telematics, routing optimization, and freight analytics.
• Ability to translate technical controls into business-impact language for executives.
• Strong collaboration skills with IT, Risk, Legal, and Operations stakeholders.
• Ability to lead during security incidents affecting operational continuity.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with OT/ICS security standards such as ISA/IEC 62443.
• Experience with AI/ML security in fleet optimization or predictive maintenance.
• Exposure to quantitative risk modeling in logistics.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve security architecture strategy aligned with transportation systems, fleet technologies, and logistics operations.
• Design secure integration patterns for dispatch systems, warehouse control systems, TMS/WMS, and telematics.
• Lead threat modeling and architectural reviews for applications interfacing with mobile fleets, terminal systems, EDI, and APIs.
• Architect secure cloud and hybrid environments.
• Support DevSecOps integration across CI/CD pipelines.
• Evaluate security tools supporting 24/7 fleet operations, including SIEM, EDR, IAM, ZTNA, and endpoint protection on ruggedized devices.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, DevOps, Fleet Maintenance, and OT Security teams to embed controls into operational systems.
• Drive Zero Trust implementation across mobile workers, OT devices, and terminal control systems.
• Partner with GRC teams to map technical controls to the enterprise risk register and audit-ready control sets.
• Support compliance with SOX, PCI-DSS, HIPAA where applicable, and evolving DOT/FMCSA cybersecurity guidance for transportation.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Translate technical controls into business-impact language for executives.
• Collaborate with IT, Risk, Legal, and Operations stakeholders.
• Lead calmly during security incidents that affect operational continuity.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions.
• Paid vacation and holidays; two weeks of vacation after 90 days of employment.
• Vacation lodging at exclusive employee resorts in Daytona Beach, FL; Big Bear Lake, CA; Pigeon Forge, TN; and Ocean Isle Beach, NC.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior