Director, Information Security Architecture

EchoStar • Littleton, CO

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About The Position

The Director of Information Security Architecture leads the strategic vision, design, and governance of enterprise security architecture across multi-cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments. The role defines security frameworks and architectural standards and embeds security-by-design principles into complex systems, including cloud-native infrastructure, distributed computing platforms, and high-scale networks. The Director works with executive leadership, engineering, and product teams to balance security goals with business agility and operational excellence, and leads a high-performing team of security architects.

The position drives security architecture strategy and roadmaps; establishes standards, threat modeling frameworks, and safe design patterns; and governs security baselines, reference architectures, and zero-trust principles. It also provides technical leadership for security escalations, evaluates security technologies and vendors, and ensures architecture initiatives and compliance mapping are delivered in alignment with enterprise objectives.

Requirements

• 12 or more years of progressive experience in information security, cybersecurity architecture, and systems engineering, with a strong focus on cloud-native and enterprise environments.
• 7 or more years of leadership experience managing senior technical personnel or architecture teams.
• Proven success leading cross-functional strategic initiatives.
• Deep technical expertise in cloud security architecture across major cloud providers, microservices, container security (Kubernetes and Docker), and API security.
• Exceptional communication and executive presentation skills, with the ability to translate complex security risks into clear business impacts for technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive the architectural vision, strategy, and roadmap for enterprise information security across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise infrastructure.
• Establish security architecture standards, threat modeling frameworks, and safe design patterns for application development, infrastructure deployment, and third-party integrations.
• Define and enforce security baselines, reference architectures, and zero-trust principles across enterprise systems and network environments.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on high-severity security incidents, architectural vulnerability mitigations, and complex risk tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with engineering, network operations, product development, IT leadership, and executive leadership to integrate security controls into delivery pipelines and business operations.
• Evaluate, select, and manage security architecture technologies, frameworks, and vendor solutions.
• Ensure security architecture initiatives and compliance mapping are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with enterprise business objectives.
• Lead a high-performing team of security architects.

Benefits

• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Employee stock purchase plan
• Career opportunities
• Flexible time away plan

What This Job Offers

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