Senior Security Architect - Vice President

Deutsche Bank•Jacksonville, FL

1d•$100,000 - $157,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Senior Security Architect, you will design and implement the Bank’s cybersecurity capabilities across cloud, on-premises, SaaS and hybrid environments. This is a hands-on architecture role for an engineer who has progressed into architecture and can take security solutions from POC through production. The ideal candidate brings strong technical depth, experience with enterprise security implementations, and the ability to work with engineering, cloud, application, infrastructure, and security teams.

Requirements

Proven experience in cybersecurity engineering and security architecture, with a strong track record of delivering security technologies into large-scale enterprise production environments
Deep expertise in securing cloud, SaaS, on-premises, and hybrid environments, including strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and working knowledge of Azure
Strong knowledge of identity and access management (IAM), RBAC, encryption, application security, data protection, network security, and cloud security best practices
Experience leading technology evaluations, proof-of-concepts, product selection, sizing, licensing, vendor management, and supporting cloud transformation and migration initiatives
Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to collaborate across technical and executive teams while enabling secure adoption of AI-driven cybersecurity solutions through appropriate guardrails, security controls, and governance
Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

Nice To Haves

Experience working in financial services or other highly regulated environments, with a strong understanding of compliance, governance, and enterprise security requirements
Proven track record implementing and managing enterprise cybersecurity platforms, security integrations, and large-scale security programs
Hands-on experience with cloud-native security, modern application architectures, containers, Terraform, infrastructure-as-code, and security automation
Strong knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks and secure architecture principles, including MITRE ATT&CK, NIST, and industry best practices
Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or TOGAF, with Google Cloud credentials preferred, including Professional Cloud Security Engineer or Professional Cloud Architect

Responsibilities

Design and implement enterprise security architectures across cloud, SaaS, on-premises, and hybrid environments, ensuring alignment with regulatory, privacy, data protection, and resiliency requirements
Lead the deployment and operation of advanced security capabilities, including Purple Teaming, Breach & Attack Simulation, malware analysis, security testing, monitoring, incident response, and threat detection
Drive security technologies from proof of concept through production, including evaluation, architecture, integration, licensing, vendor management, deployment, and operationalization
Architect and secure cloud environments, including Google Cloud, by implementing identity and access management, networking security, workload protection, encryption, logging, monitoring, and data security controls
Embed security throughout application development, cloud transformation, and migration initiatives by ensuring secure-by-design principles, RBAC, access controls, and lifecycle security requirements are met
Establish reusable security standards, patterns, and governance frameworks aligned with NIST and industry best practices, while enabling the secure adoption of AI-powered cybersecurity capabilities through appropriate guardrails, automation, monitoring, and data protection controls
Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of cybersecurity solutions, providing technical direction on security technologies and enterprise architecture decisions from concept through production deployment
Partner closely with Security Engineering, Cloud, Infrastructure, Application Development, Enterprise Architecture, Risk, Audit, and vendor teams to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient solutions aligned with business objectives
Evaluate and challenge technology vendors on capabilities, architecture, sizing, licensing, and implementation approaches while balancing security, resiliency, scalability, operational efficiency, and cost considerations