Security Architect

Role Overview

As a Security Architect, you will drive business and security innovation and play a key role in the evolution of Empower's security architecture and functions. You will work as part of a security architecture team to provide guidance for the enterprise technology environment, with the goal of maturing the company's security posture.

What You Will Do

You will help develop and standardize the security architecture, perform security assessments, and review system designs for security considerations. You will be a security advocate and will advise key stakeholders and service owners on risk management and how to effectively balance security and business requirements.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate must possess extensive experience architecting secure computer systems, analyzing requested applications and vendors, demonstrating excellent communication skills and have a passion for emerging technology, such as Generative AI.

Requirements

• Extensive experience designing & building secure cloud-native solutions, especially in Amazon Web Services (AWS) & Microsoft Azure
• Ability to collaborate & communicate effectively with technical & non-technical teams
• Ability to partner with multiple stakeholders to derive accurate threat models for new/existing systems and reduce information security risk on systems
• Demonstrable experience and passion for emerging technologies
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles & experience reviewing infrastructure configurations/changes in this format (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.)
• Strong technical foundations in modern application/microservice architectures & related technologies (e.g., Containers, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, RESTful/gRPC APIs, etc.)
• Understanding of CI/CD & Secure Development processes & tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git, etc.)
• Strong foundation in cybersecurity landscape, especially in identity & access management, network access control, and secure configuration management

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Fluid career paths
• Internal mobility
• Purpose, well-being, and work-life balance
• Welcoming and inclusive environment
• Volunteering opportunities for causes that matter most