Summary of Job Description:The Principal Cybersecurity Architect is a strategic technical leader responsible for enterprise-wide security architecture coherence. Reporting to the Head of Cybersecurity and Risk, this role influences long-term strategy and ensures security architecture enables business growth while managing risk. The Principal Cybersecurity Architect has the following primary focus areas: enterprise and multi-domain security architecture leadership, strategic alignment of security, technology, and business outcomes, and setting overall direction for security architecture.
Job Responsibilities:- Defines and evolves enterprise security architecture vision and roadmap and establishes and governs security reference architectures, principles, and patterns.
- Defines enterprise architecture for agentic AI systems, including orchestration, tools, runtime, and governance.
- Leads architecture decisions for high risk, high impact, or cross enterprise initiatives, balancing security, cost, and performance.
- Defines and enforces security models for non-human identities, including authentication, credentials, and lifecycle.
- Establishes least-privilege access controls and enforces clear action boundaries for autonomous systems.
- Defines monitoring, logging, and observability frameworks, ensuring traceability, auditability, and compliance.
- Establish lifecycle governance for agents, including development, deployment, versioning, and retirement
- Establishes secure, scalable patterns for agent orchestration, tool calling, and multi-agent workflows.
- Partners with software engineering leaders to integrate cybersecurity practices into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps workflows.
- Influences platform, vendor, and tooling strategy with a long-term enterprise perspective.
How we reward you:- Hybrid Work schedule
- 401K with company match
- Yearly bonus opportunity*
- Full medical, dental, and vision insurance *
- On-site fitness center, biometric screen, and flu shot clinic
- Discounts at Panda restaurants, theme parks, and gym memberships
- Paid time off starting at 15 days with 7 federal holidays*
- Continuous education assistance and scholarships*
- Income protection including Disability, Life and AD&D insurance*
- Bereavement leave*
*Benefits available for eligible permanent full time associates
Your background & experience:- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or an IT-related discipline
- 7+ years of experience in cybersecurity, architecture, engineering, product security. or large-scale technology leadership with increasing management responsibility; experience with cloud-native architectures, embedded systems, or hybrid software ecosystems and relevant certifications, such as CISSP, CSSLP or equivalent
- Successful completion of initial and periodically required trainings.
- Obtaining a valid Food Handler's Card within 30 days of employment is a requirement of this position.
Pay Range: M3H: $157,000 - $220,000 / Annual
* Within the range, individual pay is determined using various factors, including work location and experience.
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