Hitachi America

Senior Security Architect

Hitachi America$130K — $155K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of cybersecurity experience leading engineering teams and delivering large-scale programs.
  • Deep knowledge of cloud security, application security, and DevSecOps.
  • Expertise in AI and machine learning security, including LLMs and MLOps.
  • Strong communication skills for customer-facing roles and technical presentations.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, with preferred advanced certifications (CISSP, CCSP, etc.).

Responsibilities

  • Lead security engagements and manage teams of engineers throughout the delivery process.
  • Drive security architecture design, risk assessments, and implementation roadmaps.
  • Define and implement enterprise security controls across cloud and application environments.
  • Guide AI security initiatives to mitigate threats in machine learning systems.
  • Manage project risks and ensure alignment with customer security objectives.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment in Dallas, TX.
  • Collaborative team atmosphere with a focus on technical innovation.
  • Opportunity to partner with enterprise customers and executive stakeholders.
  • Contribute to the development of reusable frameworks and best practices.
  • Role involves working on the cutting edge of security technologies and challenges.
Full Job Description

Function

Cloud & Data Engineering

Job description

Location: Dallas, TX (Hybrid)

Meet Our Team:

  • Join a team of security leaders, architects, and Forward Deployed Security Engineers focused on solving complex customer security challenges across cloud, DevSecOps, application security, and AI environments.
  • Work in a highly collaborative, customer-facing environment where technical excellence, innovation, and operational delivery are key to success.
  • Partner with enterprise customers, engineering teams, and executive stakeholders to build secure, scalable, and production-ready security programs.
  • Contribute to the development of reusable frameworks, security standards, reference architectures, and best practices that drive measurable security outcomes.

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Lead customer security engagements and manage teams of Forward Deployed Security Engineers, providing technical leadership and oversight throughout the delivery lifecycle.
  • Drive security architecture design, threat modeling, risk assessments, and implementation roadmaps across cloud platforms, applications, APIs, DevSecOps pipelines, and AI systems.
  • Define and implement enterprise security controls, including workload protection, identity security, software supply chain safeguards, CI/CD security gates, and automated remediation workflows.
  • Guide AI security initiatives by designing secure LLM, RAG, vector database, agent-based, and MLOps architectures while addressing threats such as prompt injection, data leakage, unsafe tool execution, and excessive permissions.
  • Manage project risks, dependencies, escalations, and operational handovers while ensuring successful delivery against customer security, compliance, and business objectives.

What You Bring to the Team:
  • 7+ years of cybersecurity experience with proven success leading engineering teams, mentoring security professionals, and delivering large-scale security programs across multiple workstreams.
  • Deep expertise in cloud security, application security, DevSecOps, identity and access management, container security, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, and software supply chain security.
  • Strong knowledge of AI and machine learning security, including LLMs, RAG architectures, vector databases, AI agents, model deployment, model lifecycle management, and MLOps practices.
  • Exceptional customer-facing communication skills with experience conducting technical discovery sessions, presenting to executive stakeholders, and articulating security risks, trade-offs, and recommendations.
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience; advanced security or cloud certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer, or Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer are highly preferred.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • Industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, AWS Certified Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer Associate, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Professional Cloud Security Engineer, CISM, or GIAC certifications.
  • Experience delivering customer-facing security consulting or professional services engagements.
  • Experience building reusable security frameworks, reference architectures, playbooks, and operational standards.

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About Hitachi America

Hitachi America is a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., a Japanese multinational conglomerate. They provide a wide range of products and services, including information technology, power systems, and social infrastructure. They work with clients in a variety of industries, including healthcare, transportation, and finance. They are committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and have implemented various initiatives to reduce their environmental impact.
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1959
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