Cybersecurity Architect (Enterprise Solution Architecture)
Location: Rosemead, CA (Hybrid – 2 days onsite weekly)
Duration: 18–24 Month W2 Contract (Potential for FTE Conversion)
Pay: $130-$147/hour depending on experience
Russell Tobin is supporting a large, enterprise utility and energy organization in their search for a Cybersecurity Architect to join their enterprise security architecture function.
This role is ideal for a senior-level security architect who thrives in a solutioning, advisory, and enterprise architecture environment — partnering across IT, engineering, product, and cybersecurity teams to design scalable, secure technology solutions across hybrid ecosystems.
You’ll act as a technical SME and strategic advisor, translating regulatory and business requirements into repeatable security architectures, standards, and design patterns that enable delivery teams to build securely.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as a trusted Cybersecurity Architecture SME, aligning security solutions to enterprise strategy, risk posture, and business outcomes
- Partner with business, IT, engineering, and cyber stakeholders to gather requirements and translate them into architecture guidance and control objectives
- Evaluate solution feasibility and architecture tradeoffs to ensure scalability, practicality, and enterprise alignment
- Develop and maintain enterprise security reference architectures, design patterns, and guardrails across:
- Identity & Access Management
- Network Security & Segmentation
- Endpoint & Workload Protection
- Application Security
- Data Protection
- Logging & Monitoring
- Secure Remote Access
- Establish and govern security architecture principles (least privilege, defense-in-depth, secure-by-design, segmentation)
- Conduct architecture reviews for new initiatives and major technology changes
- Document security decisions, residual risks, and remediation strategies
- Define measurable and testable security requirements across platforms and services
- Partner with cybersecurity technology teams on roadmap planning and capability maturity
- Influence senior stakeholders and business leaders on secure solution adoption
- Produce architecture artifacts (standards, diagrams, decision records) and mentor engineering teams
Top Skill Sets We’re Targeting
- Solutioning mindset with strong collaboration and architecture tradeoff evaluation
- Enterprise technical architecture leadership (10+ years across IT / InfoSec / Cybersecurity)
- Cloud + Network + Enterprise security architecture coverage
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in IT, Information Security, and/or Cybersecurity
- U.S. Citizenship required
- Experience designing security architectures for enterprise environments
- Expertise across identity, segmentation, monitoring, and data protection
- Knowledge of security controls implementation:
- IAM / MFA
- Encryption
- Logging & monitoring
- Vulnerability management
- Endpoint/workload security
- Experience partnering with engineering teams in iterative delivery models
- Ability to translate security requirements into actionable technical designs
- Strong communication skills with the ability to present to technical and non-technical audiences
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field
- 3+ years of cloud cybersecurity experience
- Experience architecting security for hybrid environments (on-prem + cloud + SaaS)
- Background in DevSecOps / Secure SDLC practices
- Experience with:
- Zero Trust architecture
- Identity governance
- Privileged Access Management (PAM)
- Conditional access strategies
- SIEM/SOC partnership experience (detections, telemetry, response playbooks)
- Knowledge of security frameworks (NIST, CIS, ISO 27001)
- Experience supporting audits and compliance initiatives
- Proven ability to influence without authority and drive adoption of standards
Role Environment & Team Culture
- Enterprise Solution Architecture function
- Highly collaborative and advisory-focused team
- Strong culture of partnership, feedback, and mentorship
- Works closely with engineering and architecture leaders
- Not a hands-on engineering role — operates as a strategic security advisor
Pride Global offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.
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