Security Architecture Engineer

Job#: 3022139

Job Description:
Role: Security Architecture Engineer

Location: Orlando, FL

Rate Range: $60/per Hr-$80/per Hr

Role Summary:

We are seeking a Security Architecture Engineer (SAE) to support enterprise-wide security architecture, tooling integration, and risk posture across a complex technology portfolio. This role is hands-on and highly collaborative, working closely with engineering, infrastructure, application, and security teams to ensure security capabilities are effectively designed, implemented, and operationalized.

The SAE is not a purely theoretical architect. This role bridges security strategy and execution, helping teams integrate security tooling, validate coverage, improve visibility, and reduce risk through scalable and automated approaches.
Key Responsibilities
Security Architecture & Engineering

• Design and evolve security architectures that align with enterprise standards while supporting modern platforms, applications, and infrastructure.
• Act as a hands-on technical partner to engineering teams, ensuring security requirements are built into platforms and services from design through implementation.
• Support the integration and optimization of security tooling across endpoint, infrastructure, application, and data layers.

Tooling, Visibility & Risk Posture

• Partner with security operations and platform teams to ensure consistent asset visibility and coverage across the environment.
• Support consolidation and correlation of security data from multiple tools (e.g., endpoint protection, SIEM, vulnerability scanning, application security).
• Help define and validate security posture metrics, ensuring leadership has accurate, actionable insight into risk.

Vulnerability & Platform Enablement

• Collaborate with vulnerability management and application security teams to ensure vulnerabilities are identified, prioritized, and contextualized based on asset and application criticality.
• Support platform teams in building and refining internal security dashboards and automation capabilities that reduce manual reporting and audit effort.
• Assist with security discovery, asset inventory alignment, and data accuracy across tooling ecosystems.

Governance, Standards & Advisory

• Provide architectural guidance aligned to industry standards and internal security policies.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to product, infrastructure, and engineering leaders on security design decisions.
• Participate in architecture reviews, design forums, and risk discussions as a security SME.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in security engineering, security architecture, or related technical security roles
• Strong understanding of:
  • Enterprise security architecture concepts
  • Infrastructure, application, and cloud security fundamentals
  • Vulnerability management and security tooling ecosystems
• Hands-on experience working with security platforms such as:
  • Endpoint security tools
  • SIEM / logging platforms
  • Vulnerability scanning and application security tools
• Ability to translate security requirements into practical, implementable solutions
• Strong communication skills and comfort working in highly matrixed environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large, complex enterprise environments
• Familiarity with asset discovery and inventory challenges in distributed systems
• Experience partnering with teams building internal security platforms or dashboards
• Background working closely with both security operations and engineering teams
• Experience in regulated environments (e.g., PCI, media, entertainment, large consumer platforms)

Role Characteristics

• Highly collaborative and embedded with delivery teams
• Mix of strategic architecture thinking and hands-on execution
• Iterative, problem-solving mindset focused on improving visibility, scale, and automation
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity while platforms and tooling continue to evolve

Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.