SecurityArchitect

Position : Senior Security Architect

Location : McKinney, TX (3-4 days onsite)

Duration : Long Term




About the Role

This role is meant for someone who can own security remediation end-to-end across a complex Azure ecosystem. You ll handle vulnerabilities across infrastructure, applications, AKS, containers, data platforms, and core Azure services. Expect to engage directly with senior client leaders, guide engineering teams, and shape the client s overall security maturity.

Key Responsibilities

Lead vulnerability remediation across a wide set of Azure and hybrid platforms including:

o Azure VMs (Windows/Linux)

o AKS clusters, node pools, and container registries

o App Services, Function Apps, Logic Apps

o Storage Accounts, Databases, Key Vaults, Networking

o Container images (ACR) and CI/CD pipelines

Review and guide fixes code-related vulnerabilities (SAST/DAST results, secrets, insecure dependencies).

Build detailed hardening guides covering OS, Azure services, Kubernetes, networks, and identity layers.

Work closely with infra, DevOps, SRE, and app teams to implement hardening recommendations in a structured, repeatable way.

Drive large-scale backlog remediation prioritize issues, define workflows, and ensure real progress week over week.

Provide industry-standard best practices to uplift the client s overall security maturity, including cloud posture management, workload isolation, network security, identity hygiene, and governance.

Host daily client calls to walk through status, blockers, upcoming remediation tasks, and architectural considerations.

Document architecture gaps, remediation approaches, compliance alignment, and long-term improvement plans.

Act as senior advisor and escalation point for all security remediation streams.

Coach and mentor teams executing remediation to ensure consistency and quality.

Required Skills & Experience

12-15+ years of combined experience in security architecture, cloud security, infrastructure security, or application