ent / Miami-Fort Lauderdale Area
We are seeking a Director of Information Security Engineering & Architecture to define and lead the enterprise security engineering and architecture strategy across cloud, infrastructure, applications, and platforms. This role provides technical vision, architectural governance, and hands-on leadership to ensure security is embedded into system design, engineering practices, and technology modernization initiatives.
The ideal candidate is both a strategic leader and a technically credible security architect with deep experience across multi-cloud, hybrid environments, and diverse technology stacks.
Key Responsibilities
Security Architecture & Technical Vision
- Define and own the enterprise information security architecture aligned with business objectives and risk posture.
- Establish security reference architectures, standards, patterns, and roadmaps across cloud, infrastructure, applications, and data.
- Ensure security-by-design principles are embedded throughout engineering and technology initiatives.
Security Engineering Leadership
- Lead security engineering teams responsible for building, integrating, and operating security controls and platforms.
- Oversee the design and implementation of security solutions across IAM, network security, endpoint security, cloud security, and application security.
- Guide secure system design across on-prem, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
Cloud & Platform Security
- Define cloud security strategy, including identity, network segmentation, encryption, logging, and monitoring.
- Partner with cloud and infrastructure teams to ensure secure architecture for modern platforms, containers, and SaaS solutions.
- Drive adoption of DevSecOps and secure CI/CD practices.
Governance, Standards & Risk Alignment
- Establish and enforce security architecture governance and design review processes.
- Ensure alignment with regulatory, compliance, and industry standards (e.g., NIST, ISO 27001, CIS, SOC 2, PCI as applicable).
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, and Operations teams to align architecture with enterprise risk management.
Leadership & Stakeholder Engagement
- Lead, mentor, and scale high-performing security engineering and architecture teams.
- Act as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, IT, and engineering stakeholders.
- Communicate complex security concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in information security, with significant experience in security engineering and architecture leadership.
- Proven experience designing and implementing security architecture across multi-platform and multi-cloud environments.
- Strong hands-on background in cloud security, infrastructure security, and enterprise platforms.
- Demonstrated ability to define technical vision and translate it into executable engineering roadmaps.
- Experience leading and mentoring senior engineers and architects.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in large enterprise or highly regulated environments.
- Deep knowledge of modern security architectures, zero trust, and defense-in-depth models.
- Experience with DevSecOps, container security, and modern application architectures.
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, or equivalent.
- Experience partnering closely with enterprise architecture and platform engineering teams