Security Architect (Dallas, TX - Onsite)

Job Title : Security Architect

Job Location:- Dallas, TX (Day 1 -Onsite, Candidate needs to work 5 Days at the Client Office)

Duration : Long Term Contract

Mandatory skills:

• Threat Modelling & Design Review Security Frameworks & Controls Mapping Infrastructure Security Architecture Key

Responsibilities:

• Perform threat modelling on application and infrastructure designs to identify risks, vulnerabilities, and attack vectors.
• Review application components and underlying infrastructure (servers, databases, middleware, APIs, networks, cloud connectors, etc.) from a threat perspective.
• Recommend mitigating controls, design changes, and security enhancements to ensure projects can be securely approved.
• Identify recurring risks and develop standard security design patterns and best practices to be used across the organization.
• Provide architecture-level guidance for both on-premise solutions and SaaS/integrated applications.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, infrastructure teams, DevOps, and project managers to embed security early in the design phase.
• Ensure adherence to industry frameworks and organizational security policies (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001, CIS, OWASP).
• Act as a trusted advisor to project teams by balancing business objectives with strong security outcomes.
• Contribute to security architecture governance, review boards, and approval processes.

• Conduct design reviews and threat modelling for core infrastructure components.
• Map infrastructure designs to relevant security control frameworks (e.g., NIST, CIS, ISO 27001).
• Define and document reusable security patterns and reference architectures.
• Collaborate with architecture, engineering, and DevOps teams to embed security in infrastructure.
• Evaluate new technologies and third-party services from a security perspective.
• Contribute to policy and standards development to support security-by-design principles.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience (7+ years) in security architecture or related security design roles, ideally in the financial services sector.
• Hands-on experience with threat modelling methodologies (e.g., STRIDE, PASTA, MITRE ATT&CK mapping).
• Strong understanding of infrastructure components (servers, databases, APIs, middleware, networks, containers, virtualization).
• Knowledge of cloud and SaaS security principles, integrations, and shared responsibility models.
• Familiarity with application security concepts and testing practices (SAST/DAST), even if not directly performing them.
• Strong knowledge of security architectural patterns, frameworks, and standards (NIST, ISO, SABSA, TOGAF, OWASP, CIS Benchmarks).
• Ability to create and document security design guidelines and reusable patterns.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills-able to convey complex technical risks in business-friendly language.
• Relevant certifications are a plus (e.g., SABSA, TOGAF, CISSP).

• Strong experience in infrastructure security architecture within large enterprise environments.
• Deep knowledge of network, server, storage, and cloud infrastructure components.
• Expertise in threat modelling methodologies (e.g., STRIDE, DREAD).
• Familiarity with compliance and security frameworks like NIST, CIS, and ISO 27001.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive secure architectural decisions.

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Amaze Systems Inc

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