Enterprise Security Architect, Lead

Enterprise Security Architect, Lead

The Opportunity:

Everyone knows security needs to be baked into an enterprise architecture—you know how to make it happen. You identify structural vulnerabilities and translate technical risks into clear business-risk metrics. What if you could use your security architecture expertise to help protect the client's enterprise environment? We’re looking for a lead security architect to shape solutions that strengthen security across a complex hybrid enterprise.

As a lead security architect at Booz Allen, you’ll serve as the primary security architecture advisor. You’ll lead design, threat-modeling, and remediation sessions with the CISO office, Network Engineering, Endpoint Management, and external vendors and partners. You’ll author an enterprise security architecture roadmap aligned with CISO goals and business needs across edge and network defense, cloud security, transport security, endpoint protection, and certificate lifecycle management. You’ll also advise on planning and operations for CISO Engineering Security Edge workstreams.

You’ll lead proactive architecture reviews and continuous monitoring across the client's global hybrid environment to identify structural weaknesses and recommend remediation. You’ll help establish and enforce infrastructure security policies and advance security automation. This is a chance to strengthen security across a large-scale enterprise while working across edge and perimeter defense, cloud, PKI, endpoint protection, and security operations.

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You Have:

• 15+ years of experience with architecture across edge and perimeter defense and enterprise security infrastructure, including IDS/IPS, WAF/WAAP, SD-WAN remote security, PKI/CAOps, NDR, NGFW, EDR/XDR, SIEM, DNS protection, proxy and web proxy, PAC, load balancers, IP routing, and data center design
• 10+ years of experience with cybersecurity and infrastructure
• 5+ years of experience in a security architecture role influencing architecture decisions and priorities
• Experience applying security governance, policies, and standards, managing security governance workstreams, supporting security incident response, and advancing SI automation
• Knowledge of SASE/SSE convergence, including SD-WAN, CASB, SWG, and ZTNA, Zero Trust principles and their practical application, and network service security, including DNS, PKI/CAOps, and proxy services
• Knowledge of security framework alignment, including mapping infrastructure patterns to NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, and the CIS Critical Security Controls, large-scale hybrid enterprise environments spanning physical data centers and AWS, GCP, and Azure, and AI application development methodologies
• Ability to translate technical risks and structural vulnerabilities into business-risk metrics, author security architecture roadmaps, lead sessions across at least four stakeholder groups, and conduct proactive architectural reviews
• Public Trust
• HS diploma or GED
• CCIE and CISSP Certifications

Nice If You Have:

• Completion of training in Microsoft Azure
• Completion of GCP fundamentals or associate-level training
• Completion of AWS fundamentals or associate-level training
• Completion of Splunk training
• Completion of x-AI Fundamentals training

Vetting:

Applicants selected will be subject to a government investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements of the U.S. government client; Public Trust determination is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $112,800.00 to $257,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided .

Work Model
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• Remote : If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
• Hybrid : If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
• Onsite : If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.