Cybersecurity Architect

Cybersecurity Architect

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Ready to help define the future of HDR's technology landscape?

About the Role

As a Cybersecurity Architect, you will work closely with the Director of IT Architecture and fellow architects to establish, evolve, and govern HDR's enterprise security architecture. Reporting within the IT Architecture pillar, you will partner closely with the Director of Cybersecurity and cybersecurity leadership to ensure our long-term technology roadmaps are inherently resilient and aligned with the firm's risk posture. You will partner with operational technology leaders, corporate IT teams, and business stakeholders to design secure, resilient, and cost-effective security capabilities that protect HDR's people, data, and platforms—supporting HDR's long-term business strategy. While our Cybersecurity GRC team manages the governance and audit requirements, you will define the technical architectural patterns that make those requirements a reality. This is a strategic architecture role, not a security engineering or operations position. You will influence decisions, design target-state security architectures, and guide teams as HDR advances its Zero Trust and cybersecurity maturity across identity, data, applications, infrastructure, and networks. You will be a key advocate for shifting security "left" by integrating DevSecOps principles into our infrastructure and software delivery lifecycles, ensuring that our systems are "Secure-by-Design."

What You'll Do

• Architecture & Strategy
• Define enterprise security architectures and roadmaps aligned to HDR's technology vision and risk posture.
• Establish reference architectures and technical guardrails that satisfy NIST 800-171/53 and CMMC Level 2 frameworks without hindering business velocity.
• Design DevSecOps patterns that automate security within CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (IaC) workflows.
• Provide architectural leadership for modernization initiatives.
• Governance & Oversight
• Contribute architectural expertise to security governance processes.
• Review proposed solutions for alignment with architectural standards.
• Serve as an expert advisor to IT Operations, Security, and other teams.
• Collaboration & Leadership Influence
• Advise leaders and technical teams on cybersecurity maturity.
• Translate complex risks and compliance requirements into actionable architectural guidance.
• Partner with operations teams on transition and sustainability plans.

What This Role Is / Is Not

This role is NOT:

• A hands-on incident responder, SOC analyst, or penetration tester role
• A junior or entry-level engineering position
• A role focused solely on operating existing security tools or tickets
• A software development role

This role IS:

• Architectural, strategic, cross-functional, and enterprise-level
• Focused on long-term strategy and modernization efforts
• Suited for someone who thrives in designing and guiding modern solutions

Preferred Qualifications

Relevant certifications such as SC-100, AZ-500, AZ-305, CISSP, CCSP, or SABSA.

Demonstrated depth across identity, data, application, endpoint, network, and cloud security.

Strong working knowledge of NIST 800-171/53 and CMMC Level 2 frameworks as they apply to architectural design.

Experience defining reference architectures and control mappings.

Strong communication and influence skills.

Understanding of how to integrate security guardrails into automated deployment pipelines.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a closely related field or combination of education and relevant experience.

A minimum of 5 years of experience with administration and support of technology systems.

Experience on project design and implementation of complex infrastructure systems.

Proficiency in Network Admin II functions.

In-depth technical knowledge of network and systems architectures and technologies.

Attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) Denver, Colorado: $121,270.00 - $164,071.00; Chicago, Illinois: $121,270.00 - $164,071.00

Primary Location: United States-Nebraska-Omaha

Other Locations: United States-Iowa-Des Moines, United States-Texas-Dallas, United States-Colorado-Denver, United States-Texas-Fort Worth, United States-Illinois-Chicago

Industry: IT

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

Business Class: Marketing and Admin

Job Posting: Mar 10, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.