Sr Cybersecurity Architect - Remote

Job Description

Job Description

SR CYBERSECURITY ARCHITECT REMOTE
ARC Group has an immediate opportunity for a Senior Cybersecurity Architect! This position is 100% remote. This is starting out as a contract position running through January 2027 with potential to extend longer or possibly convert to FTE. This is a fantastic opportunity to join an established and well-respected organization offering tremendous career growth potential.

At ARC Group, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. We believe that diverse perspectives lead to better innovation and problem-solving. As an organization, we embrace diversity in all its forms and encourage individuals from underrepresented groups to apply.

100% REMOTE!

Candidates must have permanent work authorization and work for any employer without sponsorship now or in the future. Third party candidates are not eligible for this role.

Description: Job Summary
The Cybersecurity Architect serves the company as an advisor on best practices and is responsible for designing and effectively implementing project level security strategies, architectures and solutions that guide IT security direction including but not limited to AWS and Azure Public Cloud, AI, AI Security, AI Security Architecture, AI Security Research. They are accountable for the security architecture across a variety of applications or domains and assigned to project/initiatives of small to medium size, complexity and risk. The Cybersecurity Architect develops actionable security blueprints, principles, models, designs, standards and guidelines to ensure enterprise information technology architecture is consistent, usable, secure and adds value to the business. The Cybersecurity Architect will design sub-components of larger security architecture blueprints or projects with narrow focus and complexity. The Cybersecurity Architect performs due-diligence activities including security monitoring to evaluate effectiveness of the enterprise security program and established controls. The Cybersecurity Architect implements enterprise security strategies, architectures and solutions that guide IT security direction.

Essential Functions
Cybersecurity Architecture and Research for Artificial Intelligence and the integrations associated with Artificial Intelligence.
Responsible for enterprise due-diligence activities including security monitoring and security metrics to evaluate effectiveness of the enterprise security program and established controls.
Responsible for establishment, implementation and maintenance of security standards that guide the design of technology solutions.
Accountable for adhering to corporate architecture standards, ensuring technology standards and best practices are maintained across the organization and contributing to corporate architecture strategy-setting.
Responsible for ensuring necessary security controls are part of technical designs.
Participates in governance processes to ensure consistent technology life cycle management
Builds consensus around principles of security architecture and interprets and clarifies these principles.
Participates in IT security efforts across all business areas and client groups.
Participates on project teams contributing input with regard to technology vision, opportunities and challenges.
Participates in the evaluation, selection and implementation of technology solutions including providing detailed analysis of pros and cons and build vs buy options.
Maintains operational, architectural and design documentation including procedures, task lists, and architecture blue prints.
Evaluates strengths and flaws in security architecture including performance, confidentiality, integrity, availability, access and total cost of ownership.
Facilitates project handoffs including preparing documentation, educating and supporting to ensure smooth transitions.
Troubleshoots, recommends and executes action plans for issue resolution.
Selects and designs tools that allow reuse of design components and patterns between projects
Continually works to enhance breadth and depth of knowledge and experience. Benchmarks technology strategies and architectures. Monitors and anticipates trends and investigates organizational objectives and needs. Prepares benchmarking reports and presentations.
Promotes implementation of new technology, solutions and methods to improve business processes, efficiency, effectiveness and value delivered to customers.
Ability to articulate complex solutions which are comprehensive to the target audience (e.g. technical vs. non-technical).
Aptitude to identify, analyze and rationalize risks to ensure decisions made are in the best interest of the business, staff and its customers.
Develops actual working solutions or prototypes based on their own designs and resolves any issues that arise.

Must be strong, experienced Cybersecurity Architects with 2+ years (current) experience with AI security architecture. Able to appropriately secure locally hosted AI models. Know Guardrails and how they integrate locally hosted AI models.

Need to be VERY eager and passionate with staying up to date with the latest and greatest security AI technologies; stay on the cutting edge as it continues to develop and change rapidly.

Required Work Experience
5+ years related work experience (Progressive work experience in security technology design, architectures, development and/or monitoring )

Required Education
Related Bachelors degree or additional related equivalent work experience IT related field or equivalent work experience

Required Licenses and Certifications
CISSP Must be current/active

Would you like to know more about our new opportunity? For immediate consideration, please send your resume directly to John Burke at View email address on us.fitly.work or apply online while viewing all of our open positions at

ARC Group is a Forbes-ranked a top 20 recruiting and executive search firm working with clients nationwide to recruit the highest quality technical resources. We have achieved this by understanding both our candidate's and client's needs and goals and serving both with integrity and a shared desire to succeed.

At ARC Group, we are committed to providing equal employment opportunities and fostering an inclusive work environment. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected status. If you require accommodations during the recruitment process, please let us know.

Position offered with no fee to candidate.