Cyber Security Architect

Job Summary: WHO ARE WE? Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company, comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Ticketmaster is the global leader in event ticketing with over 620 million tickets sold annually and approximately 10,000 clients worldwide. Live Nation Concerts is the largest provider of live entertainment in the world promoting more than 50,000 events annually for nearly 7,000 artists in 40+ countries. These businesses allow Live Nation Media & Sponsorship to create strategic music marketing programs that connect more than 1,200 sponsors with the 145 million fans that attend Live Nation Entertainment events each year. For additional information, visit WHO ARE YOU? Passionate and motivated. Driven, with an entrepreneurial spirit. Resourceful, innovative, forward thinking and committed. At Live Nation Entertainment, our people embrace these qualities, so if this sounds like you then please read on! THE JOB Reporting to the Senior Manager of Cyber Security Architecture, you will be part of a global, dedicated multi-disciplinary team of passionate cyber security professionals. This is a highly technical role requiring deep expertise across IT infrastructure, application, cloud and security domains to ensure that the organization’s applications and platforms are securely designed and configured. This role collaborates closely with IT teams, Security Engineering, Security Operations, GRC and our businesses to ensure security configurations are aligned with our security standards, governance requirements, and industry best practices. This role secures globally distributed cloud and on-premises environments supporting high-volume consumer platforms, live event infrastructure, and enterprise systems across multiple regions and business units. WHAT THIS ROLE WILL DO Collaborate with the Third‑Party Risk Management team and the business to evaluate new applications and services, assess security controls, and ensure alignment with enterprise security requirements. Collaborate with IT teams to enforce security standards that enable secure technology solutions. Provide security guidance with a holistic view of how security configuration changes impact Security Operations, GRC compliance requirements, and Security Engineering workflows and tooling. Evaluate proposed application and platform configuration changes from business and Security Engineering teams, analyze their impact on the security posture and architectural standards, and make recommendations. Support cross-functional adoption of security controls for IaaS/PaaS/SaaS, including reference architectures and guardrails. Deliver security guidance related to creating and deploying network security controls such as firewall access control lists (ACLs). Assess changes in the external threat landscape using threat intelligence and collaborate with technology teams to guide the implementation of appropriate defensive controls. Assist in developing enterprise security standards aligned to industry frameworks (e.g. CIS Critical Security Controls), and partner with the business to ensure controls are clearly understood and effectively applied across technologies and use cases. Assist with evaluating security tools to ensure they meet business needs, security requirements, and architectural standards. Familiarity with applying security control frameworks, such as CIS Critical Security Controls or NIST SP 800-53, to architecture reviews and standards. WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING - REQUIRED SKILLS 6+ years of combined hands-on experience in at least 2 of the following areas: Windows, Linux/Unix server engineering Cloud engineering, preferably AWS Configuration of security tooling such as EDR/XDR, IDS/IPS, SIEM, PAM, CSPM, DLP Experience in security architecture, security engineering or similar discipline Technical knowledge of networking concepts such as DNS, DHCP, VLANs, CIDR Ranges, Proxies, firewalls, and load balancers Ability to work in large global environments spanning multiple time zones Must be available for infrequent international and domestic travel Must be able to effectively communicate with technical and non-technical professionals WHAT THIS PERSON WILL BRING - DESIRED SKILLS Experience with virtualization and containerization technologies (e.g. VMware, Docker) Experience developing scripts to automate manual tasks (Python preferred) Working knowledge of software development standards and SDLC concepts Professional security certifications such as CISSP, Security+ or similar BENEFITS & PERKS Our motto is ‘Taking Care of Our Own’ through 6 pillars of benefits: HEALTH: Medical, vision, dental and mental health benefits for you and your family, with access to a health care concierge, and Flexible or Health Savings Accounts (FSA or HSA) YOURSELF: Free concert tickets, generous paid time off including paid holidays, sick time, and personal days WEALTH: 401(k) program with company match, stock reimbursement program FAMILY: New parent programs including caregiver leave, plus fertility, adoption, foster, or surrogacy support CAREER: Career and skill development programs with School of Live, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment OTHERS: Volunteer time off, crowdfunding match EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY We aspire to build teams that reflect and support the fans and artists we serve. Every day we aim to promote environments where everyone can be themselves, contribute fully, and thrive within our company and at our events. As a growing business we will encourage you to develop your professional and personal aspirations, enjoy new experiences, and learn from the talented people you will be working with. Live Nation strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of age (40 and over), ancestry, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), family and medical care leave or the denial of family and medical care leave, mental or physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), marital status, domestic partner status, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, military and veteran status, political affiliation, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding), gender, gender identity, and gender expression, sexual orientation, intersectionality, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law, rule, ordinance or regulation. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act and consistent with other similar and / or applicable laws in other areas. We also afford equal employment opportunities to qualified individuals with a disability. For this reason, Live Nation will make reasonable accommodations for the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability who is an applicant consistent with its legal obligations to do so, including reasonable accommodations related to pregnancy in accordance with applicable local, state and / or federal law. As part of its commitment to make reasonable accommodations, Live Nation also wishes to participate in a timely, good faith, interactive process with a disabled applicant to determine effective reasonable accommodations, if any, which can be made in response to a request for accommodations. Applicants are invited to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made to assist them to perform the essential functions of the position they seek. Any applicant who requires an accommodation in order to perform the essential functions of the job should contact a Human Resources Representative to request the opportunity to participate in a timely interactive process. Live Nation will also provide reasonable religious accommodations on a case-by-case basis. HIRING PRACTICES The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Live Nation recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Live Nation may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms. Live Nation may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support application screening and assessment. All hiring decisions are made with human review. ---------- The expected compensation for this position is: $138,000.00 USD - $173,000.00 USD ** Pay is based on a number of factors including market location, qualifications, skills, and experience. Live Nation Entertainment will never request payment or equipment purchases as part of the hiring process. Recruiters will only contact candidates from official Live Nation or affiliated brand email domains. Recognized for seven years as a Great Place to Work® and named one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies, Live Nation Entertainment is the world’s leading live entertainment company comprised of global market leaders: Ticketmaster, Live Nation Concerts, and Live Nation Media & Sponsorship. Our world-class teams specialize in all aspects of the live entertainment industry, from ground-breaking innovations in ticketing, global venue development and operations, concert promotion and production, sales and brand partnerships, and unparalleled artist management supported by professionals in all facets of corporate operations. We believe in taking care of the countless employees helping artists bring live music to fans all around the world. Our many unique benefit programs are designed to help our teams live life to the fullest including generous vacation, healthcare, retirement benefits, student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, six months of paid caregiver leave for new parents including fostering and perks like Roadie Babies helping new parents care for their babies on work trips. And of course, access to free live events through our exclusive employee ticketing program. There is no bigger stage for your career. See what your future looks like at Live Nation Entertainment.