Job Description
Salary: $150,000 - 190,000 per year Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems, or a related field
- 7-8+ years of experience in information security and/or architecture, with exposure across multiple IT domains such as applications, infrastructure, cloud, and networking
- Strong understanding of enterprise security architecture principles, frameworks, and patterns such as TOGAF, SABSA, or similar
- Experience designing and supporting solutions across multiple technology domains in diverse enterprise environments
- Proven ability to build secure, scalable, and resilient solutions while embedding security controls into architecture
- Solid grasp of security controls, risk management, and compliance integration
- Ability to convert business needs into technical architecture solutions and align decisions to business outcomes
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical capabilities, including evaluating multiple solution options
- Ability to assess emerging technologies, trends, and disruptions and determine their impact on business and security strategy
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, work across cross-functional teams, and navigate organizational dynamics
- Strong business acumen, planning, and organizational skills with the ability to balance strategic goals and delivery execution
Responsibilities: - Define, develop, and maintain security reference architectures, patterns, and standards to support consistent and secure solution delivery across the enterprise
- Provide secure design guidance and consultation to product teams, DevOps, Infrastructure & Operations, and application development teams
- Ensure solutions align with security architecture standards, secure coding practices, and enterprise controls
- Conduct architecture and design reviews, including threat modeling for complex or high-risk implementations
- Help execute the enterprise security architecture strategy and roadmap in alignment with business and IT objectives
- Develop and operationalize architecture policies, standards, procedures, and templates
- Partner with Governance, Risk, and Compliance to ensure controls are built into architectural designs
- Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to improve security capabilities and support business outcomes
- Work across teams to promote adoption of secure design patterns and security best practices
- Influence architecture decisions by translating business requirements into secure technical solutions
- Communicate security architecture concepts effectively to technical teams, business partners, and leadership stakeholders
- Support vendor evaluations to ensure alignment with security architecture standards and strategy
- Analyze the effectiveness of architectural decisions and drive continuous improvement in security practices
- Contribute to architecture documentation, including roadmaps, standards, and design artifacts
- Promote ownership and accountability for secure design and architecture standards
- Support the integration of security architecture into Agile and DevOps delivery models
Technologies: - Architect
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Support
- Security
- TOGAF
More:
We are seeking an Information Security Architect for a direct hire, remote role based in or near Michigan. This is a permanent opportunity with a West Michigan client, offering a salary range of $150,000 to $190,000 per year, standard hours from 8am to 5pm, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance, short-term disability, and a 401K plan, subject to eligibility. We are an equal opportunity employer and support accommodations during the hiring and interview process.
last updated 39 week of 2026
Job Tags
Permanent employment, Full time, Temporary work, Remote work