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The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.Job Description\nThe Senior Lead Cybersecurity Architect is responsible for defining the principles, standards, and design patterns to build secure products and enterprise tools for all of Cox Automotive’s multi-cloud and on-premises environments. This position’s architecture focus is on securing multi-cloud infrastructure and services and on-premises infrastructure. Peer cybersecurity architects will be focused on application security, software as a service (SaaS), and network security.\nThis role will use their deep cybersecurity knowledge in the designing and building of secure infrastructure and services in both multi-cloud and on-premises environments. They must be able to collaborate with cross-functional teams throughout the organization and propose well-defined cybersecurity architectural guidelines to be adopted by product and enterprise engineering teams. This role will directly report to the Senior Director of Cybersecurity Architecture at Cox Automotive.\nWhat You'll Do:\nIdentify and recommend relevant cybersecurity policies, standards, procedures, and guardrails.\n\nDrive the definition of cybersecurity guidelines across the product and enterprise architecture group by leading working groups focused on cybersecurity.\n\nDevelop secure design patterns in conjunction with the product and enterprise architecture group based on standards that can be adopted and implemented by engineering teams.\n\nContribute to the development of non-cyber architecture-related governance patterns, policies, and standards.\n\nProvides complex analysis of potential risks to information systems’ security and recommends innovative solutions.\n\nWork with cross-functional technical, development and delivery teams to ensure the application of smooth, efficient and scalable release processes.\n\nEngage with business teams and engineering teams to define cybersecurity guardrails that promote efficient and seamless adoption of secure design patterns.\n\nParticipate in security events and incident response to identify gaps in current design and propose solutions to prevent threats from reoccurring.\n\nResearch and evaluate emerging security trends, threats, and technologies, and recommend appropriate solutions and enhancements.\n\nCollaborate with data users, software and other technical stakeholders to ensure security considerations are factored into and underpin development and operational decision making.\n\nCollaborate with cybersecurity peers to incorporate vulnerability management, governance, risk and compliance, cyber defense, continuous controls monitoring, and identity governance into cybersecurity standards as a cohesive cybersecurity organization.\n\nWho You Are:\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 8 years of experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 6 years of experience; a Ph.D. and 3 years of experience in a related field; or 12 years’ experience in a related field.\n\nAt least 4 years focused on cybersecurity.\n\nMust have practical expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure and services and on-premises infrastructure.\n\nClearly articulate the objective of specific cybersecurity policies and procedures to technical and non-technical stakeholders.\n\nExcellent customer service skills, writing, and executive presentation skills.\n\nDevelop a strong and productive working environment with key stakeholders and collaborate closely with other Cox entities’ cybersecurity teams to implement cybersecurity best practices.\n\nConsultative nature to work through controversial or complex topics to employees, leaders, and/or senior leadership.\n\nEvaluate risks and recommend actions based on impact and likelihood of the risk to the business.\n\nKnowledge of current cybersecurity and technology architectures such as zero trust, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, virtualization, and containerization.\n\nCreatively solving complex cybersecurity challenges while exhibiting solid, pragmatic business acumen.\n\nExperience utilizing Agile methodologies.\n\nInitiating change and deploying solutions in Fortune 1000 companies.\n\nKnowledge of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., ISO 27000, NIST, FFIEC) and industry relevant regulations that will guide architectural requirements (e.g., GDPR, FFIEC, GLBA).\n\nCollaborate with AI agents to create, validate, and assess architectural artifacts\n\nLead cross-functional teams in designing AI-enhanced solutions, establish standards for AI integration, and assess AI technologies within solution architectures.\n\nImplement AI-driven architectural governance and compliance by defining robust AI governance frameworks and reference architectures.\n\nImprove vendor tool assessments using AI to speed evaluations and minimize mistakes and unknowns.\n\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in the development and design of cybersecurity standard methodologies to all layers of the hosting and application stack in both cloud and on-premises environments.\n\nRelevant experience with application security, SaaS, network security, DevSecOps, and software-defined networking across a variety of environments and deployments.\n\nKnowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), cryptography / key management, secrets management, access controls and security protocols (e.g., multi-factor, SAML, OAuth, OIDC).\n\nExperience with application security implementations and standard methodologies.\n\nExtensive technology knowledge and recognized expertise in several areas including Python, .NET, Java, Spring frameworks, Oracle, serverless, cloud patterns, cloud service and user authentication or similar.\n\nExperience with firewall, web application firewalls, and other edge services as well as deep understanding of DMZ and other network architectures.\n\nAWS Well-Architected Framework.\n\nExperience establishing a strategy for and implementing cloud enterprise solutions in AWS, GCP, or Azure.\n\nA strong understanding of cloud containers and/or serverless platforms (e.g., EKS, ECS, Lambda, Fargate).\n\nBig four consulting or Fortune 500 company experience.\n\nRelevant industry certification (e.g., CISSP, CEH, OSCP, Azure, AWS, CISM, CISA).\n\nDrug Testing\nTo be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.Benefits\nThe Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.About Us\nThrough groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells - or simply uses - cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer - All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.EOE, including disability/vetsApplicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. 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