Principal Architect, Security Operations
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Sep 25, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 24, 2026. Danaher Corporation scores B on the Alion truth index.
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At Danaher, the Principal Architect, Security Operations owns the enterprise architecture and reference designs for the Security Operations technology stack. This role defines how the technology enabling security datacollection and retention, detection engineering, investigation workflows, automation, and response technologies are designed and integrated across the enterprise, including security data pipelines, data lakes, SIEM, SOAR, solution-integrated AI, and custom-built MCP architectures. The Principal Architect works independently as a functional expert across the Security Operations Center, other Danaher Information Securityfunctions, enterpriseand OpCo-leveltechnology teams, and strategic vendors to solve complex problems with broad enterprise impact and to enable scalable, automated, and measurable security operations.
This position reports to Danaher’s Security Operations leadershipand is part of the enterprise-wide Danaher Information Security (DIS) team. The position is remote.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
Own end-to-end technology architecture and reference designs for the Security Operations technology stack, including security data pipelines, data lakes, SIEM, SOAR, solution-integrated AI, and custom MCP architectures.
Establish and maintainintegration patterns and architecture designs for cyber technologies, such as CrowdStrike, and non-cyber technologies that enable data enrichment, investigations, and automated response.
Define enterprise detection, logging, and telemetry standards that improve visibility, analytics, investigation quality, and response consistency across Danaher.
Evaluate, select, and guide implementation of security technologies and services that enhance detection, response, automation, and measurable operational outcomes.
Lead architecture alignment across Security Operations, Cyber Defense, infrastructure, cloud, identity, data, and vendor teams to ensure scalable, supportable, and secure designs.
The essential requirements of the job include:
12+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security architecture, security engineering, security operations, detection engineering, incident response, or related technology roles.
Experience designing or governing enterprise security operations technology architectures, including SIEM, SOAR, endpoint detection and response, cloud security telemetry, security data pipelines, or security data lakes.
Experience establishingintegration patterns across cyber and enterprise technology platforms using APIs, event streaming, data enrichment, orchestration, or automated response workflows.
Experience defining detection, logging, telemetry, or security data standards for enterprise-scale environments.
Travel, Motor Vehicle Record & Physical/Environment Requirements: if applicable for role
Ability to travel around 25%, overnight, within territory or other Danaher locations.
It would be a plus if you also possesspreviousexperience in:
Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field.
Experience with CrowdStrike, Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Google SecOps, ServiceNow SecOps, Palo Alto Cortex XSOAR, or comparable enterprise security operations platforms; experience applying AI to security operations use cases, including alert enrichment, investigation support, detection engineering, response automation, or custom MCP architectures.
Security architecture or cybersecurity certification such as CISSP, CCSP, GIAC, SABSA, TOGAF, or equivalent.
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At Danaher, we believe in designing a better, more sustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible, remote working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed to providing enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement. This position is eligible for a remote work arrangement in which you can work remotely from your home. Additionalinformation about this remote work arrangement will be provided by your interview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that working for Danaher can provide.
The annual salary range $200,000- $250,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensationfor this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modifiedin the future.
We offer comprehensivepackage of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
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