Senior Infrastructure Security Architect

Overview:

Edward Jones is seeking a Senior Security Architect to lead strategic alignment of infrastructure security tools, processes, and capabilities across all security domains. This role is pivotal in ensuring that security architecture supports the firm’s broader technology and business strategy, including cloud transformation, operational resilience, enterprise encryption standards, and risk reduction.

The ideal candidate will be a seasoned security leader with deep expertise in cryptography, governance, and architecture. They will own and maintain key security templates and artifacts, provide expert guidance during reviews, and drive alignment with enterprise architecture and other technical organizations.

What You’ll Do:

• Own and maintain templates for security artifacts (e.g., Patterns, Baseline Control Documents, Procedures, Architecture Decision Records, and Standards) and manage a repository of completed, approved versions.
• Provide expert infrastructure security guidance and oversight during security reviews and the development of security artifacts.
• Define and govern infrastructure security standards, including cryptographic controls for data in transit and at rest across hybrid environments.
• Provide architectural guidance on encryption, key management, and certificate usage as part of security reviews and standards development.
• Lead strategic alignment of infrastructure security capabilities and processes with enterprise architecture and other technical domains.
• Serve as a senior technical leader across the Information Security Division, influencing infrastructure security strategy and execution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure infrastructure security solutions are scalable, resilient, and aligned with cloud-native and hybrid environments.
• Monitor industry trends and emerging threats to inform infrastructure security strategy and tooling.
• Engage with vendors and external partners to evaluate solutions, negotiate contracts, and represent the firm in technical forums.
• Drive maturity of infrastructure security practices across cloud platforms (Azure, OCI, AWS, GCP) and on-premises environments.