Security Architect

Are you a Security professional who excels at designing enterprise-grade security solutions and advising clients on complex cybersecurity challenges?

As a Security Architect for our Houston or Dallas office, you'll partner with Client Success Managers to deliver secure, scalable, and business-aligned solutions. You'll lead the architecture and modernization of enterprise security environments, provide technical leadership on critical initiatives, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients. This role is ideal for a consultative security leader who thrives on solving complex challenges, mentoring others, and driving strategic security outcomes.

A Day in the Life:

• Lead large, complex security engagements from discovery through architecture, deployment, validation, and operational handover, ensuring clear alignment and measurable business outcomes
• Act as the security architecture authority for enterprise clients, providing technical leadership, solution design, and implementation oversight across cloud and hybrid environments
• Architect, deploy, and deliver Microsoft Security solutions spanning identity, endpoint, email, cloud workload, data protection, and compliance technologies
• Work closely with clients, stakeholders, Account Managers, and technical specialists to design and implement enterprise-wide security programs and target-state security architectures aligned with business and regulatory requirements
• Design and implement data protection and compliance architectures, including information protection, data loss prevention, secure data handling, and framework alignment
• Support security solution sales activities by qualifying opportunities, shaping proposals, leading technical presentations, responding to RFPs, and providing strategic security guidance
• Lead security initiatives related to vulnerability management, remediation, risk reduction, and operational security improvement
• Architect and deliver security solutions across Microsoft Azure, with working knowledge of AWS and GCP environments
• Leverage scripting, automation, and infrastructure-as-code principles to improve deployment consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency
• Develop and maintain architecture standards, templates, reference architectures, and delivery artifacts
• Provide mentorship, technical leadership, and knowledge sharing to delivery teams while contributing to practice growth and industry awareness
• Communicate effectively with executive stakeholders, technical teams, and clients, translating complex security concepts into clear business outcomes

What You Bring:

• 8+ years of extensive security consulting experience, leading and being the primary delivery resource on large, complex enterprise engagements.
• A strong foundation in security architecture and practical implementation
• Proven hands-on deployment experience with enterprise-grade security solutions.
• Strong expertise with Microsoft Security products, Microsoft licensing models, and cloud security architectures.
• Expertise across the Microsoft Security platform, including Defender, Entra, Purview, Sentinel, Intune, and Azure Security Services
• Solid understanding of:
  • Data protection and information security concepts
  • Security compliance and governance frameworks
  • Vulnerability management, patching, and remediation processes
  • Strong architectural knowledge of cloud and hybrid environments, with Azure expertise and AWS/GCP experience considered an asset.
  • Working knowledge of scripting, coding, and automation for security deployment and integration.
  • Excellence in:
    • Requirements gathering and analysis
    • Security architecture design
    • Documentation and delivery frameworks
    • Outstanding leadership, consulting, and client-facing communication skills, both written and verbal.
    • Deep understanding of Security frameworks (e.g., NIST 800-53, NIST CSF, CIS)
    • Amazing communication skills - with the ability to translate technical detail into real-world value for clients

Who You Are:

• Interested in and knowledgeable about current news, system information, problems, changes and updates relevant to the IT user community and your area of expertise
• Passionate about creating a great client experience
• Committed to Long View’s four core values: Integrity, Competence, Value and Fun
• Have a growth mindset
• Dedicated to ongoing professional development
• Willing to assist in other areas of the business
• Supportive and aware of following all LVS policies including our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE), Security Compliance and Respectful Workplace Programs
• A willing contributor to various government audits and special programs that Long View participates in every year. Part of your duties will be to participate in these programs where needed as it relates to your technology area(s)

Why Work at Long View?

• Great people and culture
• 401K Plan
• Career growth - Permanent staff positions, paid training, career life planning, and relocation and travel opportunities
• Interesting work - Be part of exciting projects while accessing all the latest technologies
• Flexible environment - A workplace that values the importance of flexibility for personal/professional growth, happiness and wellness