# Lead, Security Architect

\| What we are looking for Reporting to the Manager, Security Architecture, the Lead, Security Architect is responsible for driving consistent security strategy and contributing to the technology vision through secure-by-design architectural governance. This role provides strategic technical leadership across diverse programs, with a primary focus on ensuring that mission-critical solutions are secure, resilient, and proactive. Operating as a broad security generalist, the Lead Security Architect brings deep expertise in threat modeling and solution security principles to guide teams, assess risk, and align architectural design with business objectives. Operating as a senior technical contributor, the role collaborates closely with software engineering teams, Security Operations, delivery partners, and IT leadership to integrate robust security frameworks into modern application solutions. Duties and Responsibilities Contacts and Communication Establish and maintain strategic relationships across IT, engineering, and business units to gain buy-in for security architecture standards and principles. Communicate complex security recommendations, risk evaluations, and architectural t

- **Id**: 3824091
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/payments-canada-lead-security-architect>
- **Role**: Security
- **Role family**: Security
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Ottawa, Canada, Toronto, Canada
- **Countries**: CA
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-05T05:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-10T05:24:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 5
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5285
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Continuous learning
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Payment Processing & Gateways

## Company

- **Id**: 1716135
- **Name**: Payments Canada
- **Domain**: paymentscanada.ca
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/paymentscanada>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Dayforce

## Salary

- **Min**: 119850
- **Currency**: CAD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 85643

## Technologies

- **AWS** — Optional: no
- **Azure** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: no
- **GCP** — Optional: no
- **IAM** — Optional: no
- **ISO 27001** — Optional: no
- **MITRE ATT&CK** — Optional: no
- **OWASP** — Optional: no
- **OWASP Top 10** — Optional: no
- **STRIDE** — Optional: no
- **Threat Modeling** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 5

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 7
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-05T17:52:12Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 5
- **Expected fill days**: 17
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-10T06:52:35Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 85643
- **Is top pay**: no

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