Information Security Architect

About the role

Our West Michigan Client is looking for an Information Security Architect for a Direct Hire role. This is a remote role in or near Michigan. Location: Telecommute. Job type: Permanent. Education: Bachelor's degree.

Responsibilities

• Define, develop, and maintain security reference architectures, patterns, and standards to enable consistent and secure solution delivery across the enterprise
• Provide secure design guidance and consultation to product teams, DevOps, Infrastructure & Operations, and application development teams
• Ensure solutions align with security architecture standards, secure coding practices, and enterprise controls
• Conduct architecture and design reviews, including threat modeling for complex or high-risk implementations
• Contribute to and help execute the enterprise security architecture strategy and roadmap, aligning to business and IT objectives
• Develop and operationalize architecture policies, standards, procedures, and templates
• Partner with Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) to ensure controls are integrated into architectural designs
• Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to improve security capabilities and support business outcomes
• Collaborate across teams to drive adoption of secure design patterns and security best practices
• Influence architecture decisions by translating business requirements into secure technical solutions
• Communicate security architecture concepts effectively to technical teams, business partners, and leadership stakeholders
• Support vendor evaluations to ensure alignment with security architecture standards and strategy
• Analyze effectiveness of architectural decisions and drive continuous improvement of security practices
• Contribute to architecture documentation, including roadmaps, standards, and design artifacts
• Promote a culture of ownership and accountability for secure design and architecture standards
• Support integration of security architecture into Agile and DevOps delivery models

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Systems or related discipline
• 7-8+ years of experience in information security and/or architecture, including experience across multiple IT domains (e.g., applications, infrastructure, cloud, networking)
• Strong knowledge of enterprise security architecture principles, frameworks, and patterns (e.g., TOGAF, SABSA, or similar)
• Experience