Security Architect

About the Company

Western & Southern is a Fortune 500® company headquartered in Cincinnati, recognized as one of America’s Best Midsize Employers by Forbes and ranked in the top 100 on the American Opportunity Index (AOI) for career growth and employee development. With over 137 years of success, we are committed to customer service, community, and creating opportunities for associates to grow and succeed. Our award-winning talent development team and recognition as a Top 10 Military Friendly Employer and Top Spouse Employer reflect our supportive culture.

About the Role

As a Security Architect, you will shape and strengthen the organization’s cybersecurity strategy by designing secure, scalable, and resilient solutions across enterprise technology environments. You will partner with cybersecurity, infrastructure, identity, and application teams to ensure security is built into solutions from the start. This role requires evaluating architecture designs, identifying security risks, recommending practical controls, and guiding projects through secure implementation.

Responsibilities

• Design secure solutions that align with enterprise standards and business objectives.
• Collaborate on network and infrastructure security, including secure connectivity, segmentation, remote access, and monitoring.
• Apply identity and access management principles, such as strong authentication, authorization, least privilege, and Zero Trust.
• Partner with development teams to promote secure coding, API security, and vulnerability remediation.
• Conduct threat modeling to identify risks and recommend controls early in the design process.
• Support secure adoption of cloud platforms, services, and workloads.
• Align solutions with industry security frameworks such as NIST, CIS, CISA, and CSA.
• Translate technical risks into clear business impact and actionable recommendations for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of security frameworks, threat modeling, identity and access management, cloud security, network security, and secure design principles.
• Technical breadth, business awareness, and the ability to communicate security guidance clearly.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• 401(k) savings plan with pension options.
• Paid time off increasing with tenure.
• Tuition reimbursement and individualized career development plans.
• Parental leave and maternity leave with a 4-week transition back to work.
• Access to on-site amenities like a fitness center and cafeteria.
• Extensive employee discount program.