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AIG · 2 months ago

Senior IT Security Architect

TX-Houston

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

AIG is a global leader in commercial and personal insurance solutions, and they are seeking a Senior IT Security Architect to enhance their security architecture. The role involves working with various teams to secure AIG's global applications landscape, ensuring compliance with security standards and providing guidance on designing complex security solutions.

BankingFinancial ServicesInsurance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Work with IT and business stakeholders for security architecture and security controls assessment. Act as a design authority on cloud application security during the “Permission to Build” and “Permission to Operate” process. Ensure all security standards are followed, and any violations are remediated. Act as an evangelist to drive security blueprint adoption

Provide support and guidance in designing complex business and operations security solutions. Use cloud Service APIs (e.g., AWS APIs), SaaS solutions (e.g., SIEM, XDR, Threat detection and Cloud native security services) to detect security blueprint violations (e.g., an unauthorized public exposure of AWS S3 bucket). Work with global cloud team and Business CIO team to remediate security violations for application architecture

Participate in defining architecture and process standards for the cybersecurity controls, implementation and operations

Contribute to evaluation, selection and configuration of cybersecurity products and services from vendors. Based on AIG’s cloud security strategy, identify cloud native solutions for security monitoring. Lead POCs for cloud security solutions

Work closely with AIG’s global incident response team to define use cases for cloud infrastructure, for example, what to do when a high-risk security violation is detected? Define cloud incident response procedure, severities and SLAs

Develop security requirements for the business use-cases and that meet AIG global security standards

Work with infrastructure operations, application developers, administrators, consultants and vendors to build, configure, test and implement secured solutions that meet the business needs and are aligned and consistent with IT security strategies

Develop and implement principles of secure design within the architecture framework of the company – across IT, functions and across business lines

Establish reference cybersecurity architectures that can be leveraged for scale and decentralized deployments to deliver the Cybersecurity controls and plan for Private and Public Cloud to support strategic business plan

Provide architecture guidance across cybersecurity functional areas, which include Network, Endpoints, Data Protection, Logging, Systems/Applications/APIs, Cloud, B2B, B2C, Identity & Access Management, Operational Threats, IoT and SaaS interconnect to name a few

Qualification

IT Security ArchitectureCloud SecurityDevSecOpsIncident ResponseAWS/Azure/GCPInfrastructure as CodeSecurity ControlsTrusted AdvisorCommercial AcumenPractical FuturistCommunication SkillsTeam Player

Required

8+ years of IT Security Architecture related work experience, preferably at a large, global organization

3+ years of engineering and hands-on design and architecture of effective security controls and measurement in network and applications domains for large financial enterprise

Hands-on with development of applications security architecture for migration of IT workload to Cloud services

Expert knowledge and implementation experience of cloud security domains of IAM, SaaS, IaaS, PaaS, Applications and Data Security

Strong knowledge of DevSecOps, security policies and incident response

Proven expertise in building a defense in depth infrastructure security architecture that includes security controls across multiple technology stacks

Strong understanding of how cloud data breach can occur

Understand how adversary might compromise various cloud services and how to prevent, detect and respond

Cloud Services (AWS/Azure/GCP) experience in migration of applications to the cloud, automation through various tools both AWS native and third-party

Implement Configuration Management and Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Chef, CloudFormation, Terraform, Puppet)

Experience in DevOps environments and automating security controls into the CI/CD process

Ability to work across all layers of an application and technology infrastructures

Ability to work with development teams to deliver high-quality security architectures

Trusted Advisor – the person needs to possess the personality and behaviors (diplomatic, tenacious and tactful) to rapidly establish themselves as trusted advisors to the business and as interpreters for the development of IT security solutions

Practical Futurist – need to have shown that they can be ready for ‘unpredictable' risks and opportunities, developing architectures that are resilient enough to keep up with the evolution of the enterprise and cyber threat landscape

Commercial acumen – needs to be familiar with ‘Do more for less', be able to identify and work with stakeholders to collect, aggregate and evaluate requirements in light of current and future technology resources and budgets

Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science or equivalent work experience

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Must be a strong team player

Preferred

Master's degree preferred

Benefits

This position is eligible for a bonus in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.

We're proud to offer a range of competitive benefits, a summary of which can be viewed here: [2025 Benefits Summary](https://share.connect.aig/teams/chta/Onboarding%20Contacts/Forms/AllItems.aspx?id=%2Fteams%2Fchta%2FOnboarding%20Contacts%2FCompensation%2FPay%20Transparency%20%2D%20US%20%26%20Canada%2F2025%20New%20Hire%20Benefits%20Overview%2Epdf&parent=%2Fteams%2Fchta%2FOnboarding%20Contacts%2FCompensation%2FPay%20Transparency%20%2D%20US%20%26%20Canada)

Total Rewards Program, a comprehensive benefits package that extends beyond time spent at work to offer benefits focused on your health, wellbeing and financial security—as well as your professional development—to bring peace of mind to you and your family.

Company

AIG

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AIG is a global insurance company providing insurance products to support clients in business and in life.

Founded in 1919

New York, New York, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.aig.com/

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