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Swift · 1 day ago

Security Architect - Hybrid

Manassas, VA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$122K/yr - $226K/yr

10+ years exp

Swift is the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. They are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Security Architect to design, implement, and maintain robust security solutions for their critical financial messaging infrastructure, ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of systems and data.

Financial ServicesSecurity

No H1B

Responsibilities

Lead the development and governance of secure-by-design architecture across infrastructure, identity, application, and network platforms in hybrid enterprise environments

Embed Zero Trust principles into enterprise architecture standards, ensuring identity is the primary trust anchor and access decisions are continuously verified

Establish and maintain reference architectures, high-level designs, reusable blueprints, and security control guardrails that apply consistently across organization

Define and govern identity and access control strategies, including centralized authentication, MFA, conditional access, least privilege enforcement, and privileged access management

Architect and advance segmentation strategies, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and secure connectivity patterns to prevent lateral movement and reduce attack surface

Integrate security controls into cloud and on-prem infrastructure platforms, including secure configuration standards, workload protection, secrets management, and runtime enforcement

Partner with application, DevOps, platform engineering, and infrastructure teams to integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines, platform deployments, and operational workflows

Ensure all platforms generate standardized and actionable security telemetry to support monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and continuous compliance validation

Ensure alignment to enterprise security frameworks, regulatory obligations, and operational resilience requirements, including NIST, CIS, ISO, PCI, and GDPR

Support technology selection, evaluation, and strategic road mapping to ensure platforms evolve in alignment with Zero Trust, cost-effectiveness, and operational maturity

Qualification

Security ArchitectureZero Trust PrinciplesIdentityAccess ManagementEnterprise Security FrameworksCloud SecurityCI/CD IntegrationCommunication SkillsIndustry CertificationsStrategic ThinkingProblem-SolvingCollaboration SkillsTechnical Documentation

Required

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field

Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in information security, with at least 5-7 years specifically in a security architecture role

Proven experience as a Security Architect or similar role in a large-scale enterprise environment

Expertise in defining architectural blueprints, reference architectures, and principles, with a strong focus on security and scalability

Understanding of enterprise security architectures, including Identity Credentialing & Access Management (ICAM), network security, and application security

Proficiency in enterprise architecture frameworks and security best practices

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and stakeholders

Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on driving business outcomes through secure, innovative technology solutions