Lead Security Architect

🕒 January 6

🏈 Alabama – Remote

🏈 Alabama – Remote

💵 $124.5k - $155k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Protective Life

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1908

💸 Finance

Finance • Insurance

Protective Life is a financial services company specializing in providing affordable life insurance and annuities. The company offers a variety of insurance products such as term life, whole life, and universal life policies, as well as fixed, immediate, indexed, and variable annuities. Protective Life assists individuals in planning for their future, including retirement, estate planning, and financial protection for families. The company emphasizes its commitment to sustainability, community involvement, and helping customers achieve protection and security throughout various life stages. Protective Life is known for its strong financial foundation and is licensed to operate in all states except New York.

📋 Description

• Define and drive enterprise security architecture across hybrid and cloud environments. • Lead the design, governance, and evolution of secure architectures. • Collaborate with leadership, technology teams, and stakeholders to embed security into IT strategy. • Champion secure-by-design principles through automation and innovation. • Develop and execute the security architecture roadmap aligned with organizational goals. • Create and maintain security documentation, standards, patterns, and reference architectures. • Drive secure-by-design initiatives and develop security standards. • Define, track, and report security metrics to demonstrate security maturity, program effectiveness, and compliance with standards. • Design and oversee implementation of security architecture topologies for systems and enterprise enablement. • Drive DevSecOps adoption and secure CI/CD integration. • Apply strong business acumen to align security initiatives with organizational goals. • Lead threat modeling, risk assessments, and incident response planning for Azure and hybrid systems. • Provide expert guidance on identity and access management (IAM), network segmentation, encryption, and cloud security. • Evaluate, recommend, and select security products and vendors. • Build and maintain strong relationships with technology teams, suppliers, and business units. • Mentor architects and engineers; foster a secure-by-design culture. • Deliver security awareness training and guidance to business and IT teams. • Stay current with emerging threats, technologies, and regulatory changes; recommend innovative solutions.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, or related field (or 5+ years relevant experience) • At least 2+ years in a senior or lead security architecture role • Proven expertise in Azure security and compliance, hybrid cloud security, and enterprise security architecture • Experience with strategic planning, enterprise architecture, and IT portfolio management • Strong understanding of compliance requirements and regulatory frameworks • Hands-on experience with Azure security tools (Sentinel, Defender, Key Vault, Entra ID, Azure Firewall, Policy/Blueprints), monitoring, automation, and compliance reporting • Experience with DevSecOps and automating security controls in Azure. • Familiarity with IAM, PKI, SSO, MFA, and secure API integration • Excellent communication and leadership skills; ability to influence stakeholders • Experience working in agile environments.

🏖️ Benefits

• comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance • mental health benefits • employee assistance program • paid time off • paid parental leave • short-term disability • cultural observance day • contributions to healthcare accounts • pension plan • 401(k) plan with Company matching • ProHealth Rewards, Protective’s platform to improve wellbeing while earning cash rewards