Security Architect

🕒 July 27

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $145k - $160k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👮‍♂️ Cybersecurity / Security Engineer

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Nexcess

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2000

🤝 B2B

🛍️ eCommerce

B2B • eCommerce

Nexcess is a managed web hosting provider focused on performance, security, and reliability for business websites and online stores. The company offers managed hosting and related services optimized for e-commerce platforms and content management systems, with features like CDN and security integrations to support business and agency customers running WordPress, WooCommerce, Magento, and other web applications.

📋 Description

• Design and maintain enterprise security architecture standards across cloud, infrastructure, network, application, and hosting environments • Develop secure reference architectures, security baselines, and operational security standards • Evaluate and recommend security technologies, tools, and controls to improve organizational security posture • Partner with Infrastructure, Engineering, and Platform teams to ensure secure system design and implementation practices • Review infrastructure, network, and application designs for security risks, vulnerabilities, and compliance alignment • Assist with the development and implementation of identity and access management (IAM), segmentation, hardening, encryption, and monitoring strategies • Support secure cloud adoption and infrastructure modernization initiatives • Provide technical guidance on security controls for production systems, customer environments, and internal platforms • Identify, assess, and document security risks across systems, applications, infrastructure, and operational processes • Partner with Compliance and Governance teams to support PCI-DSS, SOC, ISO, customer audits, and other security-related assessments • Assist in developing and maintaining security policies, standards, procedures, and technical controls • Participate in security reviews, risk assessments, vulnerability management, and remediation planning activities • Support operational maturity initiatives related to governance, access management, logging, monitoring, and security controls • Evaluate exceptions to security standards and provide documented risk recommendations • Support incident response activities involving infrastructure, access, operational security, and customer-impacting events • Assist with threat modeling, security investigations, forensic analysis coordination, and root cause reviews as needed • Provide guidance on vulnerability remediation priorities and risk mitigation strategies • Collaborate with operational teams to strengthen monitoring, detection, alerting, and defensive security capabilities • Participate in security awareness initiatives and promote security best practices throughout the organization • Serve as a subject matter expert on infrastructure and operational security practices • Partner cross-functionally with Engineering, Infrastructure, Security Operations, Compliance, and Leadership teams • Communicate technical risks and recommendations clearly to both technical and business stakeholders • Mentor technical teams on secure architecture principles and security best practices • Stay current on emerging threats, vulnerabilities, industry trends, and evolving security technologies • Additional duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in Information Security, Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical fields • 3+ years of experience designing or supporting enterprise security architecture and security controls • Bachelor’s Degree in Information Security, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field, or equivalent practical experience • Strong understanding of infrastructure security principles including networking, systems hardening, identity management, access control, encryption, logging, and monitoring • Experience working with cloud infrastructure platforms and virtualization technologies • Experience supporting security compliance frameworks such as PCI-DSS, SOC, ISO 27001, CIS, or NIST • Strong knowledge of security architecture methodologies, operational risk management, and secure system design • Experience with vulnerability management, remediation coordination, and security assessment processes • Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced operational environment • Deep working knowledge of LAMP stack environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off • Professional development opportunities