Lead Information Security Architect

The Role

The Lead Information Security Architect is a member of the Global Security Services organization who is responsible for conducting security risk assessments in coordination with the Lumen business owners, the Governance, Risk, and Compliance team, and the Product and Platform Security team. The purpose is to ensure compliance with corporate policy, standards, procedures, and industry best practices. The deliverables include metrics, reports, and mitigations associated with potential findings, issues, and risks, that could impact Lumen or its customers.

The successful candidate will have broad technical knowledge of current and emerging cyber threats, as well as security technologies and methods used to protect both corporate and customer-facing network infrastructures.  This candidate must be able to work independently and lead as a team member to consult with internal clients on security topics, providing designs, reviews, and recommendations.

Location

This is a work from home position within the US

The Main Responsibilities

• Develops and designs new security solutions to reduce risk and align business requirements with security standards.
• Supports vendor relationships; leads vendor reviews through RFx process, working with Procurement and appropriate business partners on requirements and success criteria. 
• Consult as security subject matter expert with architects, engineers, third parties and others on potential solutions.
• Recommend new information security systems and controls to mitigate emerging threats and risks across the company.
• Ensure reports and findings are delivered in a timely and appropriate manner to management, operations, and executive leadership.
• Recommend new security policy, standards, best practices, and system configuration standards. Consult with internal clients on security topics and policy interpretation.
• Coordinate activities across multiple departments and business units.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• 7+ years of relevant experience, including threat modeling, security design reviews, and security architecture

•    Experience with security architecture and deployment models.

•    Experience with securing highly sensitive data.

•    Demonstrate knowledge of security technologies, trends, leading practices, and regulatory requirements and government security standards such as FedRAMP and Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) standards, along with best practices such as NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), NIST 800-171, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001-27002 and other applicable security and privacy laws.

Compensation

This information reflects the anticipated base salary range for this position based on current national data. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience and other relevant factors.

Location Based Pay Ranges:

$103,711 - $172,852 in these states: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, UT, VT, WI, WV, and WY.
$108,896 - $181,494 in these states: CO, HI, MI, MN, NC, NH, NV, OR, and RI.
$114,082 - $190,137 in these states: AK, CA, CT, DC, DE, IL, MA, MD, NJ, NY, TX, VA, and WA