Security Architect - Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid Role)

Security Architect

Phoenix, AZ (Hybrid Role)

6-12+Months

Lead and conduct security reviews of enterprise and AI-enabled solution architectures, including Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) and Security Architecture Review Board (SARB) submissions. Assess GenAI and agentic system designs for model security, data protection, prompt integrity, agent orchestration, and regulatory compliance. Author and maintain ADRs, architectural patterns, and reference architectures for both traditional and GenAI/AI-driven systems. Define and evaluate security controls for GenAI systems, including model access, data boundaries, prompt injection defenses, and agent guardrails. Provide technical leadership in application, cloud, data, and AI security, supporting secure implementation of GenAI copilots, RAG systems, and autonomous agents. Lead threat modeling and risk assessment for composite systems integrating GenAI with APIs, data stores, and user environments. Utilize and refine GenAI tools for document review, security design support, and ADR quality assurance; develop reusable prompts and decision frameworks. Mentor peers in human-AI collaborative authoring, ensuring accountability and verification of AI-generated outputs. Ensure architectural documentation is clear, actionable, and defensible, facilitating structured reasoning and traceable recommendations. Promote secure-by-design and responsible AI adoption across the enterprise, contributing to policy and best practices for GenAI use. Maintain expertise in security frameworks (e.g., SABSA, TOGAF, NIST CSF), GenAI system architecture, and AI security patterns. Support continuous improvement and automation of security architecture review and governance processes.