Cyber Security Architect

RIT Solutions, Inc. is recruiting for a Cyber Security Architect position supporting enterprise security and application architecture initiatives. The role translates business capabilities into secure architecture concepts, establishes technology and governance standards, and leads security designs for identity, workloads, APIs, sensitive data, cloud, hybrid, and agentic AI environments.

Responsibilities:

• Employees in this job function are responsible for translating desired business capabilities into o solution concepts and models and their requirements (functional and technical) o Design strategies, technology patterns and service structures
• Accountable for architecture and information management guidance and governance processes
• Responsible for enterprise capability integration by describing and evaluating the opportunities for integration and alignment of information and process flows, selecting appropriate implementation strategies, and defining technology mechanisms required. (Applies to: enterprise level, portfolio level.)
• Compiles, develops and aligns architectural models of current and proposed capabilities and solutions across the enterprise to support strategy and investment decisions, portfolio management, program and project management, solution and service design and development and service management. (Applies to: enterprise level, portfolio level, program/project level, technology level.)
• Drives information integration, information standards, and information management through capability and value analysis and assessment. (Applies to: enterprise level, portfolio level, program/project level.)
• Delivers architecture artefacts (business, information, data, process, solution, application, service, technology, infrastructure architectures) to solution, service and technology delivery initiatives, programs and projects
• Sets architecture and design direction (technologies, patterns, design principles, development frameworks) in cooperation with project management and system design/development. (Applies to: program/project level.)
• Provides direction and support to project teams by translating business capabilities into well-defined
• Projects/programs with clear objectives and deliverables
• Visualizes and communicates architecture concepts, principles, strategies, and models for programs, initiatives, and domains
• Facilitates architecture discussions with cross-functional business sponsors and product lines to ensure alignment
• Participates as a member or facilitator in relevant business/IT governance processes
• Ensures alignment between architecture projects and standards and related IT projects and plans by working with appropriate IT and business management
• Develops recommendations which will improve the business value of IT projects and plans
• Sets direction and approves future state architecture standards, guidelines, blueprints, and roadmaps for/across business functions
• Drives architecture-related research to further mature architecture standards, guidelines, blueprints, and roadmaps
• Directs and approves innovations and/or prototypes based on research and approves recommendations on architecture, tools, methodologies, and/or processes
• Facilitates architecture governance and ensures adherence to architecture standards
• Obtains buy-in for architecture standards, guidelines, blueprints, and roadmaps from appropriate business and IT leaders
• Promotes benefits and value of architecture and architecture management to the business and IT senior management
• Provides guidance on strategy and planning in support of overall prioritization and portfolio planning
• Lead enterprise security architecture that advances Zero Trust, translating cyber risks and policy into practical controls for cloud, hybrid, and agentic AI environments
• Shape secure, scalable, and resilient application architectures that enable modernization and agentic capabilities through reusable patterns, an AI-native SDLC, and verified business outcomes
• Lead high-impact security designs for identity, workload and API access, sensitive data, secure delivery, and operational resilience
• Help define an AI-native software delivery lifecycle that embeds security requirements, guardrails, and verification into normal engineering workflows
• Architect production agentic systems with scoped permissions, secure tool access, human oversight, evaluation, monitoring, and containment
• Translate security policy into reusable reference architectures, engineering patterns, and automated controls that teams can adopt
• Use threat modeling and implementation evidence to identify material risks, guide remediation, and inform architecture decisions

Requirements:

• Cyber Security, Application Solutions
• Cybersecurity: Lead enterprise security architecture that advances Zero Trust, translating cyber risks and policy into practical controls for cloud, hybrid, and agentic AI environments
• Application Solutions: Shape secure, scalable, and resilient application architectures that enable modernization and agentic capabilities through reusable patterns, an AI-native SDLC, and verified business outcomes
• Senior Specialist Exp.: 10+ years in IT
• 7+ years in concentration
• Bachelor's Degree