Security Architect Jobs in Virginia (NOW HIRING)

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Security Architect to design, implement, and maintain robust security solutions for Swift's critical financial messaging infrastructure. This role is pivotal in ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our systems and data in a constantly evolving threat landscape.

What to Expect:

In this role you will:

• Lead the development and governance ofsecure-by-design architectureacross infrastructure, identity, application, and network platforms in hybrid enterprise environments
• EmbedZero Trust principlesinto enterprise architecture standards, ensuring identity is the primary trust anchor and access decisions are continuously verified
• Establish and maintainreference architectures, high-level designs, reusable blueprints, and security control guardrailsthat apply consistently across organization
• Define and governidentity and access control strategies, including centralized authentication, MFA, conditional access, least privilege enforcement, and privileged access management
• Architect and advancesegmentation strategies, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and secure connectivity patterns to prevent lateral movement and reduce attack surface
• Integratesecurity controls into cloud and on-prem infrastructure platforms, including secure configuration standards, workload protection, secrets management, and runtime enforcement
• Partner with application, DevOps, platform engineering, and infrastructure teams tointegrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines, platform deployments, and operational workflows
• Ensure all platforms generatestandardized and actionable security telemetryto support monitoring, threat detection, incident response, and continuous compliance validation
• Ensure alignment toenterprise security frameworks, regulatory obligations, and operational resilience requirements, including NIST, CIS, ISO, PCI, and GDPR
• Supporttechnology selection, evaluation, and strategic road mappingto ensure platforms evolve in alignment with Zero Trust, cost-effectiveness, and operational maturity

What will make you successful:

We are seeking professionals with:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
• Minimum 10 years of progressive experience in information security, with at least 5-7 years specifically in a security architecture role

• Proven experience as a Security Architect or similar role in a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Expertise in defining architectural blueprints, reference architectures, and principles, with a strong focus on security and scalability
• Understanding of enterprise security architectures, including Identity Credentialing & Access Management (ICAM), network security, and application security
• Proficiency in enterprise architecture frameworks and security best practices
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on driving business outcomes through secure, innovative technology solutions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree
• Relevant industry certifications such as CISSP, CISM, or TOGAF

Swift is unable to sponsor an employment authorization for this position now or in the future.

The estimated salary range for a new hire in this position in Virginia is $121,564.00 USD Annual MINIMUM to $225,762.00 USD Annual MAXIMUM. Salary may vary depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. Our compensation packages include a competitive base salary and bonus opportunity for all employee's contingent on personal and company performance. Our generous benefits program includes medical, dental, vision and life insurance with no premium costs for our employees and their families, and retirement plan plus matching 401k.

What we offer

We give you the freedom to be yourself. We are creating an environment of unique individuals - like you - with different perspectives on the financial industry and the world. A diverse and inclusive environment in which everyone's voice counts and where you can reach your full potential.

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Don't meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification.