Service Corporation International · 2 weeks ago
Information Security Architect
Houston, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
5+ years expService Corporation International is a company that celebrates lives and its associates. They are seeking an Information Security Architect to assess, evaluate, design, and build systems that ensure security requirements protect the organization’s data and software while providing technical guidance and drafting policies or procedures.
CommercialFamilyFuneralsService Industry
Responsibilities
Plan, research and design robust security architectures. Works closely with other functional area architects and security specialists to ensure adequate security solutions are in place throughout all systems and platforms to mitigate identified risks sufficiently, and to meet business objectives and regulatory requirements. Test final security structures to ensure they behave as expected
Documents IT security aspects of the Enterprise Architecture, including confidentiality, integrity, and availability
Analyzes emerging security threats and vulnerabilities, identifies gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommends changes or enhancements. Designs security architecture elements to mitigate threats as they emerge
Evaluates and develops secure solutions, based on approved security architectures
Responsible for researching, developing software security strategy, security architecture standards, authentication protocols, design patterns, and best practices across all of products and services
Researches and recommends new industry IT cyber security models, management strategies, and effective resource utilization models for Senior Leadership
Translate technology and environmental conditions (e.g. law and regulation) into system and security designs and processes
Recommends IT cyber security models to stakeholders and influences adoption. Drives the adoption of software security strategy, security architecture standards, authentication protocols, design patterns, and best practices across all of products and services
Develop standards and secure configuration guidelines for various technical solution components such as local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), virtual private networks (VPNs), routers, firewalls, servers, databases, cryptography, and others
Additional responsibilities as requested or assigned
Qualification
Required
At least five (5) years' experience assessing, designing & implementing IT Security Architecture Systems that effectively align IT security to support Operations and secure business
Strong technical background in disciplines such as IT infrastructure, network engineering, cloud engineering, or application solution design
Experience assessing and mitigating information technology risks required
Extensive knowledge of security and compliance requirements required
Current best practices knowledge
Computer literate and proficient with MS Office, Word, Excel, and Power Point
Preferred
Bachelor's degree in Computer Sciences, Management Information Systems, or related discipline preferred. Four (4) years of IT Architecture experience may be substituted for degree
TOGAF 9 certification strongly desired
Open CA certification strongly desired
CISSP-ISSAP certification strongly desired
Strongly prefer past role as Security Architect in a medium to large organization
Company
Service Corporation International
Service Corporation International (NYSE:SCI), headquartered in Houston, Texas, is North America’s leading provider of death care products and services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.6B2024-09-12Post Ipo Debt· $800M
2021-05-24Post Ipo Debt· $800M
1974-05-14IPO
Leadership Team
John Faulk
Senior Vice President, Revenue and Business Development
Recent News
2025-11-05
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