Republic Airways · 2 months ago
IT Security Architect (Hybrid/Local/Indianapolis, IN Area)
Indianapolis, IN
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
7+ years expRepublic Airways is seeking an IT Security Architect to lead the strategy, vision, and design of the IT Security architecture across the organization. The role involves developing, implementing, and maintaining a company-wide information security infrastructure to ensure system integrity, availability, confidentiality, and compliance.
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Responsibilities
Establishes a strategic security architecture vision, including standards and frameworks that are aligned with the overall business objectives and IT strategies (NIST, Zero-trust etc.)
Oversees enterprise level solution architecture for IT Security. Integration of AD and IAM across the infrastructure
Acts as information security subject matter expert; provides advisory and consulting services to business, IT departments, and IT leadership
Leads in the development of information security strategies, roadmaps, policies, and standards across external, internal, and cloud-based infrastructure
Recommends modifications to application development, database design, networking, or infrastructure architecture with the goal of complying with internal information security policies and standards
Monitors emerging products, technologies, or best practices that will improve security for the organization and its stakeholders
Assists senior leadership in the development of security policies, standards, and strategies
Performs or participates in security audits, identifies security gaps, and develops and implements risk mitigation solutions
Leads critical Cyber initiatives including Penetration testing, Security Incident Response Tabletop, and Red/Purple team exercises
Performs complex daily administration of information security hardware and software such as intrusion detection/intrusion prevention, firewalls, encryption, anti-virus, log reviews and other software or appliances
Identifies, highlights, and provides security recommendations during requirement and design reviews
Maintains the security infrastructure by employing best industry practices
Oversees testing of computer systems to monitor effectiveness of security systems
Analyzes information security threats, requests, and audit findings. Develops solutions to resolve issues and/or findings
Partners with end-users to understand and adhere to information security policies and procedures
Collaborates with external vendors and partners as necessary to resolve issues/incidents
Collaborates with internal customers, including business partners, internal IT, and vendors/contractors to ascertain problem/issue determination and resolution
Develops and supports business initiatives when needed
Responds to internal service requests, change requests, incidents. Adheres to change management standard operating procedures
Ensures adherence to a departmental budget
Provides technical leadership and mentoring to team and department members. Leads through example, monitors, influences, and trains others. Provides input to Leadership on performance reviews and helps to identify development needs
Participates in a 24/7 on-call rotation, as required
Performs other duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree (B.A. / B.S.) in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or related field or the equivalent combination of education and experience
7 years of progressive experience in information security
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or similar certification
In-depth knowledge of designing and implementing information security solutions
Programming language structures and logic
Preferred
10 years of related Information Security and/or IT networking experience
3 years of practical experience in architecting enterprise level cyber security solutions
(ISC)² Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or similar certification
(ISC)² Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) or similar certification
EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH)
Company
Republic Airways
Republic Airways completed its merger with Mesa Airlines on Nov. 25, 2025.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
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Leadership Team
Bradley Elstad
Vice President, Corporate Safety, Security and Compliance
Joe Allman
VP Finance - Controller
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