Recruiterthon LLC · 9 hours ago
Senior Security Architect Position
McKinney, TX
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
12+ years expRecruiterthon LLC is seeking a Senior Security Architect to lead security remediation across a complex Azure ecosystem. The role involves engaging with senior client leaders and guiding engineering teams to enhance the client's security maturity.
Information Technology & Services
Hiring Manager
Jaimin (James) Patel
Responsibilities
Lead vulnerability remediation across a wide set of Azure and hybrid platforms including
Azure VMs (Windows/Linux)
AKS clusters, node pools, and container registries
App Services, Function Apps, Logic Apps
Storage Accounts, Databases, Key Vaults, Networking
Container images (ACR) and CI/CD pipelines
Review and guide fixes code-related vulnerabilities (SAST/DAST results, secrets, insecure dependencies)
Build detailed hardening guides covering OS, Azure services, Kubernetes, networks, and identity layers
Work closely with infra, DevOps, SRE, and app teams to implement hardening recommendations in a structured, repeatable way
Drive large-scale backlog remediation—prioritize issues, define workflows, and ensure real progress week over week
Provide industry-standard best practices to uplift the client’s overall security maturity, including cloud posture management, workload isolation, network security, identity hygiene, and governance
Host daily client calls to walk through status, blockers, upcoming remediation tasks, and architectural considerations
Document architecture gaps, remediation approaches, compliance alignment, and long-term improvement plans
Act as senior advisor and escalation point for all security remediation streams
Coach and mentor teams executing remediation to ensure consistency and quality
Qualification
Required
12–15+ years of combined experience in security architecture, cloud security, infrastructure security, or application security
Deep hands-on experience with Azure security across: Compute (VMs, VMSS), Containers (AKS, ACR), PaaS services (App Services, Function Apps, API Management), Identity & Access (Azure AD/Entra ID, Managed Identities, RBAC), Networking security (NSGs, ASGs, WAF, Private Endpoints, Firewall), Data security (Key Vault, Storage, SQL, CosmosDB), Defender for Cloud and Azure Policy
Strong exposure to Windows and Linux hardening
Ability to drive remediation across infrastructure, application layers, and cloud-native services
Strong architectural understanding of how vulnerabilities originate, how they propagate across cloud resources, and how to design long-term fixes
Experience resolving complex remediation backlogs in enterprise-scale environments
Excellent communication skills and confidence to lead daily discussions with senior client stakeholders
Strong documentation skills—ability to create clear hardening guides, runbooks, architectural diagrams, and remediation plans
Preferred
Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, AZ-500, AZ-305, CKA/CKS
Experience with IaC hardening (Terraform/Bicep) and DevSecOps practices
Background in threat modeling, architecture risk reviews, or cloud governance
Company
Recruiterthon LLC
An Organisation is only as good as its people.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageCompany data provided by crunchbase