Security Architect, Hybrid

Job overview

The Security Architect role is listed in Round Rock, TX, and the posting describes a hybrid work arrangement. Compensation is $80 per hour. The architect supports retail business and technology teams, partnering with Retail Technology, Product Architecture, Engineering, and Global Cybersecurity Services. The role embeds security requirements into design decisions, delivery plans, and operational patterns while helping teams manage risk and regulatory obligations. It enables retail platform modernization by providing practical security guidance, documenting decisions, and helping delivery teams address findings without unnecessary friction.

What you'll do

• Review retail solution and platform architectures, including application and API design, identity and access, network segmentation, and data protection
• identify risks and recommend mitigations
• define security patterns for hybrid environments
• provide security input through discovery, design, build, and rollout
• participate in architecture reviews and threat modeling
• align designs with security principles and obligations
• document architecture decisions and risk acceptance
• communicate risks and tradeoffs to stakeholders.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

security architect

hybrid

round rock tx

harvard partners trusted it advisors

retail technology

cybersecurity

security architecture

threat modeling

cloud-enabled platforms

ciso alignment

$80/hour

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Works closely with Retail Technology and project delivery leadership and reports directly to the CISO; 8+ years of security architecture or senior security engineering experience required.

About the employer

Harvard Partners Trusted IT Advisors is hiring for this role. Industry: Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services. Sector: 54.