Director, Cybersecurity – Cloud Security Architecture

AT&T

Director of Cloud Security Architecture responsible for cloud security strategy at AT&T. Leading a team of security architects to ensure secure deployment and operation of workloads in hybrid cloud settings.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeDallas • North Carolina, Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $188,100 - $282,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSCloudCyber SecurityTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and develop a team of approximately 15 cloud security architects and engineers, including hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.
Define and execute the enterprise cloud security architecture roadmap for hybrid cloud environments.
Serve as the primary security architecture leader for AWS Outposts, including secure deployment patterns, controls, governance, and operational security requirements.
Establish security reference architectures, design patterns, and guardrails for workloads deployed across AWS Outposts, AWS native services, and interconnected on-premises environments.
Partner with cloud platform, infrastructure, networking, and application development teams to embed security into architecture and engineering practices.
Oversee the design and implementation of security controls including: Identity and access management, Network segmentation and zero trust principles, Encryption and key management, Logging, monitoring, and detection, Vulnerability and configuration management, Data protection and workload isolation.
Ensure cloud and hybrid architectures align with regulatory, audit, and internal security requirements.
Review and approve cloud and hybrid solution designs, providing risk-based guidance and architectural direction.
Drive adoption of security automation, policy-as-code, and infrastructure-as-code security practices.
Collaborate with incident response, cyber defense, and operations teams to improve visibility, response readiness, and resilience in hybrid cloud environments.
Develop metrics and reporting to measure architecture maturity, risk reduction, and control adoption.
Act as a senior advisor to technology and business leaders on cloud security risks, strategy, and investment priorities.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, infrastructure security, or cloud security.
5+ years in a security architecture leadership role with direct people management responsibility.
Experience leading teams of architects and engineers in enterprise-scale environments.
Deep expertise in AWS security architecture, including IAM, VPC design, KMS, CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and related services.
Strong experience with AWS Outposts and securing hybrid cloud deployments spanning on-premises and AWS environments.
Experience designing security controls for compute, storage, networking, containers, and virtualization platforms in hybrid settings.
Strong understanding of security architecture frameworks, risk management, and control design.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, or similar.
Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional architectural decisions.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone

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Hard Skills & Tools

cloud security architectureAWS security architectureidentity and access managementnetwork segmentationzero trust principlesencryptionkey managementvulnerability managementconfiguration managementdata protection

Soft Skills

leadershipcoachingperformance managementcollaborationinfluencing stakeholdersrisk-based guidancecommunicationstrategic advisingteam managementcross-functional decision making