Strategic Education, Inc

Senior Principal Security Architect

Strategic Education, Inc

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $149,600 - $224,400 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Architect Secure Cloud & AI Platforms by designing end-to-end security architecture for AI/ML systems, multi-cloud infrastructure, and modern application ecosystems.
  • Build secure design patterns for APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and serverless workloads.
  • Define cloud and application security standards for engineering and platform teams.
  • Lead architecture reviews and guide critical initiatives across cloud and AI environments.
  • Implement advanced controls for ML pipelines and generative AI platforms.
  • Partner with data science teams to ensure secure training, deployment, and governance of AI models.
  • Architect secure solutions across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Define identity, segmentation, encryption, workload protection, and observability patterns.
  • Integrate security into CI/CD pipelines and the full SDLC.
  • Align architecture with frameworks like NIST RMF, SOC, SOX, and zero-trust principles.
  • Influence decisions across executive and technical stakeholders.
  • Mentor and develop security engineers and architects.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of professional experience in information security spanning multiple domains, including cloud, application, and platform security.
  • Proven experience designing and implementing large-scale enterprise security architectures across modern engineering and cloud environments.
  • Deep technical expertise in cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP), DevSecOps, secure SDLC, and modern application architectures (APIs, microservices, containers, Kubernetes, serverless).
  • Hands-on experience or strong foundational understanding of AI/ML security, including risks such as data leakage, model manipulation, and supply chain vulnerabilities.
  • Strong ability to influence and collaborate with senior leaders, engineering teams, cloud operations, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Demonstrated capability to translate complex technical risks into clear business impact for executive audiences.
  • Exceptional architectural thinking, communication, and strategic problem-solving skills.
  • Experience mentoring and developing security engineers, helping foster a high-performance, security-first engineering culture.
Benefits
  • Medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans
  • Well-being incentives
  • Parental leave
  • Paid time off
  • Certain paid holidays
  • Tax saving accounts (FSA, HSA)
  • 401(k) retirement benefit
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Tuition assistance
  • Entertainment and retail discounts
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Hard Skills & Tools
cloud securityapplication securityplatform securityDevSecOpssecure SDLCAPIsmicroservicescontainersKubernetesserverless
Soft Skills
influencecollaborationcommunicationstrategic problem-solvingmentoringleadership