# Security Architect

**Company**: Benevity
**Location**: Calgary, Alberta
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Security
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Benevity is seeking a Security Architect to design and implement security architecture and controls across its products, infrastructure, and operations.

The ideal candidate has a strong technical background in security architecture, security operations, product security, infrastructure security, and engineering. You will work cross-functionally with engineering, IT, and compliance teams to define security best practices and mitigate threats.

**Responsibilities:**

- Secure Architecture Design and Implementation: Architect, design, and implement secure architectures for applications, infrastructure, and cloud environments (AWS and GCP preferred).

- Develop and maintain architectural blueprints and standards.

- Define and champion secure design principles, reusable patterns, and standards across products and infrastructure.

- Provide expert guidance on secure architecture best practices.

- Represent Security in the Architecture Decision Record (ADR) program and Architecture Review Board (ARB).

- Perform security reviews of High-Level Architecture (HLA) proposals.

**Risk Assessment and Threat Modeling:**

- Conduct risk assessments and threat modeling for products and infrastructure.

- Drive the adoption of security best practices and standards across the organization.

- Champion security initiatives and promote a security-conscious culture.

- Collaborate with product development and Product & Application Security teams to embed security into the SDLC.

**Security Policy and Standards Development:**

- Provide guidance on secure network, system, and cloud configurations.

- Implement security controls as code (e.g., Terraform) for cloud and edge protections.

- Conduct vendor security architecture reviews for technologies that affect Benevity’s security posture.

- Implement and oversee security monitoring, logging, and incident detection capabilities.

**Requirements:**

- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a related field.

- 6–8+ years of experience in security architecture, security engineering, or security operations.

- Expertise in cloud security (AWS and GCP preferred).

- Strong knowledge of identity and access management (IAM), encryption, firewalls, SIEM tuning, and EDR solutions.

- Hands-on experience with container security (Docker, Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform), and DevSecOps practices.

**Preferred Skills:**

- Experience working in highly regulated industries.

- Strong understanding of AI security risks and securing AI-enabled systems and workflows.

- Experience with security automation and SOAR technologies.

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## Skills

### Required
- cloud security
- identity and access management
- encryption
- firewalls
- SIEM tuning
- EDR solutions
- container security
- infrastructure as code
- DevSecOps practices
- security architecture
- security engineering
- security operations

### Nice to have
- experience working in highly regulated industries
- AI security risks
- securing AI-enabled systems and workflows
- security automation
- SOAR technologies

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