Security Architecture Leader

Who You'll Work With
As a Security Architecture & Engineering Domain Leader, you will partner with CISOs, CTOs, and senior technology executives to define and deliver strategies that build secure, resilient, and scalable technology environments. You'll lead engagements across secure architecture design, cloud security, DevSecOps, vulnerability management, application and business app security, and security monitoring. This role blends strategic leadership and hands-on expertise-shaping security transformation roadmaps while ensuring pragmatic, measurable results for clients. You will also play a key role in practice growth, leading pursuits, shaping solutions, and mentoring teams in delivery excellence. We are hiring at the Senior Principal level.
What You'll Do
• Partner with CISOs, CTOs, and technology leaders to design and deliver enterprise security strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Lead sales pursuits by shaping proposals, solutioning, and serving as the security SME across secure architecture, cloud, and application security.
• Assess current-state security capabilities, including architecture, tools, operating models, and maturity levels.
• Design and implement security architectures for applications, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), networks, and endpoints.
• Define and mature vulnerability management, penetration testing, and DevSecOps enablement programs.
• Advise clients on secure development practices and application security across both custom-built and SaaS platforms (e.g., Salesforce, ServiceNow).
• Support the design and deployment of security monitoring and detection capabilities.
• Facilitate workshops, executive briefings, and design sessions to align stakeholders on priorities and roadmaps.
• Mentor and guide consulting teams to deliver high-quality work, ensuring alignment with client expectations.
• Contribute to internal practice development, accelerators, and thought leadership in Security Architecture & Engineering.
What You'll Bring
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, security architecture, or technology consulting, with a focus on hands-on solution design and strategy.
• Knowledge of regulatory and industry standards such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, or HITRUST.
• Deep expertise across multiple areas: secure architecture, cloud security, vulnerability management, DevSecOps, application and SaaS security, pen testing, security monitoring, network/endpoint security.
Certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, OSCP, AWS/Azure/GCP security certifications, or SABSA/TOGAF.
• Experience embedding security in cloud-native, agile, and DevOps environments.
• Familiarity with enterprise platforms (e.g., Salesforce, ServiceNow, SAP) and securing business applications.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to connect security outcomes to business value and risk reduction.
• Prior experience mentoring and growing high-performing security consulting teams.
About Us
Slalom is a fiercely human business and technology consulting company that leads with outcomes to bring more value, in all ways, always. From strategy through delivery, our agile teams across 52 offices in 12 countries collaborate with clients to bring powerful customer experiences, innovative ways of working, and new products and services to life. We are trusted by leaders across the Global 1000, many successful enterprise and mid-market companies, and 500+ public sector organizations to improve operations, drive growth, and create value. At Slalom, we believe that together, we can move faster, dream bigger, and build better tomorrows for all.
Compensation and Benefits
Slalom prides itself on helping team members thrive in their work and life. As a result, Slalom is proud to invest in benefits that include meaningful time off and paid holidays, parental leave, 401(k) with a match, a range of choices for highly subsidized health, dental, & vision coverage, adoption and fertility assistance, and short/long-term disability. We also offer yearly $350 reimbursement account for any well-being-related expenses, as well as discounted home, auto, and pet insurance.
Slalom is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. For this position, the base salary pay range is $153,000 to $237,000. Actual compensation will depend upon an individual's skills, experience, qualifications, location, and other relevant factors. The salary pay range is subject to change and may be modified at any time.
EEO and Accommodations
Slalom is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting, developing and retaining highly qualified talent who empower our innovative teams through unique perspectives and experiences. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Slalom will also consider qualified applications with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. Slalom welcomes and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available for candidates during all aspects of the selection process. Please advise the talent acquisition team if you require accommodations during the interview process.