Product Architect Secure Platforms

Sierra Nevada Corporation • Lone Tree, CO

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Product Architect – Secure Platforms provides architectural leadership to ensure security is embedded in platform and product delivery across the enterprise. This role bridges cybersecurity strategy and product engineering, enabling teams to deliver secure solutions aligned with enterprise architecture standards. The Product Architect works closely with engineering teams, platform owners, and cybersecurity leaders to integrate security controls, architecture patterns, and DevSecOps practices into product platforms and the Solution Delivery Lifecycle (SDL). This position reports within the cybersecurity organization while maintaining a strong matrix partnership with the Enterprise Architecture team. As SNC's corporate team, we provide the company and its business areas with strategic direction and business support spanning executive management, finance and accounting, operations, human resources, legal, IT, information security, facilities, marketing, and communications.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, or related field. 10+ Years of Experience in security architecture, enterprise architecture, or platform engineering or a related field. Relevant experience can be considered as a substitute for the required educational qualifications. In the absence of a degree, a minimum of 16 years of related experience is required. Higher level relevant degree may substitute for experience.
• Experience designing secure architectures across cloud, infrastructure, and enterprise platforms.
• Strong knowledge of cybersecurity principles including identity, network security, encryption, and data protection.
• Experience supporting DevSecOps and secure software development practices.
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and executive-level presentation skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in regulated industries such as aerospace, defense, or government.
• Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST, Zero Trust Architecture, and secure cloud architectures.
• Experience integrating security controls into engineering platforms and pipelines.
• Strong collaboration experience working across cybersecurity and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Secure Platform Architecture Define secure reference architectures for cloud platforms, enterprise applications, and data platforms. Ensure security controls are integrated into platform architecture patterns and engineering standards. Collaborate with cloud, data, and application architects to embed security in product design.
• DevSecOps Enablement Enable security integration within DevOps pipelines and engineering workflows. Define architecture patterns supporting secure CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation. Partner with engineering teams to implement secure-by-design development practices.
• Security Architecture Integration Translate cybersecurity policies and controls into practical architecture patterns. Ensure security requirements are embedded within the Solution Delivery Lifecycle (SDL). Provide architectural guidance on identity, network segmentation, and data protection strategies.
• Architecture Collaboration Partner with Product Architects across cloud, data/AI, and enterprise applications to ensure consistent security architecture. Participate in architecture governance forums and technical design reviews. Support engineering teams in resolving complex security architecture challenges.
• Continuous Improvement Identify opportunities to improve security architecture across enterprise platforms. Contribute to architecture roadmaps supporting platform resilience and regulatory compliance. Support enterprise initiatives related to cyber resilience and secure platform modernization.

Benefits

• SNC offers a generous benefit package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, 401(k) with 150% match up to 6%, life insurance, 3 weeks paid time off, tuition reimbursement, and more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees