What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Security Architect position at Best Buy?
As a Senior Security Architect with Best Buy, you will work closely with our Digital, Analytics & Technology teams to deliver security requirements in the design phase, as well as to bridge the gap between IT / Engineering and the greater Enterprise Risk & Compliance practice. The Senior Security Architect will be the primary point of contact for many engineering domains, in addition to having subject matter expertise in one or more security capability focus areas (Network, Cloud, Application Security, IAM, etc.).
The Senior Security Architect will be responsible for maintaining key relationships, understanding business and technical objectives, and maintaining detailed solution-level understanding for the ongoing activities / initiatives in their portfolio. Additionally, the Senior Security Architect will work with the security architecture team to draft new security control documentation, new approved security patterns and maintain the associated document repositories.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work some days on-site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online, and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.
The Senior Security Architect will be responsible for maintaining key relationships, understanding business and technical objectives, and maintaining detailed solution-level understanding for the ongoing activities / initiatives in their portfolio. Additionally, the Senior Security Architect will work with the security architecture team to draft new security control documentation, new approved security patterns and maintain the associated document repositories.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work some days on-site at the Best Buy location listed on this posting and some days virtually from home or other non-Best Buy location. The specific work arrangements vary by role and team. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
- Work in close partnership with a diverse portfolio of Engineering / IT.
- You will threat-model proposed and existing solutions, develop a detailed list of security requirements to mitigate risk, and ensure that the solutions being built mitigate the identified risks.
- Help drive transformation in the security architecture / security consulting practice.
- Act as an Enterprise Risk and Compliance ambassador to development and engineering teams.
- Draft new security documentation that will be consumed by internal technical teams.
- 8 years of experience in one or more of the following areas: Application Development, Network Engineering, Cloud Security, Architecture, Security Architecture, Security Engineering, Cloud Security Engineering, DevOps, etc.
- 4 years of experience delivering comprehensive security requirements.
- 2 years of hands on, deep Kubernetes experience across at least one major managed service (e.g., EKS, GKE, AKS, ARO) in a cloud agnostic architecture, including cluster security, networking, and workload governance.
- Understanding of AI agent frameworks and patterns, including their security, governance, and observability requirements.
- Technical experience in engineering and maintaining security controls.
- Direct experience with threat modeling methodologies.
- Experience with cloud and hybrid cloud architecture and security control.
- Demonstrable passion for security.
- Industry relevant certifications or training.
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially at key moments in your life.
- Our benefits include
- Competitive pay
- Generous employee discount
- Financial savings and retirement resources
- Support for your physical and mental well-being
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online, and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.