Application Security Architect

Job Title:
Application Security Architect

Location:
Charlotte,NC/ Iselin,NJ/ Dallas,TX

Duration:
12 Months Contract (with Possibility of conversion)

Work Type:
Hybrid

Job Summary:
The company is seeking an experienced Application Security Architect to support secure software development across enterprise applications, services, and platforms. This role focuses on architecture risk reviews, threat modeling, and secure design practices. The ideal candidate will partner closely with engineering and cybersecurity teams to identify, assess, and mitigate application security risks in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with application, service, and platform teams to understand detailed system architectures
• Develop and maintain threat models using established threat modeling tools and methodologies
• Identify, analyze, and prioritize security threats and recommend appropriate mitigating controls
• Review design documents, configurations, and source code to validate threat mitigations
• Propose and document security solutions aligned with secure design principles
• Present threat modeling results and risk findings to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Partner with cybersecurity architecture teams to design new controls when gaps are identified

Required Qualifications:
• Four or more years of systems architecture experience in enterprise environments
• Three or more years of cybersecurity experience supporting application or platform security
• One or more years of hands-on experience with cloud platforms 
• One or more years of experience programming in Python
• Proven experience leading architecture risk reviews and building comprehensive threat models
• Proficiency with at least one threat modeling methodology such as STRIDE, PASTA, OCTAVE, LINDDUN, or VAST
• Experience using threat modeling tools such as Threat Modeler, Threat Dragon, or similar platforms
• Strong knowledge of OWASP Top Ten, CAPEC, MITRE ATT&CK, and secure design principles
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent threat models while meeting tight delivery timelines
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications:
• Security or cloud certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, or cloud platform certifications
• Experience performing threat modeling for generative artificial intelligence solutions
• Exposure to Threat Modeling as Code practices

Benefits:
The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long-term disability insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time, hours of paid vacation time, weeks of paid parental leave, and paid holidays annually - as applicable.

Pay Range:
Pay Range: $60 - $65