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Security Architecture Manager
American Electric Power. Lead, develop, and manage the Cybersecurity Architecture team, including staffing, work prioritization, performance management, employee development, and delivery accountability .
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in cybersecurity architecture, including the development of technology strategies and roadmaps, while effectively managing teams and influencing technology decisions across the organization. Possesses strong communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to diverse audiences.
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Cybersecurity Architecture StrategyTeam Leadership and ManagementTechnology Portfolio AssessmentPublic Speaking SkillsClient Relationship Management
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Hard Skills
Cybersecurity ArchitectureTechnology Roadmap DevelopmentSecurity Reference ArchitecturesRisk AssessmentTechnical LeadershipArchitecture Demand ManagementCapability ImprovementHybrid Enterprise Technology EnvironmentsPerformance ManagementTechnical Decision Making
Soft Skills
Influencing Technology DecisionsCommunication SkillsCustomer Service SkillsRelationship BuildingProblem Solving
Certifications & Qualifications
Applicable Technical Certifications
Industry Keywords
CybersecuritySecurity ArchitectureTechnology ModernizationEnterprise TechnologyPerformance Measurement
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesCyber Security
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead, develop, and manage the Cybersecurity Architecture team, including staffing, work prioritization, performance management, employee development, and delivery accountability
- Develop and execute cybersecurity architecture strategy and establish 3–5 year technology roadmaps
- Rationalize the cybersecurity technology portfolio by identifying capability gaps, overlapping technologies, technical debt, and modernization, consolidation, or retirement opportunities
- Establish and mature security reference architectures, patterns, standards, and technical guardrails
- Provide technical leadership across cybersecurity architecture and help resolve complex design decisions and risks
- Lead security architecture and design reviews and ensure implementation alignment with approved architecture
- Manage architecture demand, priorities, resource assignments, technical decisions, and escalations
- Partner with technology and business teams to develop secure solutions balancing cybersecurity risk, business needs, cost, complexity, and delivery objectives
- Build relationships across Cybersecurity and Technology and influence enterprise technology decisions
- Mature the Architecture organization’s capabilities, practices, measures, talent, and ways of working
- Communicate cybersecurity architecture strategy, risks, technology direction, and recommendations to technical teams and senior leadership
- Access key measurement data and suggest ways to use information for enhanced performance
- Keep abreast of professional and industry trends
- Identify gaps between client expectations and actual service levels
- Provide solutions to enhance client business or mission
- Tailor communication approaches to client needs
- Achieve results with customer and company requirements in mind
Requirements
What you’ll need- Bachelor's degree, or Associate degree combined with a minimum of 2 years of applicable business/technical experience, or HS diploma/GED combined with a minimum of 4 years of applicable business/technical experience
- 10 or more years of Security (Physical and/or Cyber), business administration, computer science, or other technical experience
- 4 or more years of direct supervision experience preferred
- Significant progressive experience in cybersecurity, technology, and security architecture
- Direct people-management experience leading cybersecurity, architecture, engineering, or other technical professionals
- Demonstrated experience developing cybersecurity technology strategies and roadmaps
- Experience assessing technology portfolios and identifying opportunities for modernization, consolidation, capability improvement, or retirement
- Broad knowledge of enterprise cybersecurity architecture, with deeper expertise in one or more security domains
- Experience working in complex hybrid enterprise technology environments
- Demonstrated ability to influence technology decisions, challenge designs constructively, and work effectively across organizational boundaries
- Applicable technical certifications preferred
- Occasional overtime availability
- Ability to travel to alternate work sites, if applicable
- Credible and confident public speaking skills
- Ability to clearly express technical and non-technical ideas
- Customer service and client relationship skills
Benefits
Comp & perks- Some amount of travel to alternate work sites to visit remote employees, if applicable
- Overtime required on occasion
- Sedentary work physical demand level
- Equal Employment Opportunity protections
- Company-sponsored training programs
- Educational assistance
- Social and recreational programs