Security Architect

Job Title:Security Architect
Location:Remote 
Pay Range: 55-60

What's the Job?

• Design and guide application security architecture to support secure identity, access, and API-driven workflows across enterprise environments.
• Partner with engineering teams to implement and operationalize security controls, ensuring evidence is captured and adoption is sustainable.
• Strengthen API gateway and traffic control capabilities through secure configuration, request validation, and rate limiting to reduce abuse and exposure.
• Mitigate threats by applying knowledge of OWASP Top 10 API vulnerabilities, injection attack patterns, and credential stuffing defenses.
• Improve runtime protection by tuning Web Application Firewalls (WAF) and behavioral anomaly detection tools in collaboration with technical teams.

What's Needed?

• Hands-on Identity and Access Management (IAM) experience with OAuth2/OIDC, JSON Web Tokens (JWT), scopes, claims, and preventing overly broad token authorizations.
• Ability to configure secure API gateways, including rate limiting and request validation, with a focus on protecting API endpoints.
• Knowledge of threat mitigation for OWASP Top 10 API vulnerabilities, injection attacks, and credential stuffing.
• Experience partnering with engineering teams to tune WAF and behavioral anomaly detection tools for improved detection and reduced false positives.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account
• Health Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Business Travel Insurance
• 401(k), Plus Match
• Weekly Pay

If this is a role that interests you and you'd like to learn more, click apply now and a recruiter will be in touch with you to discuss this great opportunity. We look forward to speaking with you!