Cyber Security Architect

Our client, an organization focused on Engineering & Automation transformation, is seeking a Security Architect to join their team. As a Security Architect, you will be part of the Engineering & Automation transformation program supporting Endpoint - AI compliance automation. The ideal candidate will have strong cybersecurity architecture expertise, hands-on configuration management and automation skills, and a proven ability to drive governance and audit-ready compliance outcomes which will align successfully in the organization.

Job Title:Security Architect

Location:Charlotte, NC

Pay Range: $60 - $65/hr.

What's the Job?

• Provide hands-on leadership across configuration architecture, CIS Benchmarks alignment, policy-as-code, and compliance automation to support enterprise security control consistency.
• Design, implement, and sustain secure configuration management practices that reduce configuration drift and security gaps across the environment.
• Drive the end-to-end compliance lifecycle: analysis through decision, implementation, evidence collection, exception handling, remediation, and sustainable operational adoption.
• Consolidate and rationalize tools by standardizing automated configuration management approaches while maintaining consistent risk controls.
• Collaborate across AD, EMEA, APAC, and HO with security architecture, engineering, operations, finance, procurement, risk, compliance, legal, privacy, business technology teams, vendors, and regional security leaders.

What's Needed?

• Strong expertise in cybersecurity architecture and security engineering, with a focus on secure configuration management.
• Deep knowledge of CIS Benchmarks and the ability to translate benchmark requirements into enforceable, automated controls.
• Proven experience with risk and compliance, governance, audit support, and technology standards to design and sustain consistent security controls.
• Hands-on automation experience, including policy-as-code and compliance validation workflows.
• Ability to support evidence generation, manage exceptions, and drive remediation toward improved audit readiness.

What's in it for me?

• Opportunity to directly advance Endpoint - AI compliance automation by standardizing and automating configuration management practices.
• Impactful work that improves audit readiness and supports growing Internal Audit (IAD) demands through stronger evidence and control validation.
• Clear accountability for moving work from analysis to implementation and sustainable operational adoption.
• Cross-functional influence across security, engineering, operations, compliance, legal, privacy, and regional security leadership.
• Motivating mission to reduce configuration drift and strengthen enterprise security posture through consistent, automated controls.

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!

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

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