[Hiring] Cybersecurity Operations Architect @Vertex Inc.

Role Description

The Cybersecurity Operations Architect provides technical engagement and architectural insight for Vertex's cybersecurity operations program, including AI-augmented detection, response, operations, and threat intelligence capabilities. This role partners closely with SecOps, engineering, architecture, IT, legal, privacy, and other stakeholders to proactively strengthen operational resilience through scalable security architectures, rigorous security architecture reviews, detection engineering excellence, and continuous improvement.

• Drive key areas of cybersecurity operations architecture and strategy.
• Conduct and evaluate security architecture reviews across the operations stack.
• Influence platform and tooling decisions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor on complex operational and AI-related security risks.
• Design resilient defense, detection, and response architectures.
• Leverage AI tooling to improve workflows and supplement security engineer capabilities.
• Continuously improve how threats are detected, investigated, and remediated.
• Evolve and improve major components of the cybersecurity operations architecture.
• Translate business and threat risk into actionable, measurable operational programs with defined success metrics.
• Track identified gaps through resolution.
• Lead the architectural design and implementation of cutting-edge defense and detection engineering strategies.
• Deliver continuous improvements for incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, and other security operations capabilities.
• Improve capabilities for AI-augmented security operations.
• Define and implement AI Security Operations pipelines and workflows.
• Collaborate on threat modeling for AI-augmented operations.
• Serve as a senior advisor to security and engineering leadership on operational risk.
• Support various cybersecurity and organizational initiatives to improve the overall corporate posture.
• Identify and articulate cybersecurity operations best practices.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to cybersecurity operations engineers and analysts.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex security operations and incident response decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in the security operations domain, including designing and implementing security operations architectures across Cloud, Infrastructure, and SaaS security capabilities.
• 5+ years of experience implementing and operating security platforms across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI).
• 5+ years of experience with detection engineering, log management, and security automation capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience conducting security architecture reviews for operational platforms, integrations, and tooling.
• 2+ years of demonstrable experience with AI development and tooling and its application to security operations workflows.
• Strong self-starter with curiosity and interest in delivering on cutting-edge capabilities.
• Experience defining and implementing AI Security Operations pipelines and workflows.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Information Assurance, Computer Science, or a related field; equivalent combination of education, training, and relevant professional experience accepted in lieu of a formal degree.
• Experience with AI threat modeling for security operations.
• Track record of mentoring cybersecurity operations engineers and analysts and fostering strong cross-functional collaboration.

Benefits

• Participation in the Vertex Bonus Plan (VOB).
• Role-specific sales commission or bonus.
• Equity grants, where applicable.

Pay Transparency Statement

Annual Salary Range: $191,600.00 - $249,000.00

The expected base salary range for this role varies by location and is expressed in local currency. The posted range reflects the anticipated hiring range for successful candidates at the time of hire, based on relevant job-related skills, experience, geographic location, and business needs.

In addition to base pay, this role may be eligible for other elements of Vertex’s total compensation package.