Senior Cybersecurity Architect

Senior Cybersecurity Architect -25011856

Description

 

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. As part of Team Amex, you'll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career.

Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range of opportunities to work with the latest technologies, and a commitment to back the broader engineering community through open source, our mission is to power your success. Because Amex Tech is powered by our technology, our culture, and our colleagues.

American Express is on an exciting third-party transformation led by a high-energy, delivery-focused team delivering third party security diligence oversight, contracting assistance, and monitoring capabilities. As part of Amex Technology Risk and Information Security (TRIS), Third Party Security is responsible for driving cyber risk reduction at Amex third parties to minimize exposure or disruption across the Amex enterprise and external partners. The Third-Party Security Architecture and Engineering team is responsible for designing and engineering security capabilities that enhance visibility and control over third-party footprint within the organization. We collaborate closely with other Staff Architects, Cyber Analytics, Infrastructure Security, and other TRIS teams to develop and implement solutions that streamline operational processes. 

In this position the Information Security Specialist will mentor, support, and assist the analysts with their tasks, roles, and responsibilities within the team. Additionally, they will be focused on the tools, solutions, and services that the team leverages as part of the program, to review, recommend and optimize current capabilities while continuing to drive further automation, team effectiveness and support enablement of new feature functionality, working in partnership across various other TRIS teams. 

Responsibilities Include:  

• Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to enhance the firms third party footprint 
• Driving risk reduction to minimize exposure to the enterprise through increased visibility
• Identify opportunities and build automation to optimize transparency and risk decision making
• Produce a centralized view that showcases how third parties interact with American Express infrastructure by identifying, documenting, and analyzing their footprint and data flows  
• Serve as the IS expert to assist key stakeholders, business unit leaders, and others in understanding the IS processes and requirements for third parties.
• Identify exciting opportunities for adopting new technologies to solve existing needs and predicting future challenges.
• Provide thought-leadership for all TRIS domains delivering an integrated view for the enterprise and partnering to deliver third-party security elements across the TLM lifecycle.
• Assist in the strategic development and maturation of a robust third-party cyber risk operating model that enables the enterprise to develop and implement security solutions and capabilities that are clearly aligned with business, technology, and threat drivers. 

Required Skills/Experience 

• Knowledge of network architecture, proxy infrastructure, and programs to support network access and enablement, Identity Access and Management (IAM), Public Cloud (GCP, Azure, AWS etc.), Machine Learning and Generative AI. 
• Understanding of how Third Parties connect to the American Express Network and beyond.  
• Experience in designing and building automation tools in Python or any other programming language.
• Ability and willingness to learn and work with new technologies such as Qlik, Slack APIs, etc. 
• Experience as a technical contributor by participating in architecture design, troubleshooting complex technical issues, and solving problems in a programmatic way to enhance automation capabilities. 
• Experience in audit, compliance, risk management, and contracting  
• Strong communications skills, in both written and verbal form. Highly articulate both verbally and in written form, able to interact at both strategic and tactical levels.
• Strong understanding of IS risk and differences between Technology, IS, and other types of operational risk.
• Foster collaborative relationships across the enterprise to drive consensus during challenging initiatives.
• Working knowledge of Amex’s Third-Party Environment which can include Third-Party Lifecycle Management, Process Unity, and TPSO (Third Party Security Overwatch) program and reporting.
• Knowledge & understanding of third-party related data sources and attributes.
• Knowledge & understanding of cyber security threats, risks, vulnerabilities, governance, and compliance 
• Proven problem solver with ability to provide in-depth analysis of complex problems, manage risk and make quick decisions.
• Must possess the ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively.
• 4 years of experience in Information Security or related field operational roles with increase of responsibilities and scope at American Express. 

Educational Requirement: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• Information Security Certifications including but not limited to; CISSP; CISM; MCTS; MCP; CCNA.

Minimum Qualifications

 

Salary Range: $110,000.00 to $190,000.00 annually + bonus + benefits

The above represents the expected salary range for this job requisition. Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries 
• Bonus incentives 
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan 
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support 
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits 
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need 
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy 
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location) 
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program 
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site.

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law. American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including, but not limited to, the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture. Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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Job

 Technology

Primary Location

 US-Arizona-Phoenix

Organization

 A6159 - 3rd Party Security

Schedule

 Full-timeJob Band 35Work Location Options Hybrid

Job Posting

 Jul 8, 2025, 2:20:00 AM - Jul 15, 2025, 3:59:00 AM

Recruiter

 Simple Jagdhari

Hiring Manager

 Scott Michael Moore