Security Architect

About the role

Long View. A career that helps you get more out of life.

A Long View career helps you get more out of life. We don’t just say it, we prove it. Every day. We’re proud of our reputation as one of North America’s most dynamic IT providers — and we’re even prouder of our culture that allows our people to live life to its fullest. At Long View, we create an environment of collaboration and support, of innovation and enthusiasm, of inclusion and belonging. As a member of the Long View team, you’ll see how our company’s core pillars — Integrity, Competence, Value, and Fun — resonate through the workplace. And in a recent survey, 89% of Long View team members rated Long View as a good or great place to work!

Are you a Security professional who excels at designing enterprise-grade security solutions and advising clients on complex cybersecurity challenges?

As a Security Architect for our Houston or Dallas office, you'll partner with Client Success Managers to deliver secure, scalable, and business-aligned solutions. You'll lead the architecture and modernization of enterprise security environments, provide technical leadership on critical initiatives, and serve as a trusted advisor to clients. This role is ideal for a consultative security leader who thrives on solving complex challenges, mentoring others, and driving strategic security outcomes.

A Day in the Life: - Lead large, complex security engagements from discovery through architecture, deployment, validation, and operational handover, ensuring clear alignment and measurable business outcomes

- Act as the security architecture authority for enterprise clients, providing technical leadership, solution design, and implementation oversight across cloud and hybrid environments

- Architect, deploy, and deliver Microsoft Security solutions spanning identity, endpoint, email, cloud workload, data protection, and compliance technologies

- Work closely with clients, stakeholders, Account Managers, and technical specialists to design and implement enterprise-wide security programs and target-state security architectures aligned with business and regulatory requirements

- Design and implement data protection and compliance architectures, including information protection, data loss prevention, secure data handling, and framework alignment

- Support security solution sales activities by qualifying opportunities, shaping proposals, leading technical presentations, responding to RFPs, and providing strategic security guidance

- Lead security initiatives related to vulnerability management, remediation, risk reduction, and operational security improvement

- Architect and deliver security solutions across Microsoft Azure, with working knowledge of AWS and GCP environments

- Leverage scripting, automation, and infrastructure-as-code principles to improve deployment consistency, scalability, and operational efficiency

- Develop and maintain architecture standards, templates, reference architectures, and delivery artifacts