Senior Cybersecurity Architect II-GCP Services

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. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.  

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

It’s more than protecting systems and data. It’s protecting people. Our Application Security Architects know that security is a top priority for our business and our partners and customers. Today, as cyber-attacks increase and compliance is more rigorously enforced, we look to them to stay ahead of what’s next and to protect our business and our future.  So, if you are dedicated to the latest technology and motivating others, secure your career here. You won’t just see the problem coming, you’ll see the solution. New threats to our business, our partners and customers appear on the horizon every day, so no two days are the same. But there are some things you can count on doing:

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement application security architecture for GCP-hosted services and applications.
• Ensures secure-by-design initiatives across SDLC, including threat modeling, risk assessments, and architectural reviews.
• Responsible for the production and review of Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
• Collaborates with software engineers, DevOps, various security teams and cloud architects to ensure alignment with security best practices.
• Define and promote secure coding standards and security-focused CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide application security guidance for integrated security tools (e.g., MAST, SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning, secret detection) tailored for cloud environments.
• Develop and provide consultation on security design patterns and reusable reference architectures (platform level) for GCP microservices, APIs, containers, and serverless workloads.
• Monitor emerging GCP security features and provide recommendations for adoption.
• Support incident response and forensics related to application-layer attacks.
• Guide remediation strategies for vulnerabilities and design flaws.
• Serve as the SME for application security in security governance, audits, and compliance efforts.
• Provide architectural governance, reviewing projects to ensure alignment to technical strategy, company platform roadmaps, and enterprise standards
• Drive both high level and detailed design ensuring to partner with others where applicable
• Find opportunities to embrace innovative technologies, perform rapid POCs to experiment and build rails for the engineering / product teams
• Coach and mentor engineering colleagues on solution architecture; providing advice, mentorship and assistance as required
• Actively participate in team and enterprise-wide architecture and engineering discussions
• Introduce enterprise architectural paradigms and solutions into the portfolio
• Communicate to senior leaders regarding strategy direction and changes

Qualifications

• 7+ years in application security, software engineering, or security architecture roles.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with GCP services, including IAM, Cloud Run, GKE, Cloud Functions, VPCs, and Cloud Armor.
• Deep understanding of GCP: Compute, Storage, Networking, Data, and Security.
• Deep understanding of secure development lifecycle (SSDLC) and cloud-native application patterns (e.g., microservices, containers, CI/CD).
• Experience implementing security controls in CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Actions, etc.
• Expertise in at least one or more programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, Go, Node.js).
• Familiarity with OWASP Top 10, SANS CWE Top 25, and threat modeling methodologies (e.g., STRIDE).
• Proven ability to communicate risk to technical and executive stakeholders.
• At least one security related certification like: GDSA, GCAD, GWAT, GWEB, GPEN, GCPN GXPN
• Any of the following certifications are a plus, SABSA, TOGAF, GCP PCA.

Salary Range: $123,000.00 to $215,250.00 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.

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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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