<p>email: valerie.montoya@rht(.com) <strong><em><u>***Local Southern California candidates only. Applicants must reside within the Southern California area and be able to work onsite as required. Relocation assistance is not available.***</u></em></strong></p><p><br></p><p>Robert Half is seeking a <strong>Cybersecurity Analyst </strong>to support and enhance our organization's security posture across cloud applications, web-based platforms, and enterprise infrastructure. This individual will be responsible for monitoring security threats, investigating alerts, auditing security controls, and implementing configuration improvements to reduce risk and strengthen compliance.</p><p><br></p><p>The ideal candidate has experience working in cloud environments, security monitoring platforms, firewalls, identity and access management, and compliance frameworks involving the protection of sensitive and regulated data.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Monitor, investigate, and respond to security alerts, threats, and suspicious activity across cloud and on-premises environments.</li><li>Perform security auditing, access reviews, and configuration assessments to ensure adherence to security standards and best practices.</li><li>Support security monitoring and observability platforms such as Datadog, SIEM, EDR, and log management tools.</li><li>Review and harden security configurations across web applications, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise systems.</li><li>Manage and improve security controls related to authentication, authorization, and privileged access.</li><li>Assist with firewall administration, security policy reviews, and access control management.</li><li>Partner with infrastructure, application, and development teams to identify and remediate vulnerabilities.</li><li>Investigate and respond to security incidents, documenting findings and recommendations.</li><li>Ensure compliance with applicable security and privacy requirements related to PII and regulated data.</li><li>Support internal and external audits and participate in risk assessments and security reviews.</li><li>Develop and maintain security documentation, standards, policies, and procedures.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<p><strong>Security Architect</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Company Overview</strong></p><p>A global consumer products and retail organization is seeking a Security Architect to help drive enterprise-wide security strategy and innovation. Based in Los Angeles, California, the company operates a complex technology ecosystem spanning cloud platforms, enterprise applications, infrastructure, and global business operations. This is an opportunity to join a forward-thinking organization where security is viewed as a business enabler and innovation, including emerging AI technologies, is actively embraced.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Role Summary</strong></p><p>The Security Architect serves as a strategic and hands-on security leader responsible for embedding security-by-design principles across technology initiatives. This role partners closely with infrastructure, engineering, application, cloud, and business teams to establish security architecture standards, provide design oversight, and guide the adoption of emerging technologies. The ideal candidate is proactive, technically broad, comfortable wearing multiple hats, and excited about helping shape the organization's security strategy for cloud, AI, automation, and modern enterprise technologies.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Define, implement, and evolve the organization's security architecture operating model and governance framework.</li><li>Develop practical security roadmaps aligned to business priorities, technology strategy, and emerging threats.</li><li>Lead security architecture efforts for cloud, infrastructure, applications, data protection, and identity management initiatives.</li><li>Establish enterprise security standards, architectural principles, and reusable design patterns.</li><li>Evaluate technologies, platforms, and solution designs to ensure alignment with security requirements and risk objectives.</li><li>Partner with engineering and technology teams to incorporate security early in the design and development lifecycle.</li><li>Provide subject matter expertise for emerging technologies, including AI, machine learning, automation, and intelligent systems.</li><li>Support security tooling strategy, architecture reviews, platform integrations, and operational improvements.</li><li>Develop reference architectures and guidance that enable secure and scalable technology adoption.</li><li>Collaborate with stakeholders to assess risk, recommend mitigation strategies, and improve security posture.</li><li>Ensure security architecture aligns with relevant compliance, privacy, and governance requirements.</li><li>Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance security maturity across the organization.</li></ul><p><strong>Additional Details</strong></p><ul><li>Work model: Three onsite days per week required</li><li>High-visibility role with direct influence on enterprise security strategy and technology decisions</li><li>Opportunity to help shape security standards for emerging AI and automation initiatives</li><li>Fast-paced environment that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement</li></ul>
<p><strong>Security Architect</strong></p><p><strong>L</strong>ocation: Southern California</p><p>Compensation: $190,000–$220,000 base salary</p><p>Employment Type: Full-Time</p><p>Build Security Into the Future of Technology</p><p>We’re looking for a Security Architect to serve as a senior technical authority across enterprise information security. This is an opportunity to shape how security is designed, implemented, and governed across a complex, global technology environment.</p><p>You’ll partner closely with infrastructure, cloud, application, data, and business teams to bring a security-by-design mindset to technology decisions — while also helping define the organization’s long-term security architecture strategy.</p><p>This role is ideal for someone who enjoys both big-picture architecture and hands-on technical problem solving, and who is excited about emerging technologies such as AI, machine learning, and agentic systems.</p><p>What You’ll Do</p><ul><li>Define and continuously improve the organization’s Security Architecture operating model, including engagement processes, services, and integration with technology delivery teams</li><li>Develop forward-looking security roadmaps aligned with business priorities, technology strategy, risk, and the evolving threat landscape</li><li>Establish and govern enterprise security standards, architectural principles, reference architectures, and reusable security patterns</li><li>Evaluate emerging technologies — including AI/ML and agentic systems — and develop appropriate security controls, governance, and risk-management approaches</li><li>Partner with technology teams during architecture reviews, solution design, technology selection, and major initiatives to embed security early in the lifecycle</li><li>Provide security architecture expertise across cloud, infrastructure, networking, applications, data, and identity</li><li>Assess proposed architectures and solutions against enterprise security standards, risk tolerance, and architectural requirements</li><li>Provide technical leadership around security tooling, integration, coverage, and enterprise capabilities</li><li>Help identify opportunities to leverage AI and automation to scale security architecture activities, including design analysis, documentation, and architecture reviews</li><li>Maintain awareness of regulatory and compliance requirements such as PCI, SOX, GDPR, and CCPA</li><li>Serve as a trusted Security Architecture SME for senior technology and business stakeholders</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Why This Opportunity?</p><p>This is more than a traditional security architecture role. You’ll have the opportunity to define architecture standards, influence enterprise technology strategy, modernize security practices, and help shape the organization’s approach to emerging technologies.</p><p><br></p><p>If you’re a Security Architect who wants to operate at both the strategic and technical levels, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful enterprise-wide impact.</p><p><br></p><p>For immediate consideration, Apply Now and direct message Reid Gormly on LinkedIn</p>