Principal Security Architect – Enterprise Transformation

Job Description

About Us

We are a global leader in outdoor sports, golf simulation, and cycling/ power sports equipment, delivering innovative products and digital experiences to athletes and enthusiasts worldwide. Our technology ecosystem spans retail, e-commerce, connected devices, SaaS platforms, and manufacturing systems. Protecting our customers, intellectual property, and operations is essential to maintaining trust and enabling innovation.

Role Overview

We are seeking a Principal Security Architect who will own enterprise security architecture strategy and execution across a complex global landscape. This is not a maintenance role—it’s a change leadership position for someone who thrives on solving complex problems, challenging assumptions, and driving transformation.

You will work alongside senior IT and business leaders to design and implement enterprise and security architectures that enable innovation and accelerate top-line growth. This role demands autonomy, influence, and the ability to lead engineers through discovery, design, and delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Architecture Leadership

• Define and drive enterprise-wide security architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives and growth initiatives.
• Influence network and compute architecture decisions to embed security into foundational design.
• Champion a cloud-first strategy, guiding migration and modernization efforts across hybrid and on-prem environments.
• Develop reference architectures, standards, and design patterns that embed security into every layer of our technology stack.

Engineering & Technical Execution

• Lead engineers through discovery and design workshops, translating business priorities into actionable security solutions.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership in solution selection and integration (IAM, PAM, SIEM, EDR, cloud security, data security, DevSecOps pipelines).
• Oversee proof-of-concept and pilot deployments of new security technologies, ensuring scalability and performance.

Business Partnership & Influence

• Collaborate with senior IT and business leaders to align security architecture with revenue-driving initiatives.
• Influence stakeholders by clearly articulating trade-offs between security, usability, and cost.
• Act as a trusted advisor to product, engineering, and business teams during digital transformation efforts.

Governance & Risk Alignment

• Translate regulatory and compliance requirements (PCI-DSS, SOC2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA) into practical security controls.
• Participate in security design reviews, risk assessments, and threat modeling for critical projects.
• Ensure architectural alignment with enterprise risk management and business continuity objectives.

What We’re Looking For

• Relentless problem-solver who thrives in ambiguity and challenges the status quo.
• Someone that can envision an effective and efficient technical landscape and then align resources to deliver.
• Ability to influence without authority and rally teams around a bold vision.
• Comfortable making high-impact decisions and owning outcomes.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of leading enterprise security transformations and delivering measurable improvements.
• Deep expertise in cloud-native (AWS, Azure, GCP), hybrid, and on-prem environments.
• Strong understanding of identity & access management, zero-trust models, DevSecOps, and container security.
• Familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, and security design principles.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Experience

• Security leadership in global manufacturing, retail, e-commerce, or supply chain environments.
• Hands-on experience with API security, payment security (PCI-DSS), and secure mobile applications.
• Knowledge of security automation and orchestration (SOAR) and infrastructure-as-code security (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Simplification of complex legacy landscapes.

Certifications

Certifications are valued but demonstrated experience in driving change and leading architecture at scale is essential.

Why This Role Matters

This is a strategic leadership position that will shape the future of our security posture and enable innovation across the enterprise. Your work will directly impact customer trust, operational resilience, and top-line growth.

Location

This role will be in either Orange County or San Diego County in California. Out of the area candidates will not be considered.

Pay Range

$123,200.00 - $162,800.00

The actual annual salary offered to a candidate will be based on variables including experience, geographic location, education, and skills/achievements, and will be mutually agreed upon at the time of offer.

We offer a highly competitive salary, comprehensive benefits including: medical and dental, vision, disability and life insurance, 401K, PTO, paid holidays, gear discounts and the ability to add value to an exciting mission!

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