[Remote] SENIOR CYBER SECURITY ENGINEER/ARCHITECT - REMOTE IN CALIFORNIA

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The University of California Office of the President is a leading institution dedicated to excellence in teaching, research, and public service. They are seeking a Cybersecurity Engineer/Architect who will serve as a senior technical leader, assessing security risks, developing security architectures, and establishing security standards across the enterprise to protect data, systems, and networks from cyber threats.

Responsibilities

• Implements Office of the President, institution-wide and / or multi-institutional security controls, up to and including the most complex, that are broad in scope to prevent unauthorized access or changes to mission-critical information and to prevent jeopardizing mission-critical hardware, software and network infrastructure
• Designs and implements secure architectures for enterprise applications and AI-driven systems
• Develops and maintains security standards, patterns, and reference architectures
• Collaborates with development teams to embed security practices into the software development lifecycle (SDLC), including DevSecOps
• Leads threat modeling, risk assessments, and security reviews for new and existing systems
• Conducts security risk assessments and produce written reports and secure design and configuration recommendations of AI in current products and products under consideration
• Evaluates and secures AI/ML models and platforms, ensuring ethical and secure use of data
• Collaborates with data science and engineering teams to embed security into AI workflows
• Makes recommendations for AI risk reduction factoring in UCOP system architecture, data sensitivity and toolsets
• Designs and implements AI security strategies to protect our systems from potential threats
• Architect and secure integrations between PeopleSoft HCM, pension systems, financial platforms, and third-party services
• Ensures compliance with regulatory requirements (e.g., HIPAA, PCI-DSS, SOC 2) across enterprise systems
• Design secure API gateways and enforce authentication, authorization, and data protection policies
• Monitors and responds to security events related to system integrations and data flows
• Partners with IT, DevOps, and business units to align security strategies with organizational goals
• Leads incident response and forensic investigations related to enterprise systems
• Partners with requesting business unit, legal and privacy stakeholders
• Supports stakeholders in ensuring that recommended controls are implemented
• Additional duties as required

Skills

• Min 8 years of demonstrated information security architecture and engineering experience in large, complex organizations
• Min 2 years of proven experience securing enterprise platforms including human capital management systems, pension administration systems, and financial systems
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid environments
• Expert interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with both technical and non-technical personnel at various levels in the organization
• Expert experience using IT security systems and tools
• Demonstrated skills applying security controls to computer software and hardware
• Demonstrated skill at administering complex security controls and configurations to computer hardware, software and networks
• Demonstrated knowledge of secure hardware, software and network design techniques
• Demonstrated skill at analyzing and preventing security incidents of high complexity
• In-depth knowledge of computer hardware, software and network security issues and approaches
• Expert knowledge of IT security and demonstrated skill in the design and development of diverse and complex security policies and procedures
• Bachelor's degree in related area and / or equivalent experience / training
• Min 2 years of experience securing large-scale PeopleSoft HCM systems, .NET applications, and / or internally developed software solutions
• Strong knowledge of AI/ML security principles and data governance
• Expertise in API security, OAuth2, OpenID Connect, and integration platforms
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python, PowerShell, JSON, etc.)
• Expert knowledge of data encryption technologies and demonstrated experience selecting and applying appropriate data encryption technologies
• Advanced experience in incident response and digital forensics including reporting
• Thorough knowledge of other areas of IT and In-depth knowledge and understanding of department and campus, medical center or Office of the President processes and procedures
• Experience interfacing with upper management on a regular basis
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, or related field
• CISSP, CISM, SABSA, AWS/Azure Security Specialty, or equivalent

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package

Company Overview

• The Office of the President is the system wide headquarters of the University of California, managing its fiscal and business operations, and supporting the academic and research missions across its campuses, labs and medical centers. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Oakland, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.ucop.edu.

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