Enterprise Infrastructure and Security Architect Principal

Are you looking for a first-in-class company? Northwestern Mutual is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of technology to empower and protect our clients. Our innovative culture and commitment to excellence have positioned us as a leader in our industry. We seek a skilled and passionate Enterprise Infrastructure and Security Architect to join our dynamic team and help drive our mission forward!

What you’ll do:

• As an Enterprise Infrastructure and Security Architect, you will provide thought leadership and strategic direction on technology and architecture matters. You will ensure that our technology initiatives align with our long-term business objectives and target state architecture, particularly regarding public/private cloud, SaaS services. This role requires a forward-thinking individual who can foster collaboration among technology partners, balance diverse cloud adoption objectives, and champion best practices and governance standards across our core technology platforms.

• You will strategically balance diverse objectives for multi-cloud and hybrid-cloud adoption, ensuring appropriate value, risk, and engineering autonomy. You will guide on-prem to cloud migrations (AWS & Azure) aligned with the target state architecture, emphasizing best practices, reuse, security, reliability, performance, and cost optimization.

• Working closely with key partners, including enterprise quality, security, and cost management, you will define standards for cloud services. Promoting conformance to the target state architecture, standard methodologies and tools, software and platform reuse, and generating passion for adoption will be a fundamental part of your role.

• Lead and measure your impact through well-defined critical metrics

What we’re looking for:

• At least 5 years of experience in an enterprise architect role.

• The ideal candidate will have at least 5+ years of leadership experience in high-powered engineering organizations with well-crafted hyper-scale cloud deployments. You should have proven experience working in sophisticated technology ecosystems, including large-scale cloud estates, large data sets, ETL, virtualization, storage, and Containers/Kubernetes. Solid experience with Zero Trust, IAM, networking, and security, as well as Disaster Recovery strategy and implementation in an enterprise setting, are also a must. Demonstrated ability to build relationships, foster consensus, and collaborate effectively with a broad range of technical partners is required.

• 10 years of experience in related technology implementations and management.

• Excellent communication and technical writing skills.

• Foundational understanding of both current and legacy technologies in areas such as application platforms (e.g., cloud platforms, legacy platforms), SDLC practices, integration patterns, and automated testing is crucial.

• We are looking for someone with pragmatic judgment who can balance short and long-term gains and guide partners through these decisions while mentoring them on the implications. You should have a good understanding of Cloud Ready, Cloud Native, and Cloud Compatible environments. Passion for automation, with proven proficiency and determination to find ways to automate and streamline processes and practices, is a must. Security-minded with experience and outspoken approaches to integrating security and compliance considerations into cloud services is essential.

What we offer:

• Innovative Impact:  Join a team that thrives on innovation, creativity, and the opportunity to work on cutting-edge technologies.

• Career Development:  We are committed to your professional growth and offer opportunities for advancement, training, and certification.

• Dynamic Environment:  Work in a fast-paced, collaborative setting that fosters a culture of excellence and teamwork.

• Competitive Compensation:  We offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes competitive salary, health insurance, retirement plans, and more.

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Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. At Northwestern Mutual, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please c lick here for additional information relating to location-based pay structures.

We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age or status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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