Senior Cyber Architect

Location: Madison, WI, USA

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

Primary Details

Time Type: Full time

Worker Type: Employee

The Opportunity:

The purpose of this role is to strengthen and extend the capacity of the Cyber Security Strategy & Architecture team in response to increasing global demand across cyber initiatives, particularly in security operations, threat management, and emerging areas such as AI and data.

The role ensures architectural guidance is available at the pace of business and security demand, reducing delays and enabling more consistent and scalable security outcomes across a federated global environment.

• Location: Madison, WI

• Work Arrangement: Hybrid working expectations

• The salary range for this role is: $137,500.00 - $206,500.00

Responsibilities

• Provide architectural support to security operations, with a strong focus on threat management and operational security effectiveness

• Support analysis and resolution of findings from security assurance activities, ensuring outcomes focus on root-cause remediation rather than point fixes

• Improve consistency and quality of security remediation by linking operational findings back to architectural principles and systemic fixes

• Reduce recurrence of similar security findings through stronger architectural interventions and pattern-level remediation

• Support cyber initiative delivery by ensuring architectural input is timely, pragmatic, and aligned to delivery pressures across global teams

Experience & Background

• 5+ years’ experience in cybersecurity architecture or senior security engineering roles

• Strong experience in security operations or threat management environments

• Proven experience working with security testing outcomes (red team, purple team, penetration testing)

• Experience in financial services or insurance industry strongly preferred

• Experience operating in global, federated environments across multiple time zones

• Exposure to cloud, application, identity, and data security domains

QBE Benefits: We offer a range of benefits to help provide holistic support for your work life, whatever your circumstances. As a QBE employee you will have access to:

• Hybrid Working – a mix of working from home and in the office

• 22 weeks of paid leave for family growth, with 12 weeks available to all parents on a gender-equal basis

• Competitive 401(k) program with company match up to 8%

• Well-being program including holistic wellbeing coaching, gym membership, confidential counselling, financial and legal advice

• Tuition Reimbursement for professional certifications, and continuing education

• Employee Network and Community – QBE actively supports six Employee Networks, and many ways to give back to your community

To learn more, click here: Benefits | QBE US.

Why QBE? What if you could have a positive impact – at work and in the world? 

At QBE, we’re enabling a more resilient future – for our customers, communities, environment, and for our people. We’re building momentum to achieve something significant and know our people are at the center of our success. 

Our industry offers interesting and varied careers where you can help people to protect what matters most. As part of the QBE team, you’ll get to spend every day working with people who are passionate, talented and kind. And our international scale means we’re big enough for your ambitions, yet small enough for you to make a real impact. 

Join us now, so you can be part of our success – and we can be part of yours! 

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; gender; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; protected veteran status; or disability or any other legally protected status.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for current or future sponsorship. 

Supplementary information

Skills:

Communication, Critical Thinking, Customer Service, Data Architecture Development, Detail-Oriented, Enterprise Architecture Framework, Enterprise IT Architecture, Financial Systems, Information Technology Strategies, Intentional collaboration, Managing performance, Process Improvements, Project Delivery, Stakeholder Management, Strategic Planning

How to Apply:

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Equal Employment Opportunity:

QBE is an equal opportunity employer and is required to comply with equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction it operates.