Security Architect
Texas Instruments2 months ago
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of enterprise security strategies, including Zero Trust Architecture across identity, device, network, application, and data protection.
- Develop and maintain security architecture patterns, reference architectures, and design standards.
- Conduct threat modeling and security architecture reviews for critical systems, applications, and infrastructure changes.
- Design security solutions that balance business requirements, risk tolerance, and operational feasibility.
- Translate compliance frameworks and business requirements into actionable technical architectures.
- Evaluate and architect integrations of security technologies across the enterprise stack.
- Lead complex technical investigations and provide authoritative security architecture guidance.
- Collaborate with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, and development teams to embed security into solution designs.
- Drive security architecture innovation through research, proof-of-concepts, and emerging technology adoption.
- Mentor junior and mid-level security engineers and architects through architecture reviews, design discussions, and hands-on problem solving.
- Serve as a technical escalation point and subject matter expert for complex security challenges.
- Drive AI-augmented security assessments and research emerging attack surfaces to improve architectures and controls.
- Own measurable process improvement, automation, and tooling in security architecture engineering.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
- At least 8 years of experience in security architecture.
- Experience leading threat modeling for complex, multi-domain enterprise systems, including data flow analysis, trust boundary mapping, STRIDE, and PASTA.
- Preferred experience with OT/ICS security architecture and industrial control systems security frameworks.
- Preferred background in semiconductor manufacturing, critical infrastructure, or highly regulated industries.
- Experience with security architecture in hybrid cloud environments is preferred.
- Preferred contributions to security communities through published research, conference presentations, or open-source security projects.
- Demonstrated use of AI/LLM tools in security engineering workflows such as threat modeling, code review, and policy generation.
- Familiarity with AI security concepts including prompt injection, model risk, agentic attack surfaces, and OWASP LLM Top 10.
- Cybersecurity certifications such as CISSP, GIAC GDSA, SABSA, or CCSP are preferred.
- Strong communication, interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, collaboration, initiative, and time-management skills.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits supporting employee well-being, including health coverage and wellness programs.
- Collaborative environment focused on innovation, personal growth, and technological breakthroughs.
- Texas Instruments is an equal opportunity employer supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace.
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About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments designs and manufactures analog and embedded processing semiconductors—including MCUs, power management, signal chain and DLP devices—sold to OEMs in industrial, automotive, personal electronics and communications markets. Founded in 1930 and headquartered in Dallas, it is a public company (NASDAQ: TXN) with worldwide fabrication and assembly operations and a direct online store, supplying long-lifecycle parts used in everything from factory automation to vehicles and consumer devices.