Enterprise Security Architect (IT/OT Cybersecurity)

Location: Brandon, FL 33510; hybrid schedule with 4 days onsite and 1 day remote, Monday–Friday.

Contract duration: 12 months, with potential for extension. Employment type: W-2 contract. No third-party vendors or C2C arrangements; candidates must be eligible to work on a W-2 basis. Visa transfers will be considered.

Company

hirify.global is the staffing company named in the posting.

What you will do

• Act as the primary cybersecurity liaison between business units, technology teams, project stakeholders, vendors, and enterprise architecture.
• Design, evaluate, and maintain cybersecurity architectures, standards, technical requirements, and reference architectures across IT, OT, cloud, and hybrid environments.
• Assess technologies, infrastructure solutions, and vendor integrations against cybersecurity policies and established security standards.
• Evaluate OT environments, including device connectivity, encryption, sensor configurations, data movement, and system integrations.
• Conduct security architecture reviews, technical risk assessments, vulnerability assessments, and threat evaluations; identify gaps and recommend remediation strategies.
• Provide guidance on cybersecurity controls, approved technologies, architectural patterns, best practices, compliance requirements, and security documentation.

Requirements

• At least 7 years of practical technical experience in Information Security.
• Experience implementing cybersecurity frameworks, including NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and ISO 27000.
• Experience evaluating security controls, identifying vulnerabilities, and recommending risk mitigation strategies.
• Understanding of enterprise cybersecurity principles, technical security requirements, and security risk management.
• CISSP or another relevant information security professional or vendor certification, such as CEH, CSSA, or GIAC.

Nice to have

• Strong security architecture background, particularly infrastructure security across IT and OT environments.
• Experience securing Operational Technology (OT), Industrial Control Systems (ICS), or related industrial infrastructure.
• Knowledge of device connectivity, encryption, sensor configurations, data transmission, and vendor integrations.
• Familiarity with NERC CIP and other cybersecurity requirements for regulated environments.
• Experience developing security reference architectures, technical standards, and architectural design recommendations.
• Ability to assess vendor technologies and proposed solutions against established security requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across engineering, infrastructure, risk, governance, and compliance teams.
• Experience supporting utilities, energy, industrial infrastructure, or OT environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Strategic and consultative security architecture role focused on architecture, risk assessment, technical recommendations, and oversight rather than hands-on security tool administration.
• Collaboration across engineering, infrastructure, risk, governance, compliance, business, and technology stakeholders.
• Work on a large-scale Advanced Distribution Infrastructure (ADI) program in the energy and utilities industry.