Senior Information Security Engineer

Security Solutions Architect– Denver, CO (Hybrid)

Do you thrive in solutioning architecture and cybersecurity?  Are you excited to learn and grow your skills?  Are you interested in joining a globally diverse financial services organization?  Then it’s time to join Western Union as a Security Solutions Architect. 

Western Union powers your pursuit. 

The Security Solution Architect role is responsible for developing and driving security architecture solutions, enforcing architecture processes, and supporting the enterprise architecture portfolios.  This person will also create strong partnerships with other Western Union teams and architects to increase enterprise maturity.

Role Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and validate security architectures against company requirements and industry best practices.
• Research and design security solutions for new technologies across all platforms and environments.
• Investigate changes/updates in current security solutions as well as the Cyber security industry and implement best practice processes in architecture review, design and delivery.
• Answer general inquiries regarding information security architecture and best practice.
• Write technical requirement specifications for procurement and implementation of security appliances and software products.
• Lead audit support activities, as they pertain to cyber security and security architecture for both internal and external audits.
• Facilitate required activities to resolve open audit issues.
• Provide input for Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Metrics reporting.
• Write and review policies/procedures for audit and regulatory compliance as necessary.
• Recommend procedural changes to enhance the security team.
• Identify opportunities to automate or streamline current processes. 
• Lead security architecture initiatives. 
• Operate independently to bring solutions from ideation to completion.

Role Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, technology, or engineering and 6 years of experience in information security with an architecture focus;
• Or 8 years professional information technology experience with practical architecture focus including at least six years involved in information security work.
• Candidate needs experience in securing, implementing, managing and maintaining solutions in modern enterprise on-prem computing environments.
• Expertise in general security architecture and architecture best practices.
• Expertise in infrastructure security; network security; cloud security architecture.
• Experience in security development and engineering practices.
• Understanding of best practices on how to secure those environments as well as staying up with the latest trends and risks to enterprise environments.
• In depth understanding of networks, hypervisors, storage, operating systems and database technologies.
• Excellent communication and writing skills

The strongest candidates for this position will also possess:

• Advanced degree in information technology or computer science.
• Advanced security certifications.
• Proficiency in secure coding/scripting and automation.
• Desire to grow as a multi-domain security SME.
• Familiarity with IT Audit lifecycle and frameworks.
• Familiarity with multiple operating systems and various hardening techniques.
• Have working knowledge and experience with change control practices and experience building solutions in lab/dev environments, producing test cases, etc.
• Expert understanding of modern computing and cloud computing environments.
• Mastery of infrastructure security concepts.
• Familiarity with various cybersecurity techniques and principles, such as forensics, threat hunting, penetration testing, threat intelligence, Federated Identity Management, and/or data loss prevention.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next. 

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the glo