Principal Information Security Architect

About Lumen

Lumen connects the world. We are igniting business growth by connecting people, data and applications – quickly, securely, and effortlessly. Together, we are building a culture and company from the people up – committed to teamwork, trust and transparency. People power progress.

We’re looking for top-tier talent and offer the flexibility you need to thrive and deliver lasting impact. Join us as we digitally connect the world and shape the future.

The Role

Lumen is looking for an experienced technical compliance architect to bolster and drive our compliance programs. Reporting to the Senior Director Security for GRC and Business Enablement, the Compliance Architect will serve as a subject matter expert on technical detective and preventative controls to meet our compliance obligations while balancing the need to be secure. This role will be expected to provide guidance, support the decision-making process, and stay current on technological advancement in compliance solutions and federal cloud offerings.

The Principal Compliance Architect is a senior technical expert responsible for designing, verifying, and validating technical controls to ensure the organization’s information systems comply with external regulatory, contractual, and industry obligations (such as NIST, ISO, GDPR, HIPAA, CMMC, PCI DSS, etc.). This role works cross-functionally with IT, Security, Legal, and Business teams to interpret compliance requirements and translate them into effective, auditable technical solutions.

The Main Responsibilities

• Compliance Solution Design: Analyze external compliance requirements and architect technical controls, processes, and solutions to meet or exceed these obligations.
• Control Implementation: Lead and coordinate the deployment of security and privacy controls across systems, applications, and cloud environments. Assure alignment with Security and Lumen stakeholders to meet the compliance control objectives.
• Gap Analysis: Conduct technical risk and gap assessments against regulatory frameworks and contractual requirements; recommend and drive remediation.
• Documentation & Evidence: Develop and maintain detailed documentation of technical controls, architectures, and compliance evidence for audits and assessments.
• Audit Support: Serve as a technical subject matter expert during internal and external audits, assessments, and regulatory reviews.
• Continuous Monitoring: Design and implement monitoring solutions to ensure ongoing compliance and rapid detection of control failures or deviations.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with business, IT, and legal stakeholders to ensure compliance objectives are met without impeding innovation or operations.
• Training & Awareness: Provide guidance and training to technical teams on compliance requirements and secure architecture best practices.
• Change Management: Assess the compliance impact of technology changes and ensure controls remain effective as systems evolve.
• Regulatory Intelligence: Stay current on emerging regulations, standards, and best practices; proactively update controls and architectures as needed.

What We Look For in a Candidate

• Bachelor’s degree in information security, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in information security, compliance, or risk management roles
• Deep knowledge of industry frameworks and regulations (e.g., NIST, ISO,CMMI, CMMC, FAR, and DFARS)
• Proven experience designing and implementing technical controls in complex IT environments including Gov Cloud offerings
• Strong understanding of security architecture, network security, identity management, and data protection technologies
• Experience with compliance automation tools and GRC platforms