Solution Architect - Security Risk Management

Costco IT is responsible for the technical future of Costco Wholesale, the third largest retailer in the world with wholesale operations in fourteen countries. Despite our size and explosive international expansion, we continue to provide a family, employee centric atmosphere in which our employees thrive and succeed.

This is an environment unlike anything in the high-tech world and the secret of Costco’s success is its culture. The value Costco puts on its employees is well documented in articles from a variety of publishers including Bloomberg and Forbes. Our employees and our members come FIRST.  Costco is well known for its generosity and community service and has won many awards for its philanthropy. The company joins with its employees to take an active role in volunteering by sponsoring many opportunities to help others. 

Come join the Costco Wholesale IT family. Costco IT is a dynamic, fast-paced environment, working through exciting transformation efforts. We are building the next generation retail environment where you will be surrounded by dedicated and highly professional employees.

Solution Architects create IT architecture & design solutions based on business requirements, industry trends, and technology options. Solution Architects are responsible and accountable for the solution architecture in partnership with enterprise architects, domain architects, and engineering teams. Solution Architects partner with the delivery team for solution planning, delivery, detailed design and implemented solutions. Solution Architects ensure the implemented solutions are consistent with the approved architecture. Solution Architects communicate, mentor, and lead teams based on program or project needs for solution delivery.

The role of every Security Compliance Risk team member is to support the overarching values and business goals of Costco Wholesale as they relate to meeting legal, ethical, and regulatory obligations; protecting members’ and employees’ data; and maintaining a secure and compliant technology environment for our operations.

This Security Compliance Risk Solution Architect position is mission-critical and will be a key member of the team that will design and develop security and compliance operations, services, and products that will enable Costco IT in their security and compliance maturity journey. The Solution Architect will take a product led approach and is responsible for enabling compliance by default and supporting a scalable, data driven security & compliance architecture as a way to improve maturity and accountability across the IT division.

This position will also serve as an internal trusted advisor across multiple departments, teams, and other IT leaders in an effort to move quickly and accurately; promote and foster collaboration and standardization across multiple internal technology groups based on common technology interests and priorities.  

If you want to be a part of one of the worldwide BEST companies “to work for”, simply apply and let your career be reimagined.

ROLE

●      Implements a product lead approach to the development of future state for the security risk program.

●      Participates in security governance planning, decisions, and coordination.

●      Supports security risk and compliance leadership in developing the strategy, product definition, roadmap and delivery to ensure compliance by default and the build out of a scalable, data driven compliance architecture.

●      Understands security, risk and compliance gaps and collaborates cross-functionally to gain product roadmap alignment and resource plans to ensure on-time product and service delivery.

●      Architects and designs risk solutions and services