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The IT Cloud & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Security Architect is responsible for establishing and governing Oceaneering's security architecture strategy for Microsoft Azure, cloud platforms, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This role serves as the cybersecurity subject matter expert for AI adoption, cloud security architecture, and data protection, ensuring security, regulatory compliance, and business enablement are embedded into emerging technologies.
Role provides the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, working both virtually and in the Houston office when required.
Required
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
Minimum 8 years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, security architecture, or related disciplines.
Minimum 5 years of experience designing and securing Microsoft Azure environments.
Demonstrated experience developing enterprise security architectures, standards, and governance frameworks.
Minimum 8 years’ experience with:
Microsoft Azure
Cloud Security Architecture
Data Security and Data Governance
Risk Assessments
Security Policy Development
Security Reference Architectures
Identity & Access Management
Zero Trust Architecture
SaaS Security
AI / Generative AI Security Concepts
CISSP or CISM, active certifications
Essential
The architect partners closely with Data Sovereignty, Data Governance, Data Stewards, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Legal, Privacy, and Business stakeholders to define secure AI usage, establish guardrails for cloud and AI technologies, and develop reference architectures that enable innovation while protecting company information.
This role acts as a trusted advisor and thought leader, helping Oceaneering safely accelerate the adoption of AI and cloud technologies through secure-by-design principles, governance, risk management, and architectural standards.
AI Security Governance & Strategy
Develop and maintain the enterprise AI Security Reference Architecture.
Partner with the Data Sovereignty and Data Governance teams to define secure AI adoption patterns.
Create, maintain, and govern AI security policies, standards, and acceptable use requirements.
Establish approved AI use cases and review new AI capabilities, platforms, and technologies.
Serve as the organization's AI security advisor and thought leader.
Monitor evolving AI regulations, cybersecurity threats, privacy requirements, and industry best practices.
Provide architectural oversight for Generative AI, AI agents, machine learning platforms, and AI-enabled SaaS solutions.
Define guardrails for the secure use of enterprise and public AI systems.
Data Security & AI Enablement
Work closely with Data Stewards and business stakeholders to classify, protect, and secure enterprise data used by AI systems.
Define security requirements governing how AI solutions access, process, store, and transmit corporate data.
Assist data owners with identifying, consolidating, protecting, and preparing data for AI consumption.
Ensure AI solutions align with enterprise data protection, privacy, sovereignty, retention, and compliance requirements.
Develop approved architectural patterns for AI access to sensitive, confidential, regulated, and intellectual property data.
Cloud Security Architecture
Serve as the lead cybersecurity architect for Microsoft Azure cloud security.
Design and maintain Azure security reference architectures, patterns, and standards.
Define cloud security guardrails, policies, and architectural principles that support secure cloud adoption.
Establish landing zone security requirements and governance models.
Define secure cloud archetypes and approved design patterns for business solutions.
Partner with Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering teams to implement cloud-native security capabilities.
Guide implementation of Zero Trust, identity security, network segmentation, encryption, logging, and monitoring controls across cloud environments.
Evaluate emerging Azure services and provide security architecture guidance.
Cloud Security Architecture
Serve as the lead cybersecurity architect for Microsoft Azure cloud security.
Design and maintain Azure security reference architectures, patterns, and standards.
Define cloud security guardrails, policies, and architectural principles that support secure cloud adoption.
Establish landing zone security requirements and governance models.
Define secure cloud archetypes and approved design patterns for business solutions.
Partner with Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering teams to implement cloud-native security capabilities.
Guide implementation of Zero Trust, identity security, network segmentation, encryption, logging, and monitoring controls across cloud environments.
Evaluate emerging Azure services and provide security architecture guidance.
Risk Management & Security Assessment
Participate in enterprise IT risk assessments and cybersecurity reviews.
Help modernize and streamline risk assessment methodologies and workflows.
Translate technical security risks into business language for stakeholders and leadership.
Perform security assessments on cloud, AI, SaaS, and emerging technology solutions.
Support regulatory, customer, and audit requirements through security architecture reviews and documentation.
Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
Act as a trusted advisor to technical and business teams regarding AI and cloud security.
Provide education and guidance on secure AI adoption and cloud security best practices.
Influence strategic technology decisions through architectural leadership and risk-based recommendations.
Present security architecture guidance and recommendations to leadership, governance committees, and project teams.
This position has NO supervisory responsibilities
The IT Cloud & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Security Architect is responsible for establishing and governing Oceaneering's security architecture strategy for Microsoft Azure, cloud platforms, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This role serves as the cybersecurity subject matter expert for AI adoption, cloud security architecture, and data protection, ensuring security, regulatory compliance, and business enablement are embedded into emerging technologies.
Role provides the opportunity to work in a hybrid environment, working both virtually and in the Houston office when required.
Required
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field preferred.
Minimum 8 years of experience in cybersecurity, cloud security, security architecture, or related disciplines.
Minimum 5 years of experience designing and securing Microsoft Azure environments.
Demonstrated experience developing enterprise security architectures, standards, and governance frameworks.
Minimum 8 years’ experience with:
Microsoft Azure
Cloud Security Architecture
Data Security and Data Governance
Risk Assessments
Security Policy Development
Security Reference Architectures
Identity & Access Management
Zero Trust Architecture
SaaS Security
AI / Generative AI Security Concepts
CISSP or CISM, active certifications
Essential
The architect partners closely with Data Sovereignty, Data Governance, Data Stewards, Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure, Legal, Privacy, and Business stakeholders to define secure AI usage, establish guardrails for cloud and AI technologies, and develop reference architectures that enable innovation while protecting company information.
This role acts as a trusted advisor and thought leader, helping Oceaneering safely accelerate the adoption of AI and cloud technologies through secure-by-design principles, governance, risk management, and architectural standards.
AI Security Governance & Strategy
Develop and maintain the enterprise AI Security Reference Architecture.
Partner with the Data Sovereignty and Data Governance teams to define secure AI adoption patterns.
Create, maintain, and govern AI security policies, standards, and acceptable use requirements.
Establish approved AI use cases and review new AI capabilities, platforms, and technologies.
Serve as the organization's AI security advisor and thought leader.
Monitor evolving AI regulations, cybersecurity threats, privacy requirements, and industry best practices.
Provide architectural oversight for Generative AI, AI agents, machine learning platforms, and AI-enabled SaaS solutions.
Define guardrails for the secure use of enterprise and public AI systems.
Data Security & AI Enablement
Work closely with Data Stewards and business stakeholders to classify, protect, and secure enterprise data used by AI systems.
Define security requirements governing how AI solutions access, process, store, and transmit corporate data.
Assist data owners with identifying, consolidating, protecting, and preparing data for AI consumption.
Ensure AI solutions align with enterprise data protection, privacy, sovereignty, retention, and compliance requirements.
Develop approved architectural patterns for AI access to sensitive, confidential, regulated, and intellectual property data.
Cloud Security Architecture
Serve as the lead cybersecurity architect for Microsoft Azure cloud security.
Design and maintain Azure security reference architectures, patterns, and standards.
Define cloud security guardrails, policies, and architectural principles that support secure cloud adoption.
Establish landing zone security requirements and governance models.
Define secure cloud archetypes and approved design patterns for business solutions.
Partner with Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering teams to implement cloud-native security capabilities.
Guide implementation of Zero Trust, identity security, network segmentation, encryption, logging, and monitoring controls across cloud environments.
Evaluate emerging Azure services and provide security architecture guidance.
Cloud Security Architecture
Serve as the lead cybersecurity architect for Microsoft Azure cloud security.
Design and maintain Azure security reference architectures, patterns, and standards.
Define cloud security guardrails, policies, and architectural principles that support secure cloud adoption.
Establish landing zone security requirements and governance models.
Define secure cloud archetypes and approved design patterns for business solutions.
Partner with Infrastructure and Cloud Engineering teams to implement cloud-native security capabilities.
Guide implementation of Zero Trust, identity security, network segmentation, encryption, logging, and monitoring controls across cloud environments.
Evaluate emerging Azure services and provide security architecture guidance.
Risk Management & Security Assessment
Participate in enterprise IT risk assessments and cybersecurity reviews.
Help modernize and streamline risk assessment methodologies and workflows.
Translate technical security risks into business language for stakeholders and leadership.
Perform security assessments on cloud, AI, SaaS, and emerging technology solutions.
Support regulatory, customer, and audit requirements through security architecture reviews and documentation.
Stakeholder Engagement & Leadership
Act as a trusted advisor to technical and business teams regarding AI and cloud security.
Provide education and guidance on secure AI adoption and cloud security best practices.
Influence strategic technology decisions through architectural leadership and risk-based recommendations.
Present security architecture guidance and recommendations to leadership, governance committees, and project teams.
This position has NO supervisory responsibilities
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in IT architect jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field
- Proven experience designing enterprise-scale IT systems and infrastructure
- Proficiency with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Familiarity with enterprise architecture frameworks such as TOGAF or Zachman
- Strong understanding of network, security, and integration architecture principles
- Relevant professional certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, TOGAF, or similar
Tips for Your IT Architect Job Search
Tailor your resume to architecture domains
IT architect roles are highly domain-specific, so a resume that highlights cloud architecture for one job and enterprise integration for another needs different leads. Reorder your projects and skills section to front-load the specialization the job description names.
Quantify scope not just technology
Hiring managers for architect roles want to see scale, so replace 'designed cloud infrastructure' with the number of systems, users, or services your architecture supported. Scope signals seniority in a way a tool list alone never does.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists it architect openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by your certification tier
Many it architect postings use certification level as an informal seniority filter, treating AWS Professional or TOGAF 9 as a proxy for readiness. Prioritize openings where your current cert tier aligns with the listed preferred credentials to avoid automatic screening out.
Prepare a reference architecture walkthrough
Most it architect interviews include a whiteboard or diagramming exercise. Have one well-practiced reference architecture ready, something you actually designed, that you can walk through end-to-end, explaining tradeoffs, constraints, and what you would change today.
Negotiate scope before you negotiate title
It architect offers often carry identical titles but vastly different decision-making authority. Before accepting, clarify whether you'll own architecture decisions or advise on them, since that distinction determines your growth ceiling and your day-to-day autonomy.
IT Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most it architects?
The companies hiring the most it architects right now include Boston Consulting, Honeywell, and Henry Ford Health, with the largest share of openings in Texas, Michigan, and Illinois, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of August 2026. Demand is particularly concentrated in financial services, federal contracting, and large enterprise technology organizations.
How many it architect jobs are remote?
About 41% of it architect openings are fully remote or hybrid as of August 2026, making it one of the more location-flexible senior technical roles. Cloud and solutions architecture sub-specialties tend to offer the highest share of remote arrangements, while data center and on-premise infrastructure roles more often require on-site presence.
How do you become an it architect?
Most it architects move up from a systems engineering, network engineering, or software development background, building deep expertise in one technical domain before expanding into cross-domain design. Earning an enterprise architecture certification such as TOGAF, alongside a cloud platform professional certification, signals readiness to employers. Taking on internal architecture review responsibilities before job-searching accelerates the transition considerably.
Can you get hired as an it architect with limited experience?
Breaking into an it architect role with limited experience is possible by targeting associate or junior architect titles at mid-size organizations, which are more likely to grow someone into the function than large enterprises that expect fully formed architects. Contributing to architecture documentation, diagramming existing systems, or leading a small infrastructure modernization project creates concrete portfolio evidence that substitutes for years of formal title experience.
What does the it architect interview process look like?
The it architect interview process typically runs three to four stages: an initial screen with a recruiter or hiring manager, a technical deep-dive covering your architecture decisions and tradeoffs, a live whiteboarding or design exercise where you're asked to architect a system under constraints, and a final round with senior stakeholders or a panel assessing cross-functional collaboration and communication clarity.
Where can I find and apply to it architect jobs?
You can find and apply to it architect jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States in one place. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your specialization and experience level, and apply directly to each listing that fits.
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