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NetDocuments is committed to providing an excellent candidate experience and will never ask you to engage in recruitment activity without phone, video, and in person meetings and communications from emails using the @netdocuments.com domain. If you have any concerns or questions about communications you have received, please send them to hrgroup@netdocuments.com so our team members can review.
About NetDocuments
At NetDocuments, we're shaping the future of legal work. We believe legal professionals should spend less time searching for information and managing documents, and more time solving complex problems, serving clients, and delivering meaningful outcomes. That's why we're building technology that helps organizations work smarter, collaborate more effectively, and unlock the full value of their institutional knowledge.
Our team is redefining what's possible for legal technology. NetDocuments is the trusted intelligent document management platform for legal professionals and the company behind the industry's first and only legal context graph—a breakthrough that gives legal professionals and AI a richer understanding of how matters, documents, people, and knowledge connect across an organization while respecting enterprise-grade security, governance, permissions, and ethical walls.
Innovation is only part of our story. We believe our greatest strength is our people. We foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture where curiosity is encouraged, diverse perspectives are valued, and employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact. Whether you're building products, serving customers, or supporting the business, your work helps shape the future of one of the world's most trusted legal technology platforms.
That commitment to our employees and customers has earned us recognition as one of the nation's top workplaces, including:
- Four consecutive appearances on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
- Five-time Top Workplace USA winner
- Five-time Salt Lake Tribune Top Workplace
- Multiple Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards recognizing innovation, employee appreciation, work-life flexibility, and compensation & benefits
If you're excited to solve meaningful challenges, work alongside talented colleagues, and help define the next generation of legal technology, we'd love to meet you.
What You'll Do
As our Security Architect, you'll sit at the center of how NetDocuments designs, builds, and runs its platform. Our customers trust us with some of the most sensitive documents and email in the legal and professional-services world, and you'll help make sure that trust is earned in every release. You'll partner closely with Engineering, Platform/Cloud, and Product to turn risk into practical, developer-friendly controls, and you'll own our security architecture, application-security testing, and cloud security posture. This is a technical, influence-driven role where your work will directly shape the maturity of our product security program.
You will:
- Define and evolve the security architecture for new and existing services, leading architecture reviews and threat-modeling sessions
- Deepen and scale our secure software development lifecycle, integrating SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning into CI/CD
- Define secure-coding standards and paved-road patterns that make the secure path the easy path for engineers
- Own the application-security testing strategy, triaging and prioritizing findings with Engineering and driving them to remediation against clear SLAs
- Lead cloud security posture hardening across AWS (primary) and Azure, and partner on infrastructure-as-code security
- Advise on identity, secrets management, encryption, and data-protection architecture in a multi-tenant SaaS environment
- Partner with our Detection & Response Lead to ensure services are observable, instrumented, and defensible
- Coach and uplift engineers on secure design as security's trusted technical authority within Engineering
- Produce security-architecture evidence in support of SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance efforts
What You'll Need to be Successful
- 8+ years in security engineering or security architecture, with deep application-security and cloud-security experience
- Strong software-engineering background, with the ability to read code and engage engineers credibly
- Hands-on experience integrating security testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Deep cloud-security knowledge, with AWS experience strongly preferred, including cloud posture management and infrastructure-as-code security
- Deep, hands-on experience with GitHub and securing developer workflows
- Expertise in threat modeling and secure design
- Excellent collaboration and influencing skills, with a track record of partnering effectively with engineering teams
What Will Make You Stand Out
- Experience with modern DevSecOps and cloud-native application protection tooling
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GWAPT, OSCP, or cloud-security specialties
- Experience with SaaS or multi-tenant platforms handling sensitive or regulated data
- Demonstrated success building a secure-by-design culture at scale
What You'll Love About NetDocuments
- 90% healthcare premiums company covered
- HSA company contribution
- 401K match at 4% with immediate vesting
- Flexible PTO (typically 3 to 4 weeks a year)
- 10 paid holidays
- Monthly contributions for life activities & wellness
- Access to LinkedIn learning with monthly dedicated time to explore
What You Will Receive
- 90% healthcare premiums company covered
- HSA company contribution
- 401K match at 4% with no vesting period
- Potential for annual merit increases
- Flexible time off typically 3 to 4 weeks a year, not including the 9 paid holidays
- Authenticity and accountability from leadership
- Connection, access, and mentorship from exceptional leaders
- Growing company with opportunities for advancement
Compensation Transparency
The compensation range for this position is: $180,000 - $200,000 USD base salary
The posted cash compensation for this position includes on target earnings, base salary and variable if applicable. Some roles may qualify for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are determined based on various factors specific to each candidate, such as career level, skills, experience, geographic location, qualifications, and other job-related considerations
Equal Opportunity
NetDocuments is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military and veteran status, or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. NetDocuments believes diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, and we are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
NetDocuments is committed to providing an excellent candidate experience and will never ask you to engage in recruitment activity without phone, video, and in person meetings and communications from emails using the @netdocuments.com domain. If you have any concerns or questions about communications you have received, please send them to hrgroup@netdocuments.com so our team members can review.
About NetDocuments
At NetDocuments, we're shaping the future of legal work. We believe legal professionals should spend less time searching for information and managing documents, and more time solving complex problems, serving clients, and delivering meaningful outcomes. That's why we're building technology that helps organizations work smarter, collaborate more effectively, and unlock the full value of their institutional knowledge.
Our team is redefining what's possible for legal technology. NetDocuments is the trusted intelligent document management platform for legal professionals and the company behind the industry's first and only legal context graph—a breakthrough that gives legal professionals and AI a richer understanding of how matters, documents, people, and knowledge connect across an organization while respecting enterprise-grade security, governance, permissions, and ethical walls.
Innovation is only part of our story. We believe our greatest strength is our people. We foster a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture where curiosity is encouraged, diverse perspectives are valued, and employees are empowered to make a meaningful impact. Whether you're building products, serving customers, or supporting the business, your work helps shape the future of one of the world's most trusted legal technology platforms.
That commitment to our employees and customers has earned us recognition as one of the nation's top workplaces, including:
- Four consecutive appearances on the Inc. 5000 list of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
- Five-time Top Workplace USA winner
- Five-time Salt Lake Tribune Top Workplace
- Multiple Top Workplaces Culture Excellence awards recognizing innovation, employee appreciation, work-life flexibility, and compensation & benefits
If you're excited to solve meaningful challenges, work alongside talented colleagues, and help define the next generation of legal technology, we'd love to meet you.
What You'll Do
As our Security Architect, you'll sit at the center of how NetDocuments designs, builds, and runs its platform. Our customers trust us with some of the most sensitive documents and email in the legal and professional-services world, and you'll help make sure that trust is earned in every release. You'll partner closely with Engineering, Platform/Cloud, and Product to turn risk into practical, developer-friendly controls, and you'll own our security architecture, application-security testing, and cloud security posture. This is a technical, influence-driven role where your work will directly shape the maturity of our product security program.
You will:
- Define and evolve the security architecture for new and existing services, leading architecture reviews and threat-modeling sessions
- Deepen and scale our secure software development lifecycle, integrating SAST, DAST, SCA, and secrets scanning into CI/CD
- Define secure-coding standards and paved-road patterns that make the secure path the easy path for engineers
- Own the application-security testing strategy, triaging and prioritizing findings with Engineering and driving them to remediation against clear SLAs
- Lead cloud security posture hardening across AWS (primary) and Azure, and partner on infrastructure-as-code security
- Advise on identity, secrets management, encryption, and data-protection architecture in a multi-tenant SaaS environment
- Partner with our Detection & Response Lead to ensure services are observable, instrumented, and defensible
- Coach and uplift engineers on secure design as security's trusted technical authority within Engineering
- Produce security-architecture evidence in support of SOC 2 and ISO 27001 compliance efforts
What You'll Need to be Successful
- 8+ years in security engineering or security architecture, with deep application-security and cloud-security experience
- Strong software-engineering background, with the ability to read code and engage engineers credibly
- Hands-on experience integrating security testing into CI/CD pipelines
- Deep cloud-security knowledge, with AWS experience strongly preferred, including cloud posture management and infrastructure-as-code security
- Deep, hands-on experience with GitHub and securing developer workflows
- Expertise in threat modeling and secure design
- Excellent collaboration and influencing skills, with a track record of partnering effectively with engineering teams
What Will Make You Stand Out
- Experience with modern DevSecOps and cloud-native application protection tooling
- Security certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, GWAPT, OSCP, or cloud-security specialties
- Experience with SaaS or multi-tenant platforms handling sensitive or regulated data
- Demonstrated success building a secure-by-design culture at scale
What You'll Love About NetDocuments
- 90% healthcare premiums company covered
- HSA company contribution
- 401K match at 4% with immediate vesting
- Flexible PTO (typically 3 to 4 weeks a year)
- 10 paid holidays
- Monthly contributions for life activities & wellness
- Access to LinkedIn learning with monthly dedicated time to explore
What You Will Receive
- 90% healthcare premiums company covered
- HSA company contribution
- 401K match at 4% with no vesting period
- Potential for annual merit increases
- Flexible time off typically 3 to 4 weeks a year, not including the 9 paid holidays
- Authenticity and accountability from leadership
- Connection, access, and mentorship from exceptional leaders
- Growing company with opportunities for advancement
Compensation Transparency
The compensation range for this position is: $180,000 - $200,000 USD base salary
The posted cash compensation for this position includes on target earnings, base salary and variable if applicable. Some roles may qualify for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are determined based on various factors specific to each candidate, such as career level, skills, experience, geographic location, qualifications, and other job-related considerations
Equal Opportunity
NetDocuments is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, military and veteran status, or any other status protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. NetDocuments believes diversity and inclusion among our employees is critical to our success, and we are committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment.
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Who's Hiring
- Amazon Web Services15
- NVIDIA9
- Booz Allen Hamilton9
- ServiceNow7
- American business solutions7
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software27
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals8
- Consulting & Professional Services6
- Healthcare & Medical Services4
- Cybersecurity3
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in lead security architect jobs.
- Ten or more years of information security experience with progressive architecture responsibility
- Active CISSP certification or equivalent advanced security credential
- Demonstrated expertise designing zero-trust or defense-in-depth security architectures
- Experience with cloud security architecture across AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Deep knowledge of NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and applicable compliance frameworks
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Lead Security Architect Job Search
Align your resume to architecture frameworks
Hiring managers for lead security architect roles scan for SABSA, TOGAF, or NIST CSF by name. Map your past work to these frameworks explicitly rather than listing tools, so reviewers see architectural thinking, not just technical execution.
Lead with business impact over technical depth
Your resume should show what your architecture decisions protected or enabled, not just what you built. Quantify outcomes like reduced attack surface, compliance timelines shortened, or audit findings eliminated, because that language resonates with the directors who approve these hires.
Target certifications that unlock more postings
CISSP and SABSA Chartered Security Architect appear as requirements, not preferences, in a large share of lead security architect postings. If you hold one but not the other, prioritizing the gap often moves you past automated screening filters before you apply.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists lead security architect openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a threat-modeling case study for interviews
Many lead security architect interviews include a live whiteboard exercise where you design controls for a system under a described threat scenario. Rehearsing a structured walkthrough using STRIDE or PASTA ahead of time is what separates candidates who advance from those who stall at the technical round.
Negotiate scope alongside compensation
Lead security architects frequently inherit fragmented tooling or unclear authority over security decisions. Before accepting an offer, clarify your reporting line, budget authority, and whether the role includes a seat at the design table early in projects, not just review authority at the end.
Lead Security Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most lead security architects?
The companies hiring the most lead security architects right now include Amazon Web Services, NVIDIA, and Booz Allen Hamilton, with the largest share of openings in California, Texas, and Virginia, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Financial services, defense contractors, and large cloud-dependent enterprises consistently drive the highest volume of these postings.
How many lead security architect jobs are remote?
About 74% of lead security architect openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting strong demand for distributed security leadership. Cloud security architecture and zero-trust design roles tend to be the most remote-friendly, while positions tied to classified environments or on-premises infrastructure typically require on-site presence.
How do you become a lead security architect?
Start by building a foundation in network security, identity management, or application security as an engineer or analyst. Progress into security engineering roles where you design controls rather than only operate them. Earn a CISSP and develop hands-on experience with cloud platforms and enterprise compliance frameworks. Move into architect roles and document the business outcomes your designs produced, then pursue lead or staff-level positions once you can show cross-functional influence over security strategy.
Can you get hired as a lead security architect without direct architecture experience?
It is possible if your engineering background includes substantial design work. Candidates who have led threat modeling sessions, authored security standards, or driven architectural decisions during product development can make a credible case even without the official title. Building a portfolio of architecture diagrams, documented design decisions, and measurable security outcomes strengthens your application significantly, as does targeting smaller organizations where the architect and senior engineer roles overlap more.
What does the lead security architect interview process look like?
Most processes run three to five rounds. An initial screening call with a recruiter or hiring manager focuses on background and seniority fit. A technical interview covers architecture principles, threat modeling, and framework knowledge. A design or whiteboard round asks you to architect controls for a described environment under time pressure. A final round typically involves senior leadership or cross-functional stakeholders assessing how you communicate risk to non-technical audiences and influence design decisions across teams.
Where can I find and apply to lead security architect jobs?
You can find and apply to lead security architect jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your background and apply directly to each one that fits.
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