Security Architect Jobs in Massachusetts
Security Architect jobs in Massachusetts are in strong demand, with consistent hiring across the defense technology, financial services, healthcare, and higher education sectors at levels from associate security engineer through principal architect and CISO-track roles. Boston, Cambridge, and Burlington are the primary hiring centers, anchored by major employers such as Raytheon Technologies, Fidelity Investments, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. The most sought-after specialties in the Massachusetts market are cloud security architecture, zero-trust network design, and identity and access management. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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We are seeking a customer-facing Senior Security Solutions Architect to serve as a technical leader across our security practice. The role is heavily focused on pre-sales architecture and customer engagement, partnering with account teams from discovery through solution design, presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, proposals, and statements of work. The Architect will also serve as senior technical escalation point, providing a subject matter expert (SME) level guidance and hands-on technical support when complex design, implementation, or operational issues require deeper expertise.
Essential Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior technical lead and trusted advisor for customers, account teams, engineers, and technology partners.
- Lead technical discovery, architecture, and solution development for complex enterprise security opportunities.
- Design modern security solutions spanning identity, network security, SASE/SSE, cloud, endpoint, and security operations.
- Spend significant time directly with customers leading workshops, whiteboarding sessions, architecture reviews, technical presentations, demonstrations, and executive-level discussions.
- Translate customer business objectives, security requirements, technical challenges, and operational constraints into practical solution architectures.
- Develop solution designs, bills of materials, technical proposals, scopes of work, and implementation approaches.
- Partner with account teams and OEMs to develop technical strategies, differentiate solutions, validate licensing and architecture, and advance opportunities through the sales cycle.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to Security Solutions Engineers without serving as their direct manager.
- Maintain technical ownership through handoff to delivery teams and serve as an escalation point for complex post-sales architecture, implementation, integration, and troubleshooting issues.
- Remain hands-on enough to validate designs, lead proof-of-concepts, troubleshoot critical issues, and provide SME-level technical support when required.
Technical Experience
Candidates should demonstrate deep expertise in multiple security domains with the technical breadth to lead architecture across a modern enterprise security environment.
Identity & Access Security: Microsoft Active Directory and Entra ID, Okta, Cisco Duo, MFA, passwordless authentication, Conditional Access, SAML, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, PAM, IGA, ITDR/ISPM, Non-Human Identity, Cisco ISE/NAC, and Zero Trust identity architectures.
Network Security & SASE: Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet, Zscaler, Cisco Secure Access, Prisma Access, NGFW, IPS, VPN, segmentation, NAC, SASE, SSE, and ZTNA. Strong understanding of networking technologies affect security architecture and troubleshooting.
Cloud & SaaS Security: Microsoft Azure, AWS, Microsoft Defender, cloud IAM, CSPM, CIEM, workload protection, SSPM, cloud-native security monitoring, and hybrid-cloud security architectures.
Endpoint & Security Operations: Microsoft Defender XDR/Endpoint, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Cortex, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, threat detection, security analytics, and automation. Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Cortex, FortiSIEM, or similar platforms.
Candidates are not expected to be experts in every technology listed. The ideal Architect will have recognized SME-level depth in two or more major security disciplines, broad architectural knowledge across adjacent technologies, and the ability to become the technical escalation point when customer environments become complex.
Automation & Security Engineering
- Working knowledge of APIs, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform / OpenTofu, GitHub / GitLab, JSON, YAML, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Ability to identify and demonstrate where automation, integrations, APIs, and AI-assisted workflows can improve customer security outcomes and operational efficiency.
Architecture & Consulting Skills
- Establish technical credibility with engineers, architects, IT leadership, CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs.
- Lead discovery that uncovers business drivers, technical requirements, security risks, operational constraints, and desired outcomes.
- Translate complex requirements into clear architectures, solution recommendations, roadmaps, and customer-facing presentations.
- Communicate technical value and differentiation to both highly technical teams and executive audiences.
- Provide technical leadership across identity, endpoint, network, cloud, and security operations and understand how those domains intersect.
- Evaluate technologies objectively and develop multi-vendor solutions based on customer requirements rather than a single-vendor approach.
- Guide engineers through complex designs and technical challenges while remaining capable of stepping in directly when SME-level expertise is required.
- Build long-term trusted-advisor relationships and maintain technical continuity from pre-sales strategy through successful post-sales outcomes.
Professional Certifications We Value
Professional-level certifications are strongly valued but may be substituted with equivalent architecture, engineering, and customer-facing experience.
- Cisco: CCNP Security, CCIE Security, Cisco security specializations
- Palo Alto Networks: Professional or advanced Network Security, SASE, Cortex, or Cloud Security certifications
- Fortinet: FCP, FCSS
- Microsoft: Azure Security Engineer, Identity and Access Administrator, Cybersecurity Architect, Security Operations Analyst
- AWS: Security Specialty, Solutions Architect Professional
- Industry: CISSP, CCSP, GIAC or equivalent advanced security certifications
The pay range for this position is $155,000 – $175,000 per year.
This range reflects the annual salary that Continental Resources reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at the time of posting, consistent with the Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law (M.G.L. c. 149, § 105E).
#ConRes
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
- 7+ years of enterprise cybersecurity, security engineering, architecture, consulting, or pre-sales experience.
- Demonstrated SME-level expertise in one or more enterprise security disciplines and broad experience across multiple security domains.
- Experience leading complex customer-facing discovery, architecture workshops, presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and technical evaluations.
- Experience developing solution designs, technical proposals, scopes of work, implementation approaches, and strategic security roadmaps.
- Ability to support complex post-sales escalations and work directly with engineering teams, customers, and OEM technical resources to drive issues to resolution.
- Experience in a VAR, systems integrator, MSP/MSSP, consulting organization, OEM, or enterprise architecture environment is highly desirable.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, business acumen, technical credibility, and relationship-building skills.
Why Join Us
- Serve as a senior technical leader while remaining close to the technology, the customer, and complex security challenges.
- Architect multi-vendor solutions across leading security platforms and influence strategic customer technology decisions.
- Remain a trusted SME beyond the sale while continuing to grow through certification, innovation, and technical leadership.
We are seeking a customer-facing Senior Security Solutions Architect to serve as a technical leader across our security practice. The role is heavily focused on pre-sales architecture and customer engagement, partnering with account teams from discovery through solution design, presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, proposals, and statements of work. The Architect will also serve as senior technical escalation point, providing a subject matter expert (SME) level guidance and hands-on technical support when complex design, implementation, or operational issues require deeper expertise.
Essential Responsibilities
- Serve as a senior technical lead and trusted advisor for customers, account teams, engineers, and technology partners.
- Lead technical discovery, architecture, and solution development for complex enterprise security opportunities.
- Design modern security solutions spanning identity, network security, SASE/SSE, cloud, endpoint, and security operations.
- Spend significant time directly with customers leading workshops, whiteboarding sessions, architecture reviews, technical presentations, demonstrations, and executive-level discussions.
- Translate customer business objectives, security requirements, technical challenges, and operational constraints into practical solution architectures.
- Develop solution designs, bills of materials, technical proposals, scopes of work, and implementation approaches.
- Partner with account teams and OEMs to develop technical strategies, differentiate solutions, validate licensing and architecture, and advance opportunities through the sales cycle.
- Provide technical leadership and guidance to Security Solutions Engineers without serving as their direct manager.
- Maintain technical ownership through handoff to delivery teams and serve as an escalation point for complex post-sales architecture, implementation, integration, and troubleshooting issues.
- Remain hands-on enough to validate designs, lead proof-of-concepts, troubleshoot critical issues, and provide SME-level technical support when required.
Technical Experience
Candidates should demonstrate deep expertise in multiple security domains with the technical breadth to lead architecture across a modern enterprise security environment.
Identity & Access Security: Microsoft Active Directory and Entra ID, Okta, Cisco Duo, MFA, passwordless authentication, Conditional Access, SAML, OAuth/OIDC, PKI, PAM, IGA, ITDR/ISPM, Non-Human Identity, Cisco ISE/NAC, and Zero Trust identity architectures.
Network Security & SASE: Palo Alto Networks, Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet, Zscaler, Cisco Secure Access, Prisma Access, NGFW, IPS, VPN, segmentation, NAC, SASE, SSE, and ZTNA. Strong understanding of networking technologies affect security architecture and troubleshooting.
Cloud & SaaS Security: Microsoft Azure, AWS, Microsoft Defender, cloud IAM, CSPM, CIEM, workload protection, SSPM, cloud-native security monitoring, and hybrid-cloud security architectures.
Endpoint & Security Operations: Microsoft Defender XDR/Endpoint, CrowdStrike, Palo Alto Cortex, SIEM, SOAR, EDR/XDR, vulnerability management, threat detection, security analytics, and automation. Experience with Microsoft Sentinel, Splunk, Cortex, FortiSIEM, or similar platforms.
Candidates are not expected to be experts in every technology listed. The ideal Architect will have recognized SME-level depth in two or more major security disciplines, broad architectural knowledge across adjacent technologies, and the ability to become the technical escalation point when customer environments become complex.
Automation & Security Engineering
- Working knowledge of APIs, Python, PowerShell, Ansible, Terraform / OpenTofu, GitHub / GitLab, JSON, YAML, and Infrastructure as Code.
- Ability to identify and demonstrate where automation, integrations, APIs, and AI-assisted workflows can improve customer security outcomes and operational efficiency.
Architecture & Consulting Skills
- Establish technical credibility with engineers, architects, IT leadership, CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs.
- Lead discovery that uncovers business drivers, technical requirements, security risks, operational constraints, and desired outcomes.
- Translate complex requirements into clear architectures, solution recommendations, roadmaps, and customer-facing presentations.
- Communicate technical value and differentiation to both highly technical teams and executive audiences.
- Provide technical leadership across identity, endpoint, network, cloud, and security operations and understand how those domains intersect.
- Evaluate technologies objectively and develop multi-vendor solutions based on customer requirements rather than a single-vendor approach.
- Guide engineers through complex designs and technical challenges while remaining capable of stepping in directly when SME-level expertise is required.
- Build long-term trusted-advisor relationships and maintain technical continuity from pre-sales strategy through successful post-sales outcomes.
Professional Certifications We Value
Professional-level certifications are strongly valued but may be substituted with equivalent architecture, engineering, and customer-facing experience.
- Cisco: CCNP Security, CCIE Security, Cisco security specializations
- Palo Alto Networks: Professional or advanced Network Security, SASE, Cortex, or Cloud Security certifications
- Fortinet: FCP, FCSS
- Microsoft: Azure Security Engineer, Identity and Access Administrator, Cybersecurity Architect, Security Operations Analyst
- AWS: Security Specialty, Solutions Architect Professional
- Industry: CISSP, CCSP, GIAC or equivalent advanced security certifications
The pay range for this position is $155,000 – $175,000 per year.
This range reflects the annual salary that Continental Resources reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at the time of posting, consistent with the Massachusetts Pay Transparency Law (M.G.L. c. 149, § 105E).
#ConRes
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, Engineering, or equivalent professional experience.
- 7+ years of enterprise cybersecurity, security engineering, architecture, consulting, or pre-sales experience.
- Demonstrated SME-level expertise in one or more enterprise security disciplines and broad experience across multiple security domains.
- Experience leading complex customer-facing discovery, architecture workshops, presentations, demonstrations, proof-of-concepts, and technical evaluations.
- Experience developing solution designs, technical proposals, scopes of work, implementation approaches, and strategic security roadmaps.
- Ability to support complex post-sales escalations and work directly with engineering teams, customers, and OEM technical resources to drive issues to resolution.
- Experience in a VAR, systems integrator, MSP/MSSP, consulting organization, OEM, or enterprise architecture environment is highly desirable.
- Exceptional communication, presentation, business acumen, technical credibility, and relationship-building skills.
Why Join Us
- Serve as a senior technical leader while remaining close to the technology, the customer, and complex security challenges.
- Architect multi-vendor solutions across leading security platforms and influence strategic customer technology decisions.
- Remain a trusted SME beyond the sale while continuing to grow through certification, innovation, and technical leadership.
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The qualifications that appear most often in security architect jobs across Massachusetts.
- Industry certifications such as CISSP or CISM recognized by Massachusetts employers as baseline credentials
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, information security, or a closely related technical field
- Hands-on experience designing and implementing zero-trust or cloud security architectures
- Demonstrated ability to conduct threat modeling and lead enterprise-wide risk assessments
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks relevant to Massachusetts industries, including HIPAA and DFARS
- Strong communication skills to present security strategy to executive and non-technical stakeholders
Security Architect Jobs in Massachusetts: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a security architect in Massachusetts?
The typical path starts with a bachelor's degree in computer science, cybersecurity, or a related field, followed by several years of hands-on security engineering work. Massachusetts has no state-issued license specific to security architects, but employers consistently require the CISSP credential from ISC2 or the CISM from ISACA. Candidates who build experience within Massachusetts-heavy sectors like defense contracting, financial services, or academic medical centers advance into architect roles most reliably.
How much do security architects make in Massachusetts?
Security architects in Massachusetts earn a median of about $136,550 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $85,790 for the lowest 10% to over $226,190 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire security architects in Massachusetts?
Employers hiring security architects in Massachusetts right now include State Street, GuidePoint Security, and Cambridge Mobile Telematics, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Massachusetts's concentration of defense primes, large regional insurers, and research hospitals means demand stays consistent across both public and private sector employers throughout the year.
Which Massachusetts cities have the most security architect jobs?
Boston, Quincy, and Cambridge account for the most security architect openings in Massachusetts. Boston and Cambridge drive volume through their dense clusters of financial institutions, biotech firms, and universities, while Burlington and Waltham attract openings from the Route 128 technology corridor, where major defense contractors and enterprise software companies maintain large operations.
Are there remote security architect jobs in Massachusetts?
Yes, and more than most technical fields, since security architecture work centers on design, documentation, and advisory responsibilities that translate well to distributed teams. About 82% of security architect openings tied to Massachusetts are remote or hybrid as of September 2026, reflecting how broadly this model has been adopted. The portions of the role that remain most on-site are those involving classified defense contracts or regulated financial environments that require facility access.
How can I get hired as a security architect in Massachusetts with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is a security analyst or SOC analyst role at a Massachusetts employer, then building toward architecture over two to four years. Large Massachusetts-based organizations such as Fidelity Investments, Mass General Brigham, and state agencies under the Executive Office of Technology Services and Security post associate-level security roles that serve as a genuine on-ramp. Earning the CompTIA Security+ certification and assembling a portfolio of network or cloud security projects gives candidates a concrete edge when applying to those entry positions.
Where can I find and apply to security architect jobs in Massachusetts?
You can find and apply to security architect jobs in Massachusetts on Migrate Mate, which lists current Massachusetts openings from employers actively hiring right now. Find roles that match your experience and apply directly from each listing without any intermediary steps.
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