Applied Materials Senior Director Cybersecurity Architecture 

United States, Texas, Austin 

862718044

What We Offer

$216,000.00 - $297,000.00Austin,TX, Home / Mobile,MA-001, Home / Mobile,TX-001, Toronto,CAN

This position is centered onacross a complex, global enterprise. You’ll play a critical role in shaping how cybersecurity is built into the fabric of our technology ecosystem—driving forward-thinking solutions that protect our business at scale and velocity.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and evolve enterprise-wide cybersecurity architectures that align with business goals and technology strategies.

• Define and maintain architecture standards, reference models, and secure design patterns.

• Lead the evaluation of emerging technologies, threat trends, and security innovations to inform architectural strategy.

• Identify architectural risks early in the solution lifecycle and develop mitigation strategies.

• Collaborate with engineering, infrastructure, and application teams to embed security into solution design and delivery.

• Drive adoption of zero trust principles, secure-by-design practices, and modern identity and access management models.

• Provide deep technical expertise and mentorship to architects, engineers, and security professionals across the organization.

• Influence vendor and technology selection through architectural assessments and proof-of-concept evaluations.

• Partner with product and platform teams to ensure security is integrated into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices.

• Serve as a thought leader and trusted advisor to senior technical and business stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Security, or a related field.

• 10+ years of experience in cybersecurity, with at least 5 years in a senior architecture or technical leadership role.

• Equivalent knowledge to CISSP certification (CISSP preferred).

• Deep expertise in enterprise security architecture, secure system design, and cloud security (AWS, Azure, GCP).

• Strong understanding of zero trust, identity and access management, encryption, and secure networking.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.

• Proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced, global environment.

Full time

Assignee / Regular