Security Architect

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Welcome to Warner Bros.
Discovery… the stuff dreams are made of.
Who We Are… When we say, “the stuff dreams are made of,” we’re not just referring to the world of wizards, dragons and superheroes, or even to the wonders of Planet Earth.
Behind WBD’s vast portfolio of iconic content and beloved brands, are the storytellers bringing our characters to life, the creators bringing them to your living rooms and the dreamers creating what’s next… From brilliant creatives, to technology trailblazers, across the globe, WBD offers career defining opportunities, thoughtfully curated benefits, and the tools to explore and grow into your best selves.
Here you are supported, here you are celebrated, here you can thrive.
Our Team As the Warner Bros.
Discovery (WBD) portfolio continues to grow – around the world and across platforms – the T&O team is building media technology and IT systems that meet the world class standard for which WBD is known for.
T&O builds, implements, and maintains the business systems and technologies that are critical for delivering our products, while articulating the long-term technology strategy that will enable WBD’s growing pay-tv, digital terrestrial, free-to-air, and online services to reach more audiences across various platforms.
Within the GICS team, there has never been a busier or more urgent time to obtain the best talent for this critical function.
With constant security threats and attacks occurring in companies around the globe and across all industries, we are expanding the team and continue to implement latest security tools and resources to protect the Company from ever-growing threats and malicious intent.
Your New Role.
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The Security Architect is a critical technical role responsible for ensuring the secure design and compliance of WBD enterprise architecture to effectively and securely support the organization in meeting specific business technology needs.
This candidate will be considered a technical expert.
Ideal candidates will have the following expectations, execute architecture design reviews to evaluate security controls and identify opportunities to enhance the security posture of WBD business environments, build relationships with infrastructure architects and engineering leads to disseminate and explain secure design methodologies and policies.
Ideal candidates will also understand the landscape and components of cutting-edge architectures and the methods to securely deploy them.
Your Role Accountabilities.
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Provide technical leadership and consultation for infrastructure architects and engineers to ensure the secure deployment of technology.
As part of a team, ensure the adoption of security architecture and engineering initiatives in order to effectively and securely support the organization in meeting specific business technology needs.
Drive consideration of cybersecurity tools and datasets to enhance detective and preventative control sets.
Understand technical security issues and the implications to WBD businesses and be able to communicate them to management and other business leaders.
Understand emerging security technologies and determine the appropriate use within business applications.
Maintain and enforce WBD’s cybersecurity policies and secure design documentation.
Execute and improve on WBD’s Security architecture review process and ensure compliance for all business initiatives.
Architect global programs that deploy strong security patterns and controls across applications and computing environments, while addressing security, business resiliency, privacy and compliance frameworks Identify security vulnerabilities and guide developers and engineers in addressing these issues Improve architectural adoption through automation and efficiently use security tools to solve challenges at scale.
Validate reference architectures for security best practices and recommend changes to enhance security and reduce risk, where applicable Collaborate with our corporate functions including Internal Audit, Legal and Compliance, Privacy, and Sourcing to ensure that WBD maintains a strong cybersecurity posture.
Qualifications & Experience.
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Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or other related discipline or 6+ years of previous technical experience, specifically security architecture experience.
Security certifications are a plus.
(CISSP, CISA, SANS Certifications, etc.
) Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, specifically the ability to communicate within the context of the intended audience, whether that be senior executives or highly technical engineering resources.
Detailed understanding of the threats faced by direct to consumer and digital platform organizations.
Working knowledge of at least one programming language (Python, Go etc.
) Proven hands-on experience securing cloud infrastructure Proven hands-on experience securing global hybrid architectures from both a compute and network infrastructure perspective Proven hands-on experience securing operating systems (Microsoft, Linux, MacOS etc.
) Proven hands-on experience with application security topics such as the OWASP top 10 and technical remediation required Detailed technical experience supporting and implementing SIEM & logging tools (Splunk, Kibana, etc.
) and the ability to extract actionable intelligence from large volume aggregated log storage.
Thorough understanding of Network and Compute architectures and, specifically the security aspects thereof.
Thorough understanding of compliance and regulatory frameworks and how they affect architecture designs and reviews.
This position requires the resource to be on-site at least three days a week in our Atlanta, DC, or Silver Spring office.
#LI-Hybrid How We Get Things Done… This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done.
You can find them at www.
wbd.
com/guiding-principles/ along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day.
We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.
The Legal Bits… In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required.
Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance.
Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros.
Discovery’s total compensation package for employees.
Pay Range: $86,030.
00 - $159,770.
00 salary per year.
Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards.
In addition, Warner Bros.
Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.
Warner Bros.
Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us.
Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.
If you’re a qualified candidate and you require adjustments or accommodations to search for a job opening or apply for a position, please contact us at recruitadmin@wbd.
com.