Company

Cox Automotive - USAInformation TechnologyCybersecurity Lead ArchitectManager - Non People LeaderHybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the weekYes, 15% of the timeDay

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $122,600.00 - $204,400.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

A Lead of Integrated Cybersecurity Architecture is responsible for evangelizing the agreed upon cybersecurity architectural principles, standards, and design patterns, and advising engineering teams on how to build secure products and enterprise tools for multi-cloud and on-premises environments. This role is focused on being an integrated member of the product and engineering teams. A separate function defines the architecture guidelines that this role is responsible for advising the teams on how to implement.

By having deep cybersecurity knowledge in the design and build of secure software products and tools in both multi-cloud and on-premises environments, this role will partner with and influence direct and cross-functional teams throughout the organization and collaborate cross-functionally to solve cybersecurity risks that are unique to a business unit’s risk profile and products.

This role will report directly to a Director of Integrated Cybersecurity Architecture at Cox Automotive.

Primary Responsibilities

• Communicate cybersecurity guidelines to engineering and business teams and support their adoption of the guidelines.

• Be integrated with and in continuous contact with engineering teams to advise on their architecture decisions and assist with cybersecurity control implementation.

• Engage with cybersecurity peers to create a cohesive cybersecurity department and share back internally regarding business specific activities. Act as the on the ground cybersecurity security representative to the product and engineering teams.

• Partner with enterprise architecture, infrastructure and engineering teams to review existing architecture, identify gaps and recommend security enhancements.

• Design and implement agentic security review frameworks that leverage AI-powered tools to automate threat modeling, code analysis, and security requirement validation for new product features throughout the development lifecycle

• Lead AI red teaming initiatives to identify vulnerabilities, bias, prompt injection risks, and adversarial attack vectors in AI-powered features and machine learning systems prior to production deployment ensuring adherence to agreed upon guardrails.

• Participate in security events and incident response to identify gaps in current design and propose solutions to prevent threats from reoccurring.

• Support third‑party penetration testing engagements, including scoping definition, test execution oversight, and surfacing risk insights to stakeholders.

• Partner with the legal and security governance, risk and compliance teams to ensure that cybersecurity architecture enables compliance with relevant regulatory and contractual requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 6 years of experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 4 years of experience; a Ph.D. and 1 year of experience in a related field; or 10 years’ experience in a related field.

• At least 4 years focused on cybersecurity.

• Relevant experience with designing, securing, or operating AWS infrastructure and services.

• Clearly articulate the objective of specific cybersecurity policies and procedures to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Excellent customer service skills, writing, and executive presentation skills.

• Develop a strong and productive working environment with key stakeholders and collaborate closely with other Cox entities’ cybersecurity teams to implement cybersecurity best practices.

• Consultative nature to work through controversial or complex topics to employees, leaders, and/or senior leadership.

• Evaluate risks and recommend actions based on impact and likelihood of the risk to the business.

• Knowledge of current cybersecurity and technology architectures such as zero trust, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, virtualization, containerization, DevSecOps, and software-defined networking across a variety of environments and deployments.

• Creatively solving complex cybersecurity challenges while exhibiting solid, pragmatic business acumen.

• Experience utilizing Agile methodologies.

• Initiating change and deploying solutions in Fortune 1000 companies.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks (e.g., ISO 27000, NIST, FFIEC) and industry relevant regulations that will guide architectural requirements (e.g., GDPR, FFIEC, GLBA).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the development and design of cybersecurity standard methodologies to all layers of the hosting and application stack in both cloud and on-premises environments.

• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM), cryptography / key management, secrets management, access controls and security protocols (e.g., multi-factor, SAML, OAuth, OIDC).

• Experience with application security implementations and standard methodologies.

• Extensive technology knowledge and recognized expertise in several areas including Python, .NET, Java, Spring frameworks, SQL/noSQL databases, serverless, cloud patterns, cloud service and user authentication or similar.

• Experience with firewall, web application firewalls, and other edge services as well as deep understanding of DMZ and other network architectures.

• A strong understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

• Experience establishing a strategy for and implementing cloud enterprise solutions in AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• A strong understanding of cloud containers and/or serverless platforms (e.g., EKS, ECS, Lambda, Fargate).

• Knowledge of AI/ML security principles including adversarial machine learning, prompt injection techniques, model security testing, and emerging AI threat landscapes

• Hands-on experience with agentic AI tools, security automation frameworks, or large language model applications for security analysis, code review, or threat detection

• Big four consulting or Fortune 500 company experience.

• Relevant industry certification (e.g., CISSP, CEH, OSCP, Azure, AWS, CISM, CRISC).

To be employed in this role, you’ll need to clear a pre-employment drug test. Cox Automotive does not currently administer a pre-employment drug test for marijuana for this position. However, we are a drug-free workplace, so the possession, use or being under the influence of drugs illegal under federal or state law during work hours, on company property and/or in company vehicles is prohibited.The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company’s needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.Through groundbreaking technology and a commitment to stellar experiences for drivers and dealers alike, Cox Automotive employees are transforming the way the world buys, owns, sells – or simply uses – cars. Cox Automotive employees get to work on iconic consumer brands like Autotrader and Kelley Blue Book and industry-leading dealer-facing companies like vAuto and Manheim, all while enjoying the people-centered atmosphere that is central to our life at Cox. Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO). For more details on what benefits you may be offered, visit our benefits page. Cox is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer – All qualified applicants/employees will receive consideration for employment without regard to that individual’s age, race, color, religion or creed, national origin or ancestry, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, physical or mental disability, veteran status, genetic information, ethnicity, citizenship, or any other characteristic protected by law. Cox provides reasonable accommodations when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with disability, unless such accommodations would cause an undue hardship.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.