Security Architect - Dallas, TX, United States
Originally posted 9 September 2026 by the employer.
Zero Trust Architecture
About the role
This individual contributor role focuses on leading enterprise-wide security architecture initiatives, including transformational programs like Zero Trust Architecture.
What you'll do
- Lead design and implementation of enterprise strategies such as Zero Trust Architecture across security pillars: identity, device, network, application, and data protection.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive security architecture patterns, reference architectures, and design standards.
- Conduct threat modeling and security architecture reviews for critical systems, applications, and infrastructure changes.
- Design security solutions that balance business requirements, risk tolerance, and operational feasibility.
- Translate security requirements from compliance frameworks and business needs into actionable technical architectures.
- Evaluate and architect integration of security technologies across the enterprise stack.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering or related technical field.
- 8+ years of experience in security architecture.
- Demonstrated experience leading threat modeling activities for complex, multi-domain enterprise systems, including data flow analysis, trust boundary mapping, and application of methodologies such as STRIDE and PASTA.
Nice to have
- Experience with OT/ICS security architecture and industrial control systems security frameworks.
- Background in semiconductor manufacturing, critical infrastructure, or highly regulated industries.
- Experience with security architecture in hybrid cloud environments.
- Contributions to security communities: published research, conference presentations, open-source security projects.
- Demonstrated use of AI/LLM tools in security engineering workflows (threat modeling, code review, policy generation).
- Familiarity with AI security engineering concepts: prompt injection, model risk, agentic attack surfaces, OWASP LLM Top 10.
- Key cybersecurity certifications (E.g., CISSP, GIAC GDSA, SABSA, CCSP, etc.).
Skills: security architecture, Zero Trust Architecture, threat modeling, security solutions, semiconductor manufacturing
This role has been open 35 days — well below the 58-day median for Hardware Security Engineering roles.
Hardware Security Engineering · Hardware Security
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Open roles in category
184
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$229k
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| Metric | Texas Instruments | All employers we track in this specialty (184 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 184 |
| Median days open | 35 d | 58 d (−23 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: security architecture, Zero Trust Architecture, threat modeling, security solutions, semiconductor manufacturing
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 27 open roles · median 33 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 23 open roles · median 105 d
- Qualcomm · 17 open roles · median 119 d
- Arm Holdings · 13 open roles · median 99 d
- STMicroelectronics · 11 open roles · median 17 d
- AMD · 9 open roles · median 41 d
How we counted: 184 open Hardware Security Engineering (Hardware Security) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.