Security Architect

Salario mediano: $158,600 USD · BLS 2024Aproximadamente $2,776,000 MXN al tipo de cambio actual. Tu banco aplicará el tipo de cambio real al momento de cualquier transacción.

A Security Architect designs the cybersecurity systems other teams operate. You pick the identity model, the network segmentation strategy, the logging topology, and the zero-trust reference architecture. The role sits upstream of engineering, which means decisions you make today shape what the organization can and cannot do for years. I've watched companies outgrow a bad architecture and spend millions rebuilding, and watched good architects earn their salary ten times over by saying no to the wrong shortcut early. The work is diagrams, design reviews, standards documents, and long conversations with platform teams, auditors, and product engineering. You need enough depth to argue with the experts and enough breadth to see the system whole.