Cybersecurity Architect - Threat Modeling & Kill Chain

We are seeking a Security Architect - Threat Modeling & Kill Chain contractor to provide advisory support for clients designing and maturing security architectures aligned to threat models, attack paths, adversary behavior, and kill-chain analysis. This role will assess existing security architecture across prevention, detection, and response layers and provide practical recommendations to strengthen security controls., * Conduct threat modeling and attack path analysis to identify adversary techniques, exploitation paths, and potential control gaps.

• Assess existing security architecture across prevention, detection, and response capabilities.
• Evaluate cloud, network, endpoint, and application security controls against likely threat scenarios.
• Provide recommendations to strengthen controls aligned to kill-chain analysis, MITRE ATT&CK, and threat modeling outputs.
• Advise on target-state security architecture, security capability improvements, and security architecture roadmaps.
• Identify gaps in security controls, architecture design, monitoring, detection, segmentation, hardening, and response capabilities.
• Support integration of threat modeling outputs into broader cybersecurity strategy, risk management, vulnerability management, and remediation planning.
• Communicate architectural findings, security trade-offs, risk implications, and recommendations to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Document threat models, attack paths, control gaps, architecture recommendations, and roadmap considerations.
• Provide advisory support across complex enterprise technology environments and multiple technology stacks.

Do you have experience in Vulnerability management?, Do you have a Bachelor’s degree?, The ideal candidate has deep experience in security architecture or security engineering, strong knowledge of threat modeling and MITRE ATT&CK, and the ability to translate technical architecture risks into clear recommendations for technical and executive stakeholders., * 8+ years of experience in security architecture, security engineering, or related cybersecurity architecture roles.

• Strong knowledge and experience aligning architecture recommendations to kill-chain analysis, MITRE ATT&CK, risk management, or vulnerability management programs.
• Experience assessing or designing controls across cloud, network, endpoint, and application security domains.
• Experience conducting threat modeling, attack path analysis, control gap assessments, or security architecture reviews.
• Ability to clearly articulate architectural concepts, security trade-offs, and risk-based recommendations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive audiences.
• Strong documentation, presentation, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Experience supporting large, complex enterprise environments.
• Consulting or client-facing advisory experience.
• Ability to operate across multiple industries and technology stacks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing target-state security architectures or capability roadmaps.
• Strong executive communication, technical advisory, and documentation skills., * Cybersecurity Architecture & Assessment: 8 years (Required)
• Threat Modeling: 3 years (Required)
• Big 4 Consulting: 3 years (Preferred)

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Base Pay: From $70.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Are you eligible to work as a direct 1099 contractor (no W2 or C2C arrangements)? Please indicate your eligibility by typing ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. Note - This question is required. Failure to answer may result in disqualification