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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Security Engineer, Enterprise Security - **Company:** Aurora Innovation, Inc. - **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $189,000.0 - $303,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software as a Service, Cloud Computing Security, Control Objectives for Information and Related Technology (COBIT), Cyber Security, Data Security, Software Design Patterns, Identity and Access Management, Interoperability, Information Systems Security Architecture Professional, Network Security, Public Key Infrastructure, Zero Trust Network Access, Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture, Software Vulnerability Management, Software Security, Backend, Togaf, Security Orchestration, Automation & Response - **Published:** June 12, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=09b5d8e8f2481f8e ## About the Role Do you have experience in Zero trust architecture design?, * 10+ years of professional experience in Information Security, Enterprise Architecture, Security Engineering, or related technical leadership capacities. * 5+ years specifically focused on designing enterprise-scale security architectures across diverse domains, including endpoint, network, infrastructure, vulnerability management, resilience, and enterprise platforms. * Demonstrated success in developing enterprise security architecture strategies, reference architectures, and scalable technical standards. * Extensive technical depth in Zero Trust principles, enterprise security frameworks, and modern backend or enterprise security architecture design patterns. * Comprehensive knowledge of core enterprise security domains, including endpoint security, network security, PKI, enterprise vulnerability management, resilience, data protection, and governance integration. * Proven ability to translate governance, compliance, and strategic business requirements into actionable technical architecture and implementation guidance. * Experience representing security interests within architecture review boards, governance committees, or enterprise-wide design councils. * Advanced familiarity with enterprise infrastructure, SaaS ecosystems, internal platforms, and the strategic integration of security tooling. * Adept at evaluating technical tradeoffs, identifying scalability constraints, and assessing the long-term implications of enterprise security architecture decisions. * Exceptional documentation skills, including the creation of detailed architecture diagrams, technical standards, and strategic narratives for executive leadership. * Proven capacity to influence technical and business stakeholders across multifaceted cross-functional teams. * Strong strategic mindset, complex problem-solving abilities, and a track record of organizational leadership., * Direct experience in the automotive industry. * Knowledge of enterprise architecture committee structures and multifaceted cross-functional governance models. * Expert-level knowledge on AI security, security automation, or enterprise-scale modernization initiatives. * Relevant security and architecture certifications (such as CISSP, SABSA, TOGAF, or equivalent) are a plus but not required. ## Description * Define and champion Aurora's enterprise security architecture strategy, roadmap, and target-state operating model across enterprise and backend operational security domains. * Develop enterprise security reference architectures, design patterns, and technical standards for endpoint security, network security, infrastructure security, enterprise vulnerability management, data protection, resilience, enterprise platforms, and security tooling. * Translate security strategy, governance requirements, and business priorities into scalable technical architecture and implementation guidance. * Partner with GRC to operationalize security policies, standards, and control objectives into practical enterprise security architectures. * Support and influence Aurora's broader Enterprise Architecture Committee by representing enterprise security priorities, technical standards, and strategic design principles. * Participate in architecture review boards, design committees, and strategic planning forums to ensure enterprise security alignment across major initiatives. * Architect secure solutions for workforce platforms, enterprise systems, internal infrastructure, and backend operational ecosystems using Zero Trust principles and modern security frameworks. * Guide enterprise security design for endpoint security, network security, PKI, enterprise vulnerability management, BCP/DR, data security, enterprise infrastructure, and security tooling modernization. * Provide architectural oversight for major enterprise security initiatives, ensuring scalability, interoperability, governance alignment, and reduced fragmentation. * Partner with Security Engineering, GRC, Cloud Security, IT, Product Security, and IAM teams to align technical security capabilities while maintaining clear domain boundaries. * Identify architectural gaps, capability overlaps, and opportunities to streamline enterprise security investments. * Help shape long-term strategy for enterprise security capabilities, including emerging needs related to AI security, automation, infrastructure modernization, and operational resilience. * Support security tooling strategy by evaluating architectural fit, integration models, and long-term scalability of enterprise security platforms. * Establish and maintain enterprise security design documentation, architecture diagrams, reference standards, and technical governance artifacts. * Guide enterprise security maturity by aligning architecture to frameworks such as Zero Trust, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, SOX, SOC 2, and broader operational resilience objectives. * Serve as a strategic advisor to Enterprise Security leadership on architecture, maturity, organizational scaling, and strategic technical investments. * Support Enterprise Security leadership with strategic technical narratives that improve executive and business understanding of enterprise security investments. ## 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