Security Architect

We are Rokt, a hyper-growth ecommerce leader. We enable companies to unlock value by making each transaction relevant at the moment that matters most, when customers are buying. Together, Rokt’s AI-based relevance Platform and scaled ecommerce network powers billions of transactions. In December 2022, Rokt’s valuation increased to $2.4 billion USD, allowing us to expand rapidly across 15 countries. 

The Rokt engineering team builds best-in-class ecommerce technology that provides personalized and relevant experiences for customers globally and empowers marketers with sophisticated, AI-driven tooling to better understand consumers. Our bespoke platform handles millions of transactions per day and considers billions of data points which give engineers the opportunity to build technology at scale, collaborate across teams and gain exposure to a wide range of technology.

At Rokt, we practice transparency in career paths and compensation. 

At Rokt, we believe in transparency, which is why we have a well-defined career ladder with transparent compensation and clear career paths based on competency and ability. Rokt’stars constantly strive to raise the bar, pushing the envelope of what is possible.

We are looking for a Security Architect

Compensation: $235,000 - $312,000 salary, employee equity plan grant & world class benefits.

The Security Architect integrates organizational security needs into enterprise architecture, designing cybersecurity solutions for complex systems with multilevel security requirements. They oversee information security across acquisition cycles, implement secure configurations, assess architectures for vulnerabilities, and develop risk management strategies. Expertise in enterprise architecture, risk management, systems integration, and cybersecurity principles is essential. This role acts as a bridge between enterprise architects and security engineers, ensuring effective security controls across networks and systems. This role requires not only a strong technical background but also a strong understanding of business units to influence stakeholders. 

About the role: 

• Design and implement a security architecture that can scale with Rokt’s growth, accommodating increased data, users, and systems without compromising security
• Develop security standards, guidelines and architectural patterns that facilitate rapid deployment of new applications and services while maintaining security best practices
• Collaborate with Infra teams to move towards a ‘Zero Trust’ operating environment, adopt standardized and automated CI/CD for security assurance, and address supply chain risks throughout the development lifecycle
• Define a comprehensive Cloud security strategy and change management process, ensuring all infrastructure, configuration, applications and policies are managed ‘as code’ and pass necessary security gates
• Ensure all data stored in the Cloud is discovered and appropriately governed and protected in accordance with compliance requirements and business goals
• Fortify secure remote work policies and infrastructure to support a distributed workforce

About you:

• 5-10 years of experience in a security architect role or equivalent technology role 
• Solid experience using Identity and Access Management (IGA, PAM, EPM, SSO, MFA), cloud security in multi-cloud environment, Application Security but experience with 1st line cybersecurity functions in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, etc) would be fine
• Have delivered scalable and resilient security architectures for software delivery, aligning with business goals and incorporating modern supply chain technologies and best practices such as SLSA, OpenSSF, SBOM, and CBOM.
• Ability to work in small, fast paced teams, while constantly looking for new ways to improve and accelerate a function
• Good knowledge of product security and information risk management would be great

About Rokt’stars:

As a mission-driven, hyper-growth community of curious explorers, our ambition is to unlock the full potential in ecommerce and beyond. Our bias for action means we are not afraid to quickly venture into uncharted territories, take risks or challenge the status quo; in doing so we either win or learn. We work together as one aligned team never letting egos get in the way of brilliant ideas. We value diversity, transparency and smart humble people who enjoy building a disruptive business together. We pride ourselves on being a force for good as we make the world better. 

About The Benefits:

We leverage best-in-class technology and market-leading innovation in AI and ML, with all of that being underlined by building and maintaining a fantastic and inclusive culture where people can be their authentic selves, and offering a great list of perks and benefits to go with it:

• Accelerate your career. We offer roadmaps to leadership and an annual $5000 training allowance
• Become a shareholder. Every Rokt’star gets equity in the company
• Enjoy catered lunch every day and healthy snacks in the office. Plus join the gym on us! 
• Access generous retirement plans like a 4% dollar-for-dollar 401K matching plan and get fully funded premium health insurance for your entire family! 
• Dog-friendly office 
• Extra leave (bonus annual leave, sabbatical leave etc.) 
• Work with the greatest talent in town
• See the world! We have offices in New York, Seattle, Sydney, Tokyo and London

We believe we’re better together. We love spending time together and are in the office most days (teams are in the office 4 days per week). We also get that you need to balance your life and your commitments so you have the flexibility to manage your own hours and can spend up to a week of every quarter working from anywhere.

If this sounds like a role you’d enjoy, apply here and you’ll hear from our recruiting team.