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title: 'Senior Information Security Architect at Verisign'
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# Senior Information Security Architect at Verisign

- **Company:** Verisign
- **Location:** Reston, VA
- **Posted:** 2026-10-05
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verisign/jobs/8011544003

## Job description

Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet. We are a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world and deliver unmatched performance in domain name system (DNS) services.

We are a mission focused, values driven company where each individual can contribute to building a stronger, more secure internet.  We offer a dynamic and flexible work environment with competitive benefits and the ability to grow your career.

The mission of the Security Architecture Team is to define and advance secure, resilient architecture across Verisign’s systems, networks, applications, cloud platforms, data environments, and emerging technologies. The team combines deep technical expertise with enterprise strategy to reduce risk, enable innovation, and establish security patterns that scale across the organization.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Information Security Architect. This senior individual-contributor role shapes enterprise security strategy, reference architectures, standards, and technical requirements across the entire company. The architect will lead high-impact design decisions, resolve complex cross-domain security challenges, and advise engineering and executive leaders on risk, tradeoffs, and long-term technology direction.

Working across security engineering, infrastructure, application development, cloud, data, and AI teams, this role ensures security is built into critical services from concept through implementation in production. The Senior Information Security Architect will authoritatively guide the defense of a diverse hybrid technology ecosystem - safeguarding mission essential on-premises architecture, modern cloud platforms, secure application pipelines, and emerging enterprise AI workloads.

## Key Responsibilities

- Define enterprise security architecture strategy, principles, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and multi-year roadmaps across network, endpoint, identity, application, cloud, container, data, and detection and response domains
- Lead security architecture engagement for complex, high-risk, and cross-functional programs; translate business objectives, threat intelligence, and risk appetite into scalable technical controls and design requirements
- Establish architecture and security requirements for AI/ML systems, including secure MLOps, model and data lifecycle protection, identity and authorization, platform isolation, model provenance, monitoring, privacy, and responsible-use guardrails
- Review generative and agentic AI designs—including retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, third-party models, APIs, plugins, tools, and autonomous actions—and address controls to mitigate the risks of prompt injection, data leakage, excessive agency, insecure output handling, and AI supply-chain compromise
- Perform threat modeling, architecture reviews, and security design assessments for critical systems and emerging technologies; document risk decisions and guide remediation or compensating controls
- Identify systemic gaps in the security posture, develop prioritized recommendations and investment roadmaps, and communicate technical risk and tradeoffs clearly to executive leadership
- Evaluate security technologies and vendors, guide proofs of concept, and ensure proposed solutions are interoperable, supportable, measurable, and aligned with strategic architecture

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 10+ years of broad information security experience, including significant experience with security architecture and design for complex enterprise environments
- Demonstrated expertise across security architecture and secure networking, cloud, identity (both on premises and cloud), endpoint, application security, data protection, and detection and response
- Proven ability to lead threat modeling and architecture reviews, and to make consequential technical decisions for high-value or high-availability systems
- Working knowledge of AI/ML architecture and security, including secure MLOps, model and data governance, generative AI, RAG, AI agents, prompt injection, model supply-chain risk, sensitive-data exposure, access controls, and monitoring
- Ability to translate complex technical risk into clear recommendations for engineering teams, business stakeholders, and executive leaders
- Strong cross-functional leadership, facilitation, written communication, and mentoring skills, with a record of influencing decisions without direct authority

Preferred:

- Advanced experience with vulnerability assessment, security risk analysis, and risk-based prioritization
- Expertise in application security, secure software development, and the OWASP Top 10 and OWASP Top 10 for Large Language Model Applications
- Experience designing security for public cloud, hybrid environments, infrastructure as code, and CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with frameworks such as NIST CSF, NIST AI RMF, MITRE ATT&CK, or MITRE ATLAS
- Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, or equivalent

This position is based in our Reston, VA office and offers a hybrid work schedule.

The pay range is $164,300 - $222,300.

The anticipated annual base salary range for this position is noted above, however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience. Verisign offers a discretionary bonus which is based on individual and company performance, and certain roles may be eligible for discretionary stock awards. Verisign is an equal opportunity employer. That means we recruit, hire, compensate, train, promote, transfer, and administer all terms and conditions of employment without regard to their race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, protected veteran status, disability, or other protected categories under applicable law.

Additional Information: [Our Careers Page](https://www.verisign.com/en_US/company-information/verisign-careers/index.xhtml?dmn=verisign.careers) [Our Benefits Summary](https://www.verisign.com/careers/benefits/) [Verisign in the Community](https://www.verisign.com/about-us/verisign-cares/) [Our EEO Statement](https://www.verisign.com/assets/Equal-Employment-Opportunity.pdf) [Our Privacy Notice for Job Applicants/Candidates](https://www.verisign.com/legal-center/privacy/privacy-job-applicants/) [Reasonable Accommodations](https://www.verisign.com/en_US/company-information/verisign-careers/index.xhtml?loc=en_US#:~:text=Reasonable%20Accommodations%20for%20Those%20With%20Disabilities)

Staffing agency policy: No fees will be paid for unsolicited resumes submitted to Verisign or our employees by third parties.

## About Verisign

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: Internet infrastructure, domain name registry services, DNS security and stability
- Target customers: ICANN-accredited registrars (B2B), the global internet community (indirectly B2C through domain registrations)
- Mission or purpose statement: "Verisign enables the world to connect online with reliability and confidence – anytime, anywhere."

## Products & Services
- **.com and .net Registry Services**: Authoritative resolution and registration for the two largest top-level domains, supporting the majority of global e-commerce.
- **Root Zone Maintainer**: Operates two of the 13 global internet root servers and provides root zone maintainer services for the DNS.
- **DNS Security & Stability**: Proprietary infrastructure and tools to protect the Domain Name System from cyber threats, with uninterrupted resolution since 1997.
- **Data & Insights**: Publishes data about .com and .net zone trends and contributes to internet standards development.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Public company (NYSE: VRSN) – current market cap not disclosed in provided sources.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue – not publicly available in provided sources. (Public financials can be found in SEC filings.)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: U.S. Department of Commerce (Cooperative Agreement for .com), Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), approximately 3,000 ICANN-accredited registrars worldwide.
- **Growth Signals**: Manages relationships with ~3,000 registrars who typically submit over 100 million domain name transactions daily; operates two of the 13 global root servers; continues to invest in DNS infrastructure to meet growing global internet engagement.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Uninterrupted service**: Provided resolution for .com and .net without interruption since 1997.
- **Proprietary infrastructure**: Custom-built DNS registration infrastructure and toolset designed for high dependability in an evolving cyber threat environment.
- **Content neutrality obligation**: Under the Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Department of Commerce, .com registry must remain content neutral – a unique obligation that ensures equal access.
- **Root zone stewardship**: As root zone maintainer and operator of two root servers, Verisign holds a critical, irreplaceable role in the global DNS.
- **Scale and trust**: Billions of people and a significant portion of the world’s economy rely on the infrastructure Verisign helps manage.

## Strategic Focus
- **Infrastructure investment**: Committed to investing in DNS infrastructure to meet ever-growing demand as global internet engagement continues to rise.
- **Security leadership**: Working with government regulators, ICANN, industry groups, and law enforcement to combat DNS-related security threats and illegal activity.
- **Community collaboration**: Actively contributes to policy development and internet standards, sharing expertise through publicly available data on .com and .net zones.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: Employees help keep the internet secure, stable, and resilient – with impact felt globally.
- **Diversity and inclusion**: Equal opportunity employer with active employee communities (APIC, BELIEVE, BienVenidos, Women in Technology, Young Professionals Group).
- **Comprehensive benefits**: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with match, employee stock purchase plan, tuition reimbursement, parental bonding leave, volunteer hours, and more.
- **Work environment**: Emphasis on work-life balance; onsite fitness center in Reston; telemedicine and family building support.
- **Veteran-friendly**: Mission-focused and veteran-driven culture; many veterans thrive in the company’s purpose-oriented environment.
- **Remote/hybrid policy**: Not explicitly stated in provided sources; likely office-based with flexibility (Reston HQ and international locations).

## Sources
1. [verisign.com - About Us](https://www.verisign.com/about-us/)
2. [verisign.com - Careers Overview](https://www.verisign.com/careers/)
3. [verisign.com - Our Culture](https://www.verisign.com/careers/our-culture/)
4. [verisign.com - Jobs](https://www.verisign.com/careers/jobs/)
5. [verisign.com - Employee Benefits](https://www.verisign.com/careers/benefits/)
6. [job-boards.greenhouse.io - Verisign Careers](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/verisign)

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