Principal Enterprise Security Architect

Position Title: Principal Architect, Technology – Enterprise Security Base Salary: $155,000 to $230,000 annually DOE Bonus: Target annual bonus Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs. Ziply Fiber is a local internet service provider dedicated to elevating the connected lives of the communities we serve. We offer the fastest home internet in the nation, a refreshingly great customer experience, and affordable plans that put customers in charge. As our state-of-the-art fiber network expands, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals. Our Company Values: Genuinely Caring: We treat customers and colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention. Empowering You: We help customers choose what is best for them, and we support employees in implementing new ideas and solutions. Innovation and Improvement: We constantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and each other.  Earning Your Trust: We build trust through clear, honest, human communication. Job Summary The Principal Architect, Technology - Enterprise Security is a senior individual contributor responsible for defining and advancing the enterprise security architecture and technical standards that protect Ziply Fiber's corporate systems, employee infrastructure, and business applications, as well as the network we operate on behalf of 1M+ broadband subscribers. This role provides architecture-level direction across corporate and network environments — including Zero Trust strategy, threat detection and response architecture, cloud and application security, and identity and access management design. Operation of the security tooling and Security Operations Center (SOC) sits with the Security Operations function, and control governance and approval sit with Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC). This separation of duties is deliberate and keeps architecture and design distinct from the operation and assessment of controls. The successful candidate brings deep, hands-on security architecture expertise in a broadband ISP, telecommunications, or critical-infrastructure environment, and the demonstrated ability to translate business risk into technical design and to communicate security architecture to both engineering teams and executive stakeholders. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed. Security Architecture & Zero Trust · Define and own Ziply's enterprise security architecture: network segmentation, Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) strategy, micro-segmentation, and identity-based access-control design across corporate and network environments. · Establish the Zero Trust reference architecture and multi-year roadmap, including…