Cybersecurity Architect

We're looking for a Cybersecurity Architect

This role is Hybrid, Santa Monica Office

The Cybersecurity Architect is a hands-on role responsible for evaluating, designing, and implementing security and compliance controls. This position plays a critical role in protecting Cornerstone OnDemand (CSOD) from internal and external threats through architecture reviews and ongoing assessments to identify, interpret, and remediate vulnerabilities across our cloud environments. You will lead the design and implementation of security and compliance controls across our AI / ML and cloud ecosystems, partnering closely with engineering, data science, and platform teams to embed security-by-design principles.

Hybrid in Santa Monica or Dublin, CA office

In this role you will...

• Design and implement controls for model training, fine-tuning, RAG workflows, agent / tool execution, and model serving on AWS (Bedrock, SageMaker, EKS) and GCP (Vertex AI, GKE).
• Establish LLM guardrails : prompt input / output filtering, content policy enforcement, tool permissioning, sensitive data protection, and output safety evaluation.
• Design and develop, cloud security solutions in AWS and GCP environments and drive automation to secure critical and sensitive data, services, applications, and infrastructure across our fast-growing organization.
• Drive threat modeling and secure coding practices; conduct secure code reviews and coach teams on remediation.
• Strengthen API and browser security : input validation, output encoding, CSRF / CORS, rate limiting, abuse prevention, and robust authZ models.
• Participate in architecture and design reviews with development / DevOps staff to incorporate effective security standards into design
• Provides guidance on data analysis and reporting, including the use of complex analysis or machine learning. Integrates and builds upon existing automation, security operations, and monitoring systems.
• Stay abreast of security development practices, including the research of current and evolving trends
• Must be able to perform hands-on support for a wide range of security technologies including, but not limited to : Pipeline security, DevSecOps, CloudFormation templates, Docker, Kubernetes, SIEM, IPS, Vulnerability Scanners

You've got what it takes if you have...

Our Culture :

Spark Greatness. Shatter Boundaries. Share Success. Are you ready? Because here, right now - is where the future of work is happening. Where curious disruptors and change innovators like you are helping communities and customers enable everyone - anywhere - to learn, grow and advance. To be better tomorrow than they are today.

Who We Are :

Cornerstone powers the potential of organizations and their people to thrive in a changing world. Cornerstone Galaxy, the complete AI-powered workforce agility platform, meets organizations where they are. With Galaxy, organizations can identify skills gaps and development opportunities, retain and engage top talent, and provide multimodal learning experiences to meet the diverse needs of the modern workforce. More than 7,000 organizations and 100 million+ users in 180+ countries and in nearly 50 languages use Cornerstone Galaxy to build high-performing, future-ready organizations and people today.

Total Rewards :

At Cornerstone, we are dedicated to inspiring excellence and pushing boundaries in everything we do. Our compensation strategy is based on three fundamental principles : equitable pay, market-driven research, and skill-based appraisals. As part of our mission to share success and empower individuals to thrive in an ever-changing world, the listed salary range is just one element of Cornerstone's comprehensive compensation package. This compensation package may also include annual bonuses, short- and program-specific awards depending on the role, and a comprehensive benefit offering. The disclosed salary range reflects the geographic differential based on the location of the position if applicable. The starting salary for the successful applicant will depend on several job-related factors, including education, training, experience, certifications, location, business needs, and market demands. This range is based on a full-time position and may be adjusted in the future. Join us in shaping the future of work - tomorrow, together. Experience flexibility and empowerment in your career at Cornerstone. The BASE salary range for this position is : 140800 - 225300 USD.

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