IT Security Architect

Ready to turn your passion into a career? Do you dream of working in a dynamic and fast-paced logistics environment, supporting major events in sports, music, automotive, fine art, and film? Want the chance to collaborate with some of the biggest names in entertainment, media and luxury? Look no further! We’re looking for talented and passionate individuals like you to join our logistics team.

Rock-it Cargo, a division of The Rock-It Company, brings iconic moments to the world. We’re proud to enable the world's moments in live events across live touring, sports & broadcasting, film & tv and experiential events. Rock-it Cargo operates seamlessly around the globe, bringing life-changing experiences to millions of people every year.

At our company, we believe that our people are our greatest asset. The IT Security Architect , you will play a crucial role in an environment where our employees excel and feel valued. Join us in creating unforgettable experiences and driving success in a fast-paced, exciting industry. Apply today and be a part of a team that values teamwork, innovation, diversity, and excellence.

As the IT Security Architect, you will design and implement the secure enterprise infrastructure and guide corporate cybersecurity governance. You will create policies, standards and procedures for infrastructure hardening, identity access management, and incident response. This is a hands-on architecture role. You are expected to design, review, and deploy security tooling. You work across infrastructure domains and advise leadership on long-term platform strategy and systemic risk.

Work Schedule : Schedule fluctuates based on workloads, including on call weekend responsibilities as needed.

Role & Responsibilities

• Integrate logging, monitoring, and telemetry into a centralized security information and event management (SIEM) tool.
• Perform data mapping to ensure compliance with global data privacy and security regulation.
• Develop and refine incident policies and procedures and lead preparedness exercises. Review, define and maintain secure reference architectures across virtualization, networking, identity, and operating systems.
• Define hardening standards for operating systems, networking equipment, SaaS apps, and cloud environments.
• Ensure infrastructure security aligns with network segmentation, firewalls, routing, DNS, and load balancing.
• Conduct threat modeling and architectural risk assessments for major initiatives. Participate in the Change Advisory Board and provide guidance to infrastructure changes. Serve as a technical escalation point for complex cross-domain security issues.
• Challenge decisions that introduce systemic risk or operational fragility.

What We’re Looking For

• You think in systems and identify risk across interconnected platforms.
• You are clear and direct when communicating technical risk to non-technical leaders.
• You hold high standards and challenge decisions that compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability.
• You work collaboratively across infrastructure, security, development, and operations teams.
• You follow through and can be relied on for critical security projects.
• You focus on solutions, not just problems.
• You align decisions to long-term stability, not short-term convenience.
• You have an intense attention to detail knowing minor mistakes create major threats.
• You think globally to support non-stop operations.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in enterprise infrastructure and security architecture.
• Expertise in Microsoft Azure architecture and/or other IaaS, PaaS platforms.
• Strong knowledge of identity systems, access control models, encryption, and secrets management.
• Experience translating NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or other security frameworks into best practices.
• Experience participating in architecture governance and influencing senior leadership decisions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, CISM, or TOGAF
• Relevant experience using SIEM tools such as Splunk, DataDog, ELK, Microsoft Sentinel.

Don't meet every single requirement? We are dedicated to building an inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

What The Rock-It Company Will Offer You:

A growing logistics platform within the entertainment and luxury import/export logistics industry providing unrivaled experience and expertise for live events, touring, sports, luxury auto and art freight forwarding. Our teams serve as the premier freight forwarders handling some of the world’s biggest concerts, festivals, and sporting events for many high-profile clients across the music & sports industries to make the greatest shows and events possible across the world.

Work with some of the most well-known and successful companies in the world. Your work will make an impact and be appreciated by others.

Benefits & Perks That Rock!

• Recharge & Reset: Enjoy a generous PTO package with 18 vacation days, 2 floating holidays, 7 sick days, and 11 paid holidays annually. We know work-life balance is key.
• Your Health, Our Priority: Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans are just the start. Get employer contributions to your HSA if you choose a high-deductible health plan, plus access to convenient telemedicine through MDLive and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program.
• Financially Fit: Secure your future with our 401(k) match and comprehensive employer-funded insurance (Basic Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability).
• Family Matters: Welcoming a new addition? We offer generous paid parental leave for all parents.
• Perks with a Purpose: Grow professionally with Continuing Education Reimbursement, give back with Charitable Donation Matching, and even snag free tickets to client events (when available)!
• Culture Club: We love to celebrate! Join us for regular company events like birthday lunches, sports outings, volunteer opportunities, and more.
• Optional Add-Ons: Customize your benefits with supplemental insurance (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity) and pet insurance through MetLife.
• Sweet Savings: Score potential discounts on home and auto insurance through Farmers Insurance.

The Rock-It Company is committed to the inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Rock-It will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact [email protected]. Rock-It provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics under applicable federal, state or local law pertaining to the employee’s state of employment.