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Together, we are shaping the future of digitization and paving the way for the next generation of innovation.
The Security Architect role within Belden’s Innovation organization is a technical expert and a resource for our teams as they produce security solutions for various markets, applications, and use cases. The Architect works to assess, design, develop, build, and validate solutions by leveraging in-depth knowledge about Belden’s portfolio and partner products/solutions while focusing on enhancements to Belden’s security portfolio. The Architect is expected to lead efforts in developing use cases and documenting best practices and be a subject matter expert (SME) on multi-disciplinary teams (focused on cyber) while collaborating with the Security Manager to ensure partners are carefully introduced to our organization. Innovation and sharing technology insights both internally and externally is part of their daily tasks as well as collaboration with SMEs in the Belden Solutions team, Belden Platform team and Belden’s R&D team.
Key Accountabilities
- Design security architectures for key use cases surrounding OT security while maximizing the use of Belden products and services (e.g., network segmentation, secure remote access, secure industrial networking, asset visibility/monitoring, hardening, zero trust, threats and anomaly detection, network access control, etc.)
- Produce reference architectures, validated designs, bill-of-materials, and configuration standards aligned to customer requirements and Belden products/services capabilities.
- Defined integration patterns across networking, security, and management platforms with focus on OT security related to focused industry segments (e.g., identity, logging, SIEM, monitoring, certificate/management, network segmentation and cloaking, intrusion detection systems, network access control, etc.)
- Build and maintain lab environments to validate solution performance, resilience, and security controls based on the concepts the group will define as key use cases to explore for OT security solutions.
- Create implementation guides, configuration templates, and best-practice documentation to ensure repeatability and consistency across all Belden served regions and industries.
- Support solution certification/assurance activities as needed (e.g., IEC 62443, NERC CIP, etc.)
- Partner with sales and technical teams to scope requirements, design solutions, and support PoCs for strategic opportunities.
- Lead technical workshops and architecture reviews with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
- Capture deployment feedback and translate it into product/solution improvement recommendations.
- Provide technical input to Product Management roadmaps (feature gaps, integration needs, interoperability requirements).
- Collaborate with R&D on defect triage, performance tuning, and new capability validation, including the work to make partner solutions sellable under Belden’s part numbers (aka. productization).
- Coordinate with Services/Support to ensure deliverability, support readiness, and clear escalation paths as necessary to sustain the Security Solutions portfolio’s lifecycle.
- Develop enablement material and deliver training for sales engineers, partners and customers.
- Promote secure architecture principles (least privilege, defense-in-depth, segmentation, logging/monitoring, patching) and align designs to applicable security standards and frameworks.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, cybersecurity, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years in security architecture, network architecture, solutions engineering, or security consulting.
- Strong networking fundamentals (switching/routing, VLANs, ACLs, NAT, VPNs, firewalls) and security fundamentals (identity, certificates, logging, vulnerability management).
- Experience in creating technical design documentation and leading technical discussions with customers.
- Ability to work across teams and influence outcomes without direct authority.
- OT/ICS security experience (industrial networks, Purdue model, segmentation strategies, remote access patterns for plants, SIEM, etc.)
- Familiarity with IEC 62443, NIST SP 800, and common compliance/customer audit expectations.
- Experience with SIEM integrations (Syslog, Splunk, Sentinel, QRadar), NAC/identity, IDS use cases (Dragos, Claroty, Nozomi Networks, etc.) and zero trust concepts.
- Certifications (nice to have): CISSP, GICSP, CCNP/CCIE, IEC 62443, or similar.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally as required to perform the duties of the role (30% frequency of travel)
- Computer literacy (MS Office, Visio, SharePoint) plus proficiency with platforms for CRM (e.g. Salesforce), ticket management (e.g. Jira) and knowledge sharing (e.g. Confluence)
- English fluency to business standard essential.
- Demonstrate Belden values
Role Critical Competencies
- Practical, supportable architecture mindset
- Structured troubleshooting and validation approach
- Clear documentation and communication skills
- Customer-facing confidence and executive-ready summaries
- Strong collaboration and prioritization
Applicants can expect a base compensation range of $140,000 - $170,000 annually, plus benefits and additional incentives based on the level of the role. This is the reasonable estimate that Belden believes it might pay for this job based on applicable circumstances at the time of posting. Belden may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range as permitted by law, and commensurate with the applicant’s experience, qualifications, and geographical location.
Belden also offers hybrid and remote work practices where feasible and provides employees with benefits that could include health/dental/vision, long term/short term disability, life insurance, HSA/FSA, matching retirement plans, paid vacation, parental leave, employee stock purchase plan, paid leave for volunteer work in your community, training opportunities, professional talent management and succession planning, corporate health well-being initiatives and a work culture which includes commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability!
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Let’s Create Possibilities Together.
Join a global community shaping the future of intelligent connectivity. At Belden, you’ll help push the boundaries of technology and write the next chapter of innovation, creating possibilities for your career, your future, and the world around you.
These statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work involved for this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of this job.
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