About Us:

Who is Mercedes-Benz Financial Services?
Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, part of the global company Mercedes-Benz Mobility AG is the captive financing and mobility solutions company of the global luxury automobile manufacturer, Mercedes-Benz AG. We offer a comprehensive range of automotive financial and insurance products that make it easy for our customers to drive their dream Mercedes-Benz vehicle.  
 
Why work at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services?
Working at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services is more than a job – it’s an opportunity to join an innovative team where you are valued for your contributions. As an employee, you will experience career development in a positive, employee-centric environment. We’re a global company that not only offers best-in-class products to our customers but also best-in-class benefits to our employees. Our employees experience a comfortable, friendly environment and relaxed, inclusive culture.   

Benefits

When working at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services, you will enjoy a comprehensive and amenity-rich benefits package offering something for every employee at each stage of their life. 

As a new employee, you will have the opportunity to take advantage of the following benefits that go beyond – beginning day one:

Get Rewarded! Competitive salary plus an annual bonus based on company performance and/or personal yearly performance  

Need a vacation? How about just some time for YOU! In addition to our vacation time, you’ll receive fifteen (15) additional corporate holidays, which will allow you to celebrate religious holidays or escape to the spa! Designed to be flexible, we let you decide which days are most important to you!

Ride in Style - All employees are eligible to participate in the Mercedes-Benz Employee Lease Program

We want you to be healthy!  Outstanding medical, dental, and vision insurance, employer-paid short and long term disability plus on-site exercise facilities

Is your family growing?  Enjoy generous paid Family Leave Programs  - Six Weeks for New Parents; Adoption Expense Reimbursement Programs - up to $6k per child  

Want to go back to school?  Tuition Assistance Scholar Program - receive up to $8k in vouchers to complete business-related coursework

• $6k for undergraduate
• $8k for graduate

Job Overview:

The Senior Cybersecurity Architect at Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA is responsible for designing and governing secure, scalable, and resilient cybersecurity architectures across cloud, on-premise, and hybrid environments. The role ensures that security is embedded into all solution designs and digital transformation initiatives, enabling secure cloud adoption, modern application development, and protection of customer, financial, and enterprise data. It provides architectural leadership across key domains including cloud security, identity and access management, data protection, application security, and infrastructure security, while partnering with enterprise architecture, engineering, risk, and compliance teams to ensure alignment with corporate standards and regulatory requirements. The role defines security reference architectures, evaluates emerging threats, and drives consistent implementation of security controls across platforms. Ultimately, it enables business innovation and cloud transformation while maintaining a strong, risk-balanced security posture across the organization.

International Responsibilities:

This role collaborates closely with the global cybersecurity organization on all Cybersecurity Architecture and Engineering topics, representing the Americas region. It serves as a key liaison between regional and global teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise security strategies, standards, and initiatives. The role also works with central security services to coordinate, consume, and integrate architectural services, ensuring consistent implementation of global security frameworks while addressing regional business and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Governance & Application of Global Cybersecurity Standards (20%)

  • Ensure consistent adoption of global cybersecurity architecture standards across OnPrem and Cloud environments

  • Translate global security requirements into actionable guidance for regional IT and business teams, ensuring alignment with the organization's security frameworks.

• Azure Cloud Security Enablement (20%)

  • Support secure adoption and operation of workloads in Microsoft Azure, ensuring alignment with global security architecture standards.

  • Provide guidance on cloud-native security services, secure landing zones, identity controls, and platform configurations to enable secure-by-design cloud implementations.

• DevSecOps & Secure SDLC Enablement (15%)

  • Enable integration of cybersecurity controls into DevOps processes and CI/CD pipelines across Azure-based application development.

  • Ensure security is embedded throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC) through automated controls, secure coding practices, vulnerability management, and pipeline security validation in alignment with global cybersecurity standards.

• Architecture & Security Design Reviews (12%)

  • Conduct cybersecurity architecture reviews for Azure-based solutions.

  • Validate compliance with global standards, identify security gaps, and provide actionable recommendations to strengthen cloud security posture.

• Security Solution Deployment Support (10%)

  • Partner with regional IT teams to enable secure deployment of cybersecurity solutions across Azure and hybrid environments.

  • Ensure consistent implementation of enterprise security controls and architectural guardrails across cloud initiatives.

• Global & Regional Cybersecurity Collaboration (8%)

  • Act as a key liaison between the Americas region and global cybersecurity architecture teams.

  • Ensure alignment between global security strategy and regional execution while supporting effective communication and feedback loops.

• Advisory & Cloud Security Consulting (8%)

  • Provide cybersecurity advisory support to business and IT stakeholders across cloud transformation and DevSecOps initiatives.

  • Enable secure-by-design decision-making across Azure workloads and modern digital platforms.

• Standards Adoption & Continuous Improvement (7%)

  • Support adoption of global cybersecurity standards and contribute to continuous improvement of cloud and DevSecOps security practices, ensuring scalability, resilience, and consistency across the enterprise.

Decision Making:

• Developing and implementing logical countermeasures to identified security risks. (Daily)

• Implementation of architectural standards across the organization. (Daily)

• Working with global cybersecurity teams to align risk methodology and security related topics. (Monthly)

Qualifications:

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of application. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position. 
This position requires a minimum of 5 years of overall work experience. Preferred experience includes:

• Information Technology: 5 years
• Security: 5 years
• Strategy: 2 years

Education:
Bachelor's Degree is required. Recommended majors include:

• Computer/Information Science, Information Security, Risk Management, Cyber Security

• Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) is required

• Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) is required

Additional Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of enterprise IT architecture and cloud-native architecture patterns in large organizations (7+ years).

• Experience in Microsoft Azure cloud security, including identity, network, and workload protection (5+ years).

• Solid knowledge of cloud-native technologies such as APIs, microservices, and containerized environments (4–5+ years).

• Strong experience in DevSecOps and secure SDLC practices, including CI/CD security integration and automation (4–5+ years).

• Advanced knowledge of secure application architecture, including encryption, cryptography, key management, and access control in cloud environments (5+ years).

• Experience deploying and managing cybersecurity tools in cloud and hybrid environments (5+ years).

• Strong understanding of risk-based decision-making in cloud transformation initiatives (5+ years).

• Awareness of emerging cloud and digital technologies and their impact on cybersecurity (3+ years).

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in global and regional matrix organizations (5+ years).

• Working knowledge of TOGAF and SABSA applied to cloud environments (3+ years).

Skills:

• Analytical Skills

  • Ability to Collect data and establish facts and identify trends and variances

• IT Skills

  • Networking, e-Technologies/Web, Operation system, Server administration, Testing, and Programming

• Presentation Skills

• Problem Solving Skills

Additional Skills:

• Strong ability to translate cybersecurity requirements into technical architecture 

  artifacts, including contextual and logical system views.

• Experience working across enterprise architecture domains: business, application, technology, and implementation architecture layers.

• Experience with modern architectural paradigms such as cloud-native, microservices, and software-defined networking, and their impact on security architecture.

• Experience defining and implementing architectural and cybersecurity standards across distributed or global organizations.

• Hands-on experience with cloud service models including IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS, preferably in Microsoft Azure environments.

• Experience with enterprise IT systems, including system integration, network planning, and solution alignment with business requirements.

• Working knowledge of programming or scripting languages such as Python, Java, JavaScript, or C++ (preferred but not mandatory).

• Experience in identifying, evaluating, and mitigating cybersecurity risks, including vulnerability assessment and logical countermeasure design.

• Experience collaborating with development, DevOps, and engineering teams across design, implementation, testing, and validation phases.

• Experience working in global, matrixed organizations with cross-regional stakeholders.

• Industry experience in financial services, fintech, banking, or automotive sectors preferred.

• Strong background in cybersecurity architecture and engineering within large, complex enterprise environments.

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Mercedes-Benz Financial Services offers competitive salary, performance-based bonuses and a full suite of benefits including 401(K) with match, generous vacation and personal time, a Mercedes-Benz car program as well as flexible work arrangements. 

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