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Senior Information Security Architect
Verisign INC · 🇺🇸 Reston,Virginia,United States
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 9 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 7 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Verisign INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles1 certified filing for “Senior Manager, Cloud Engineering” (Information Technology Project Managers) in VA: $205k–$205k, median $205k. Most were filed at wage level IV (100%) — 4 lottery entries, ≈61% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Verisign INC
The US Department of Labor certified 9 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 7 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Verisign helps enable the security, stability, and resiliency of the internet. We are a trusted provider of internet infrastructure services for the networked world and deliver unmatched performance in domain name system (DNS) services. We are a mission focused, values driven company where each individual can contribute to building a stronger, more secure internet. We offer a dynamic and flexible work environment with competitive benefits and the ability to grow your career. The mission of the Security Architecture Team is to define and advance secure, resilient architecture across Verisign’s systems, networks, applications, cloud platforms, data environments, and emerging technologies. The team combines deep technical expertise with enterprise strategy to reduce risk, enable innovation, and establish security patterns that scale across the organization. We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Information Security Architect. This senior individual-contributor role shapes enterprise security strategy, reference architectures, standards, and technical requirements across the entire company. The architect will lead high-impact design decisions, resolve complex cross-domain security challenges, and advise engineering and executive leaders on risk, tradeoffs, and long-term technology direction. Working across security engineering, infrastructure, application development, cloud, data, and AI teams, this role ensures security is built into critical services from concept through implementation in production. The Senior Information Security Architect will authoritatively guide the defense of a diverse hybrid technology ecosystem - safeguarding mission essential on-premises architecture, modern cloud platforms, secure application pipelines, and emerging enterprise AI workloads. Key Responsibilities • Define enterprise security architecture strategy, principles, reference architectures, reusable patterns, and multi-year roadmaps across network, endpoint, identity, application, cloud, container, data, and detection and response domains • Lead security architecture engagement for complex, high-risk, and cross-functional programs; translate business objectives, threat intelligence, and risk appetite into scalable technical controls and design requirements • Establish architecture and security requirements for AI/ML systems, including secure MLOps, model and data lifecycle protection, identity and authorization, platform isolation, model provenance, monitoring, privacy, and responsible-use guardrails • Review generative and agentic AI designs—including retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, third-party models, APIs, plugins, tools, and autonomous actions—and address controls to mitigate the risks of prompt injection, data leakage, excessive agency, insecure output handling, and AI supply-chain compromise • Perform threat modeling, architecture reviews, and security design assessments for critical systems and emerging technologies; document risk decisions and guide remediation or compensating controls • Identify systemic gaps in the security posture, develop prioritized recommendations and investment roadmaps, and communicate technical risk and tradeoffs clearly to executive leadership • Evaluate security technologies and vendors, guide proofs of concept, and ensure proposed solutions are interoperable, supportable, measurable, and aligned with strategic architecture Requirements • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience • 10+ years of broad information security experience, including significant experience with security architecture and design for complex enterprise environments • Demonstrated expertise across security archi