Security Architect

Overview

Hybrid
Depends on Experience
Contract - W2
Contract - Independent
Contract - 12 Month(s)

Skills

business
data
security
systems
cybersecurity architecture principle
cybersecurity framework goals
Public Key Infrastructures
asymmetric cryptography
network
endpoint security architecture
SMB
RPC
HTTP
SQL
Continuous Diagnostics and Monitoring (CDM)
OMB
NIST
AWS Certified Security
Azure Architect Certification
Google Architect Certification
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

Job Details

ABOUT THE ROLE
The Platform Security Architect is a critical technical role responsible for ensuring the secure design and compliance of the platform's enterprise architecture. The Platform Security Architect will assist in ensuring systems complete needed steps in order to receive Authority to Operate, including but not limited to architectural design, System Security Plan, and compliance with organization design patterns. to support the organization effectively and securely in meeting specific business technology needs. This candidate will be considered a technical expert. Ideal candidates will have the following expectations, execute architecture design reviews to evaluate security controls and identify opportunities to enhance the security posture of the Commonwealths Platform services, build relationships with supplier infrastructure architects and engineering leads to disseminate and explain secure design methodologies and policies. Ideal candidates will also understand the landscape and components of cutting-edge architectures and the methods to securely deploy them.

Skills:

Skill

Required / Desired

Amount

of Experience

Experience providing high-level design and architecture diagrams

Required

8

Years

technically validating solutions and connecting business, data, security, systems, and other technical and non-technical architectures

Required

8

Years

Familiarity with open architecture and cybersecurity architecture principles that achieve cybersecurity framework goals.

Required

8

Years

Familiar with encryption technologies used in commercial operating systems, including Public Key Infrastructures-continued

Required

8

Years

symmetric and asymmetric cryptography, certificate trust stores and the use of key escrow for discovery and legal purposes

Required

8

Years

At least 8 years of experience in network and endpoint security architecture

Required

8

Years

Familiarity with protocols commonly used in commercial networks, such as SMB, RPC, HTTP, SQL

Required

8

Years

Familiar with multi-tiered network applications, common ports and protocols used in those communications

Required

8

Years

Familiar with Vulnerability Scoring (CVSS) and exploitation mechanisms of common vulnerability types (overflows, cross-site-scripting, SQL injection)

Required

8

Years

Experience working with Cloud Native architecture paradigms, patterns and security methodologies.

Required

6

Years

Familiarity with NIST, IRS 1075, HIPAA, FedRAMP and other cybersecurity framworks

Required

8

Years

Familiar with methodologies for scalable, automated creation of System Security Plan, and Authority To Operate, Attestation & Validation

Required

4

Years

Candidate should have a background in general security practices such as identity and access management (IAM)-continued

Required

8

Years

Experience leading the alignment of on-going activities in support of critical State & Federal mandates such as -continued

Required

8

Years

Continuous Diagnostics and Monitoring (CDM), Executive Orders related to cybersecurity, and guidance from OMB and NIST

Required

8

Years

Familiarity with open architecture and cybersecurity architecture principles that achieve cybersecurity framework goals

Required

8

Years

Desired Skills / Certification: AWS Certified Security Azure Architect Certification Google Architect Certification

Desired

Desired Skills/Certs (continued)- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP)

Desired

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