InfoSec Architect || Remote || Must have Linkedin and 9+ years of exp.||

InfoSec Architect

Remote

Must have Linkedin and 9+ years of exp.

Top 3 Must-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills):

Communication, Cyber Controls Expertise, Security Architecture and design PCI compliance, Audit background, IT Engineering

Top 3 Nice-To-Haves (Hard and/or Soft Skills)

Degree Requirements (Experience in Lieu of Degree): CISSP, CRISC, AI certifications

Essential Job Functions

• Security Architecture Development and Maintenance Assists the Sr. and Principal Architects with the creation of security designs and frameworks for technology systems.
• Monitors security intelligence sources for emerging industry security technologies, technology issues, regulatory issues and practices.
• Provides oversight of new development efforts to ensure adherence to security policies, standards, and reference architectures.
• Actively participates in decisioning processes related to adoption of new hardware and software technologies.
• Provides advisory services as needed to information security teams. Utilizes planning and organization tools to develop project/action plans. Meets deliverable deadlines as directed.
• Information Security Strategy Assists the Principal and Sr. Information Security Architects with the development of the annual Information Security Strategy. This includes strategy development, formalized road map documentation, and continued maintenance.
• Cyber Security Tooling and Processes Possess intermediate knowledge of company Cyber Security Tools and affiliated operational processes.
• Utilizes knowledge when advising to determine residual risk of identified threats or control weaknesses. Champions the use Cyber Security Tooling through education and awareness of constituents.
• Regulatory Requirements and Control Frameworks Foundational knowledge of regulatory bodies and corresponding compliance requirements including, but not limited to: PCI-DSS, SOX, GLBA, CCPA, GDPR. Intermediate knowledge of control frameworks including, but not limited to: FFIEC Examination Handbooks, NIST 800-53, ISO 27001.
• Advanced knowledge of Cyber Security Maturity Frameworks such as NIST-CSF and FFIEC Cyber Assessment Tool.
• General Information Technology- Intermediate knowledge of IT tools and practices including, but not limited to: Networking, LDAP
• Directories, Vulnerability/Patch Management, Change Management, Incident Management, Server and Desktop Management, Mainframe
• Technologies, Encryption and Key Management, Cloud Architecture and Computing, Software Application General Computing Controls,
• Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, Software Development Lifecycle, Access Management, and Cyber Security Tooling.
• Human Relations Ability to diffuse problematic situations and manage through conflict resolution. Utilizes soft skills such as: Selective
• Agreement, Reflective Listening, Voice Inflection, and Empathy. Ability to take complex concepts and break down into laymen s terms or analogies that help with other s understanding. Viewed as an enabling partner that provides options or information when saying no to business or IT requests. Seen by leadership and peers as creditable, trustworthy and respectful. Utilizes subject matter expertise to guide and coach less experienced team members.
• Reports to: Manager or Director of Information Security
• Working Conditions/ Physical Requirements: Normal office environment. As the need of the business continue to evolve, this role may be asked to work an on-call rotation to include evenings or weekends.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent experience in related field.
• A minimum of 10 years of prior experience in a similar or related role (an equivalent combination of experience and education may be considered).
• At least 8+ years exposure with Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure Experience with architecting multi-cloud and/or hybrid-cloud environments.
• Must have experience working across multiple large scale cloud providers, including AWS, Azure, etc.
• Must be experienced in creating a strategic cyber security technology direction, aligning it with tactical activities, and communicating plans broadly across the organization.
• Experience in analysing cyber security risks and architecting security solutions.
• Proven knowledge of cloud services and distributed system architecture.
• Create secure patterns to simplify secure application migrations to cloud environments.

Preferred Experience:

• Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Familiarity or working knowledge with any scripting languages like JavaScript, Python, PowerShell, etc.
• Prior working experience in SRE, DevSecOps, or DevOps
• Knowledge of standard continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) patterns and security configuration management.
• Proven skills in writing and creating standards documentation for architectures, solutions, and tools.
• An understanding of how application-layer vulnerabilities affect cloud infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience with some of the following technology:
• Cloud-native security tools (Azure Security Center, AWS Guard Duty)

Industry relevant certifications or training:

• Security-related certifications such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure security certification, or equivalent experience.
• Previous Experience with Cloud Security Posture Management Tools.
• Experience working with VM, containers, and their Orchestration technology (Docker and Kubernetes).

Thanks,

KK