Cybersecurity Solutions Architect

Cybersecurity Solutions Architect

Employment Type: Contract (6+ months)

Workplace Type: Hybrid (2-3 days onsite per week)

Location: Century City, CA

Industry: Entertainment

Compensation: $70-$80 per hour

SUMMARY:

Reporting to the Deputy CISO this is a hands-on solutions architect role with a focus on cyber/information security, working within the Information Risk Management (IRM) group and delivering secure technology solutions to the company at large. The role is critical in embedding security into the business' technology solutions that are developed in-house or SaaS based. The candidate will collaborate across business, technology, and other functional business areas to understand requirements and workflows to develop and guide implementation of secure solutions to protect the organization's assets.

This role will play a key role in our teams' efforts to build and support a defensible environment where we are able to detect, contain and respond quickly to data security threats and compromise in ways that serve to enable the business needs of a highly collaborative organization. The environment is fast-paced and commonly on the leading edge of technology, including early adoption of various cloud services along with the challenges of integrating those services into our security practices.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead the solutions architecture function to ensure security is integrated early in the development lifecycle for in-house or SaaS based solutions, infrastructure projects and technology processes.


• Partner with business and technology teams to identify and document workflows, system architecture, data flows and determine appropriate security considerations.


• Leverage Threat Modeling techniques to identify security threats, vulnerabilities, and attack vectors across the solution (infrastructure, application, data).


• Ensure the security considerations identified are implemented and the solutions are configured securely.


• Key focus on security integrations includes secure access and authorizations, audit logging, secrets management, data protection, data security and other functional third-party integrations.


• Support the SaaS/Third Party security assessments and collaborate with service owners, business leads and vendors to develop a managed solution aligned with the business' security policies.


• Identify risks and provide mitigating controls or risk treatment options for a given solution.


• Develop training for technology team members to increase awareness on security practices for onboarding new technology solutions.

REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE:

• Minimum of 8 years of Information Security experience with a Bachelor's Degree.


• Minimum of 3 years experience in a Security Architect function.


• Ability to create and review system architecture diagrams in Lucidchart or equivalent tool.


• Experience in SaaS and Cloud architectures, including, Azure, AWS, M365, and exposure to SAP 4/HANA, Workday, Salesforce, and other SaaS solutions.
  
  
  
  • Cloud architecture certifications (preferred).
  
  
  
  


• Experience with Cybersecurity frameworks - NIST CSF, CSA Cloud Controls.


• Cybersecurity certifications CISM, CISSP or equivalent work background preferred.


• Familiarity with operational tools such as JIRA, ServiceNow, OneTrust.


• Experience with contractual and regulatory standards such as GDPR, CCPA, FINRA, TISAX, SOX.


• Experience with third party security assessments and standards - SOC, ISO27001, SIG.


• Ability to communicate complex messages in a clear and concise manner with stakeholders at all levels.


• Excellent organizational skills and ability to communicate with internal/external entities and executives.


• Effective leadership skills with demonstrated ability to coordinate people and teams to project/activity completion.


• Ability to work in team environment sharing responsibilities.


• Ability to work in a flexible environment where requirements and procedures continuously evolve.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.