Cybersecurity Architect - Security Design Expert

Looking for Consultant for 6 months hybrid for Dallas, TX with potential to convert to FTE.

Candidate must have strong multiple domain experience with broad knowledge of security foundations.

Job Description:

Your Opportunity : The Client Cybersecurity Services (SCS) organization is a centralized 1st Line of Defense Center of Excellence (COE) that provides security services to advance Client s security posture and enhance the protection of Client s critical assets.

The Security Design team handles the Firm s security strategy and security architecture vision and development. We drive and synchronize security strategies aligned with technology and business priorities along with validating future directions through security research and innovation.

As a member of the team, you will provide security solutions, designs, architecture guidance, reviews, support, strategies across the entire organization to include security decision making through successful implementation while employing the highest levels of integrity. Every security decision must consider both direct and indirect impacts. Closely partner and collaborate with other engineering teams to effectively design, document, and deploy secure solutions globally to enhance and evolve the security posture of the firm ensuring data integrity, availability and confidentiality of all data entrusted that needs protection.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

Responsible for secure design review and implementation of on-premises and cloud security controls in support of hundreds of internal and external business IT projects and applications contributing to revenue growth globally.

Works with Domain Architect/Product Manager/Owner to build security requirements and secure deployment patterns for the solutions

Describes the solution intent and the associated operating environment, determining the primary systems/subsystems and their interfaces, defining non-functional requirements and architectural runway to support new epics/features and expand into new opportunities

Review, assess and sign-off on projects with respect to risk and adherence to security policies, standards, and industry best practices.

Experience with security architecture reviews and security controls across IAM, Data protection, Application Security, Network Security, Security Analytics.

Experience with delivering secure design aligning to security requirements and reference architectures.

Ensures solutions are fit for purpose and use by working with stakeholders, vendors/service providers, and evaluating the impact of strategic design decisions

Contributes to best practices, standard templates, and the architecture roadmap for security domains.

Works across business and technology to interpret business, technology, and threat drivers, to develop practical security capabilities

Clarifies the architecture for the development teams to support implementation, and provides solution options to resolve any architectural impediments

Performs design reviews to ensure all non-functional requirements for a solution are sufficiently met (e.g. security, performance, maintainability, scalability, usability, and reliability)

Liaises with other security architects and security practitioners to share best practices and insights

What you have:

Required:

4-year college/university degree required

Minimum 10 + years of experience designing, building, and managing security infrastructure or solutions

This includes.

Knowledge of multiple security domains, experience with customer authentication processes online properties and voice

Detailed understanding of the security domains document risks, evaluate remediation options and present results to tech leaders as well as executive level.

Demonstrates flexibility within a variety of changing situations, while working with individuals and groups.

Preferred:

Experience with AI security

Experience with assessment, development, implementation, integration, optimization, and documentation of a comprehensive and broad set of security technologies and processes in on premise, public and private cloud environments

Strong knowledge of enterprise security concepts/frameworks and products, secure design principles and best practices

Framework knowledge: NIST 800-53, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27000 series, COBIT, etc.

CISSP, CSSLP certification preferred. Other Information Security oriented certifications a plus