Architect Security

Job Description:

Responsibilities

• Partner with Enterprise Architecture and technology teams to create secure designs that meet security requirements and enable business objectives
• Participate in emerging technology proof-of-concepts or pilot projects while retaining an eye on meeting security obligations and good practice
• Develop relationships, repeatable processes, and resources to usher security champions
• Perform threat-modeling as required to substantiate the recommendations & designs
• Participate in the development and maintenance of security policy, standards & reference materials
• Review and contribute to infrastructure-as-code representations of architecture designs or changes

Qualification & Experience 

• Ability to collaborate & communicate effectively with technical & non-technical teams
• Extensive experience designing & building secure cloud-native solutions, especially in Amazon Web Services (AWS) & Microsoft Azure
• Ability to partner with multiple stakeholders to derive accurate threat models for new/existing systems and reduce information security risk on systems
• Demonstrable experience and passion for emerging technologies
• Knowledge of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles & experience reviewing infrastructure configurations/changes in this format (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform, etc.)
• Strong technical foundations in modern application/microservice architectures & related technologies (e.g., Containers, Kubernetes, Service Mesh, RESTful/gRPC APIs, etc.)
• Understanding of CI/CD & Secure Development processes & tools (e.g., Jenkins, Git, etc.)
• Strong foundation in cybersecurity landscape, especially in identity & access management, network access control, and secure configuration management
• Education
• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field; or equivalent experience.
• Additional Skills & Qualifications You May have
• Familiarity with AWS Well-Architected Framework or Microsoft’s Cloud Adoption Framework
• Familiarity with scrum project management tools (e.g., Jira)
• Professional certifications such as: AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Cloud Practitioner, Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Certified Secure Software Engineer, SANS/GIAC Certificates, or Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
• Experience working in Financial Services or FinTech space