Security Architect

Our client is urgently looking for a Security Architect to join them in Einhoven, Netherlands.

The role will be delivered remotely, you may be requested to go on site as a later date. At present role is remote.

Please see below for the details

Job Mission

As IT Security Architect you will be responsible for the security design of IT security solutions in several domains from infrastructure to applications and where required security solutions for specific projects that are implemented. The goal is to Protect of information, Intellectual Property (IP) and assets, and that customers and suppliers for the scope of the projected solution. This includes the alignment of the solution with Information Security strategies and security policies/standards/ guidelines, and where necessary suggesting additions and improvement to standards. This position will actively participate partly day-to-day in project teams and also defining IT security solution architectures and support for the IT organization from the Architecture team. Tasks include creation of security-specific parts of the solution design in close cooperation with the overall solution designer. Aligning security designs with all relevant stakeholders on people, process and technology level. The Security Architect is partly project member,reporting to the Security Lead Architect.

Job Description

Be the point of contact for projects and the internal organization and Information security subjects within agile teams

• Delivers & owns Domain Architecture “Security Services”

• Delivers & owns reference architectures for specific security topic (e.g. cloud)

• Supplies security input / review for domain architectures where security services reside

• Attends architecture boards, etc. in relevant domains

• Leverage expertise from individual departments and teams.

• Develop and create a solution security design as part of overall solution designs.

• Ensure compliance with Security strategies and security standards/ guidelines.

• Build excellent working relationships with the project team members and all project stakeholders, including security risk officers and IT Operational staff.

• Present the security design at relevant security, architecture and risk boards, defending the design and ensuring project timelines are not hampered by security / risk
  discussions.

• supports IT security teams and risk management in specific cases

• Leverage expertise from individual departments such as Application Security, Network/Workplace Security, etc.

• Covers projects in review / supervisory mode

• Delivers project solution design, assist in defining security paragraph of Project start architectures.

• Delivers Solution Design for security services (for security services that are owned by IT CC Security)

Experience

More than 8 years’ experience in the IT Security field/architecture

• More than 5 years’ broad experience in a Security Architecture / Solution Designer role

• Experience with both business as well as technical side of IT Security and information security.

• Broad knowledge of all aspects if IT infrastructure and applications

• Working knowledge of Architecture methodologies such as ToGAF, SABSA or equivalent.

• Working architecture experience with Microsoft Azure IAAS/PAAS and firm knowledge of other Cloud platforms (e.g. Google, AWS) Experience with assessment, development, implementation, optimisation, and documentation of a comprehensive and broad set of security technologies and processes.

• Experience in gaining approval of security designs from Business, Architecture & Risk

management approval boards

• Translating the output of security (risk) assessment into security design

• Communicating with Stakeholders, users and Senior management.

Personal skills

Able to operate independently, self-starter

• Ability to interact with all levels including users, engineers, executives and senior managers

• Deep technical knowledge of IT-security and Information Security and Architecture methodology.

• Ability to overcome organizational resistance

• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize multiple tasks, projects and assignments

• Analytical, precise, tenacious, autonomous

• Able to digest large amounts of new information quickly, and derive key security requirements

• Able to grasp the deep technical characteristics of new environments quickly

• Able to draft clear and concise visualizations of complex environments

• Able to fairly represent conflicting stakeholder needs to enable informed decision-making

• Able to stand your ground in a flexible / changing environment

REQUIREMENTS

• (Security) Architecture certification is a must.

• CISSP/CISM/ CISA or equivalent is a plus.

• CCSP or equivalent is a plus

• Security/Technical/IT/informatics background bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience)

• Deep Knowledge of current security technologies and governance processes

• In-depth working knowledge of IT Risk / security frameworks and best practices, e.g.

o NIST Cyber Security Framework

o ISF Standard of Good Practice for Information Security

o NIST SP 800 30 framework

o ISO 27001/2 framework