The Cyber Security Architect plays a pivotal role in protecting the organization's digital infrastructure and safeguarding critical assets. This position is responsible for developing and maintaining a robust security architecture, offering strategic guidance on cybersecurity matters, and ensuring alignment with business objectives and the security program. The role demands deep technical expertise, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to influence and mentor stakeholders across the organization. The Security Architect/Advisor proactively assesses risks, drives the implementation of security solutions, and contributes to the continuous enhancement of the enterprise security posture.
What will be my duties and responsibilities in this job?
Security Architecture Development and Maintenance : Develop and maintain a security architecture process that enables the enterprise to implement security solutions aligned with business, technology, and threat drivers. This includes creating security strategy plans and roadmaps, as well as maintaining security architecture artifacts such as models, templates, standards, and procedures.
Security Configuration and Validation : Determine baseline security configuration standards for operating systems, network segmentation, and identity and access management (IAM). Validate IT infrastructure and other reference architectures for security best practices and recommend changes to enhance security and reduce risks. This also involves validating security configurations and access to security infrastructure tools, including firewalls, WAFs, anti-malware/endpoint protection, application, infrastructure and cloud security posture management systems and others.
Security Assessment and Mitigation : Assess the potential impact of cybersecurity risks on critical business processes and functions, perform security reviews to identify gaps, and develop strategies for risk mitigation. Follow all risk remediation protocols to ensure issues are mitigated, risks are accounted for, and exceptions, if any, are tracked in accordance with organizational frameworks, policies, and standards.
Stakeholder Collaboration and Communication : Collaborate with business leaders to balance security requirements with business agility, innovation, and growth. Act as a subject matter expert (SME) between cybersecurity and business lines to develop security solutions in line with policies, standards, and frameworks. Communicate business risk and risk mediation to stakeholders, ensuring alignment with agreed protection levels.
Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with other security disciplines such as Compliance, Vendor Risk, Engineering, Incident Management, Assurance, etc., on business security-related matters. Constructively engage business partners regarding cybersecurity issues
What are the requirements needed for this position?
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7+ years of experience in the field of IT, Information Security, Compliance, Audit or Risk (with a broad range of exposure to all aspects of risk management, application development, information security, business continuity, systems analysis, infrastructure and cloud services)
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5+ years of experience leading teams or projects
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5+ years of experience in an Information Security role.
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Minimum of one major cyber certification (CISSP, CEH, CISM, ISCP, CCFP, etc.).
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Familiarity with security frameworks and standards such as NIST CSF, ISO/IEC 27001, and others.
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Exceptional technical skills and understanding of IT infrastructure, applications and governance
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Strong written and verbal communication\collaboration skills, with the ability to convey complex security concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
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Ability to manage multiple complex priorities
What other skills/experience would be helpful to have?
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Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering or related discipline or equivalent experience.
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Appropriate certification:
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Certificated Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
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Certificated Information Security Manager (CISM)
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Certificated Ethical Expert (CEH)
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Offensive Security Certified Professional (OSCP)
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Excellent written and verbal communications
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Understand one (or more) of the following areas: security, compliance, audit, risk management and business continuity.
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Experience with operating system internals, networks, applications, databases, cloud technologies and AI solutions.
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Familiarity with legal, regulatory and industry security requirements and frameworks. Including the following:
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International Organization for Standards (ISO/IEC 27001)
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Payment Card Industry – Data Security Standards (PCI – DSS)
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Systems and Organization Controls 2 (SOC2) & Sarbanes Oxley (SOX)
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$122,400.00 - $204,400.00
05/10/2026
If no application deadline is provided, this role may be a pipeline requisition, and we'll continue to collect applications on an ongoing basis, or there is no requirement for this information in the location where the role is posted.
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