Network Security Architect

About the job

"Skills and Responsibilities:

• 8 to 12 years of experience producing security architecture within an enterprise environment with a focus on information security and cybersecurity.

• Working knowledge of security architecture frameworks, such as TOGAF, SABSA and OSA frameworks.

• Experience with developing security architectural principles, Cybersecurity kill chain, Zero trust patterns and best practices for enterprise solutions.

• Practical experience with defining security architecture to meet hybrid solutions residing within enterprise managed datacenters, private clouds, SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS environments.

• Knowledge and experience with DevSecOps and the pipelines.

• Several years of experience with identifying security risk and mapping risk to industry standard frameworks within an enterprise environment.

• Demonstrated experience in recommending end to end security controls to mitigate potential areas of security risk.

• Proven track record to collaborate with enterprise architects and solution designers to ensure appropriate security architecture is incorporated into all solutions and architecture.

• Experience in developing security architecture that addresses zero trust, authentication, strong authorization, key management, cryptography, API management, CI/CD pipelines, container & cloud security, microservice security, etc.

• Extensive experience with using enterprise architecture tools such as ArchiMate, Lucid chart, etc.

• Ability to identify when and where to implement security architecture solutions with consideration to the wider impacts (i.e. risk, cost, customer impact, timescales, etc.)

• Ability to steer security solutions based on the overall architecture without dictating the detailed design delivery.

• Experience of working in a technology-based role and interfacing to a varied number of internal and external stakeholders.

• Relevant industry certifications in security architecture (Certified Information System Security Professional, Certified Information Security Auditor, Sherwood App"