IT Security Architect

Renaud Consulting IM / IT Solutions; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm is seeking an IT Security Business Architect to enhance security measures and guide strategic planning in a complex environment. The role demands extensive experience in information security and the ability to work effectively with various stakeholders. As a consultant, you will provide expert advice and support to senior management, ensuring robust security frameworks are in place.

Qualifications

• Minimum of eight years of relevant information security experience.
• Experience in governance, application protection, data protection, and cyber defense.

Responsibilities

• Participate in strategic planning of the security domain.
• Document and monitor security initiatives and control capacities.
• Oversee security tools and manage prioritization committees.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Leadership

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in information technology

Tools

ISO27002

NIST

Job description

We currently have an opportunity for an IT Security Business Architect. Below is a detailed description of the role as well as the required qualifications. If you feel you are a good fit, please don’t hesitate to reach out so we can schedule an interview.

IT Security Architect

As an IT security business architecture advisor, you help protect computer hardware resources, software, and information against modification, destruction, or unauthorized disclosure. You will also ensure the authentication and access control, including through the design, administration, and maintenance of proven security systems. Your role involves analyzing information systems and ensuring the evolution of protections to preserve, restore, and secure systems.

You will take on a leadership and influencing role with various stakeholders in projects related to development, strategic, and complex interventions of a transversal and highly innovative nature. In this capacity, you contribute to the development and recommendation of strategic orientations and business positioning. The files you handle require extensive and in-depth expertise in your field.

You will make recommendations concerning the development and completion of files or projects of very high operational and conceptual complexity. These require comprehensive analysis and understanding of the business and organizational context. You will interact with many stakeholders across different fields of expertise, making interpersonal skills essential.

As a consultant and subject matter expert, you will act as a resource person and coach to senior management and authorities.

Additional Responsibilities

• Participate in the strategic planning of the security domain
• Document, prioritize, and monitor security initiatives
• Monitor the risk ecosystem and observe security domain developments
• Document and monitor the evolution of the domain's control capacities
• Ensure the achievement of maturity targets related to control frameworks (ISO27002, NIST, others)
• Align with the three-year strategic planning and investment plan
• Oversee security tools related to the field from a 360-degree perspective
• Define and produce performance indicators for the domain
• Manage the domain prioritization committees

Required Profile

• Must be able to work in French only, as all correspondence and meetings will be in French
• Bachelor's degree in information technology or a related discipline
• A minimum of eight years of relevant information security experience
• Relevant experience in one or more areas: governance, application protection, data protection, workstation protection, cryptography, infrastructure security, physical security, cyber defense