Principal Architect, Security

EQ Bank; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank is looking for a Principal Architect specializing in cybersecurity to oversee security by design and implementation for Enterprise Technology and Data initiatives. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in security frameworks and architecture, as well as strong leadership abilities. This full-time role is crucial for ensuring secure technology practices across HR Finance and Risk areas.

Qualifications

• 7 years of cyber security experience required.
• 8 years of technical IT experience required.
• Strong experience with cloud environments and data architecture.

Responsibilities

• Act as cyber security champion for the Enterprise Technology team.
• Ensure appropriate security controls are implemented for IT systems.
• Liaise between Cyber Subject Matter Expert teams and business teams.

Skills

Cyber Security Frameworks

Security Architecture

Data Architecture

Cloud Solutions

Process Design

People Management

Education

College diploma or university degree in computer science or related

CISSP Certification

Tools

Kubernetes

AWS

Google Cloud Platform

Cassandra

Redshift

Kafka

Job description

This role is responsible for securing the banks HR Finance and Risk technology assets. This role provides security controls design input for Enterprise Technology and Data architectures. This role acts as the single-point-of-contact for security services engagement that may be required for Enterprise Technology and Data teams. This senior leadership role oversees security by design security by default secure development and validation needs of the Enterprise Technology and Data initiatives tailored to the needs of the Risk Finance and HR functions of the bank.

Main Activities :

• Acts as cyber security champion and ambassador for Enterprise Technology and Data team and actively engages with the leadership team to support business outcomes with security advisory services.
• Ensures seamless onboarding to the right security services as needed.
• Act as liaison between Cyber Subject Matter Expert teams and the Enterprise Technology and data team ensuring right-sized security engagements.
• Provide security control design input for Data and Enterprise apps initiatives ensuring control design is right-sized risk based and meet regulatory and compliance security requirements.
• Engage with Enterprise Technology & Data and business teams (risk finance and Human resources) to ensure security controls implementation and remediation are prioritized as needed.
• Develop tools documentation that will enable Enterprise technology and data teams efficiently embed security into practices of building releasing and maintaining technology systems under their purview (shift-left initiatives)

Knowledge / Skill Requirements :

• A college diploma or university degree in computer science (or related course) or Industry recognized certifications (e.g. CISSP) with 7 years cyber security experience is required.
• Minimum of 8 years of technical IT experience.
• Minimum of 6 years of Cyber Security experience
• Minimum of 2 years of experience with enterprise data platforms Enterprise resource planning or similar solutions.
• Strong knowledge of cyber security frameworks controls and practices
• Strong engineering or security architecture knowledge (prior hands-on technology engineering experience is preferred)
• Microsoft Azure solutions Architect expert Microsoft Cyber security Architect Expert Sherwood Applied Business Security Architecture (SABSA) Foundation Practitioner or Master level designations TOGAF certifications are a plus
• Strong experience architecting and implementing solutions in Cloud environments (Microsoft Azure)
• Strong experience with data architecture data engineering or security consulting for similar technologies.
• Strong experience documenting architecture flows and diagrams.
• Good knowledge of cyber threats risks and control design best practices.
• People & resource management
• Strategic and Financial Planning
• Process design and implementation experience is a plus
• Ownership & Accountability

Required Experience :

Staff IC

Key Skills

Kubernetes,S3,Google Cloud Platform,Cassandra,System Architecture,Redshift,AWS,Cloud Architecture,NoSQL,UML,Kafka,Distributed Systems

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

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