Security Architect – Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, IAM & NIST

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. ~ Conquering today’s challenges, achieving tomorrow’s vision!; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Astra-North Infoteck Inc. is seeking a Security Architect to lead architecture work for key client systems and programs.

You will collaborate with various stakeholders to help define the solution architecture and ensure it aligns with the enterprise vision and architecture strategy. You will design and implement security architectures across all applications, guide security engineering, and ensure compliance with industry best practices and regulatory requirements, including NIST CSF, cloud

Qualifications

• 10 years of relevant experience as a Security Architect.
• Experience in information and cybersecurity, including strategy design, implementation, and monitoring.
• Experience providing strategic guidance in a large consulting organization is a plus.
• Deep technical knowledge across security disciplines such as access management, cloud security, and risk management.
• Experience with security frameworks like NIST CSF and leading security technologies.
• Experience with Palo Alto SASE solution preferred.
• Possess one or more industry certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP, oSABSA.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation and delivery of the client architecture vision, through the definition of architecture roadmaps, transition architectures, and solution documents.
• Lead the design, development, and execution of security architecture strategies.
• Design and implement security architectures solutions across all systems and applications.
• Ensure these architectures align with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Continuously assess and improve security processes, procedures, and infrastructure to ensure they are effective, efficient, and compliant.
• Help build and maintain the solution architecture lifecycle and methodology appropriate to the wider enterprise architecture and client IT capabilities, including the definition of artefacts, deliverables, models, processes, roles, and responsibilities.
• Function as a trusted security technical advisor that collaborates with both business and technical stakeholders, sets direction, builds consensus, mediates conflicts, and helps to drive optimum solutions.
• Ensure adherence to architecture processes, standards and principles to deliver solutions with high performance, agility, reuse, etc.
• Deliver collaborative architecture decisions for the technical infrastructure and application environments facilitate and contribute to architecture decisions for the business and information environments.

Skills

Security architecture design

Information cybersecurity

Risk management

Access management

Cloud security

NIST CSF

Security frameworks

Security advisor

Education

Undergraduate degree or college diploma in related field

Certifications: CISSP, CISA, CISM, CCSP, oSABSA, other IS certifications

Tools

Palo Alto SASE

Job description

The Information Security team partners with departments to advance technology and third‑party information cyber risk management capabilities that enable the Fund to compete effectively and take advantage of innovative technologies.

The Security Architecture Engineering team is responsible for determining, designing, and implementing security controls for the organization, including assessing the security level of applications.

Job summary and purpose

As a Security Architect, you will lead pieces of architecture work for key client systems and programs. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to help define the solution architecture and ensure it aligns with the enterprise vision and architecture strategy.

Major accountabilities

• Support the implementation and delivery of the client architecture vision, through the definition of architecture roadmaps, transition architectures, and solution documents.
• Lead the design, development, and execution of security architecture strategies, ensuring they align with the organizations security objectives and business goals.
• Design and implement security architectures solutions across all systems and applications.
• Ensure these architectures align with industry best practices and regulatory requirements.
• Continuously assess and improve security processes, procedures, and infrastructure to ensure they are effective, efficient, and compliant.
• Help build and maintain the solution architecture lifecycle and methodology appropriate to the wider enterprise architecture and client IT capabilities, including the definition of artefacts, deliverables, models, processes, roles, and responsibilities.
• Function as a trusted security technical advisor that collaborates with both business and technical stakeholders, sets direction, builds consensus, mediates conflicts, and helps to drive optimum solutions.
• Ensure adherence to architecture processes, standards and principles to deliver solutions with high performance, agility, reuse, etc.
• Deliver collaborative architecture decisions for the technical infrastructure and application environments facilitate and contribute to architecture decisions for the business and information environments.

Core Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or college diploma in related field.
• 10 years of relevant experience as a Security Architect.
• Experience in information and cybersecurity, including strategy design, implementation, and monitoring.
• Experience providing strategic guidance in a large consulting organization is a plus.
• Deep technical or operational experience with broad knowledge across various security disciplines such as access management, cloud security, and risk management.
• Experience with security frameworks like NIST CSF and a variety of leading security technologies.
• Experience with Palo Alto SASE solution preferred.
• Possess one or more of the following industry certifications
• CISSP
• CISA
• CISM
• CCSP Certified Cloud Security Professional
• oSABSA - Security Architecture
• o Other industry recognized Information Security certifications

Team Description

The Information Security team partners with departments to advance technology and third-party information cyber risk management capabilities that enable the Fund to compete effectively and take advantage of innovative technologies.

The Security Architecture Engineering team is responsible for determining, designing, and implementing security controls for the organization, including assessing the security level of applications.

As a Security Architect, you will lead pieces of architecture work for key client systems and programs. You will collaborate with various stakeholders to help define the solution architecture and ensure it aligns with the enterprise vision and architecture strategy.