Security Architecture Lead — Cloud, Data & IR

Oakville; Oakville; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

OMERS pension plan

Comprehensive health plan with life &8

Work-life balance culture

Job summary

The Town of Oakville seeks an experienced Senior Security Architect to lead security architecture reviews for major projects and to develop reference architectures, standards, and design guidance. You will partner with technical teams to embed security into solution designs and serve as the enterprise security architecture SME.

Responsibilities include defining data security architectures, encryption, key management and privacy controls across on-premises and cloud.

Qualifications

• Completion of a minimum three-year diploma or bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Certifications in CISSP, CISM, CISA, CCIE plus relevant cloud security certifications from Microsoft or AWS.
• Master’s degree in Cybersecurity would be considered an asset.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive information security experience, including hands-on security architecture for enterprise environments.
• Deep expertise in data security concepts and controls (classification, DLP, encryption, key management, access governance, data lifecycle).

Responsibilities

• Lead security architecture reviews for major projects and technology initiatives.
• Develop security reference architectures, standards, patterns and design guidance.
• Review application, infrastructure, cloud and integration designs and provide security recommendations.
• Partner with technical teams to incorporate security requirements into solution designs.
• Serve as the Town's subject matter expert for enterprise security architecture.

Skills

Security architecture

Cloud security

Threat modeling

Incident response leadership

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's or diploma in CS/IS/related

Master’s in Cybersecurity (asset)

Tools

Azure

AWS

GCP

Microsoft Purview

Job description

The Town of Oakville seeks an experienced Senior Security Architect to lead security architecture reviews for major projects and to develop reference architectures, standards, and design guidance. You will partner with technical teams to embed security into solution designs and serve as the enterprise security architecture SME.

Responsibilities include defining data security architectures, encryption, key management and privacy controls across on-premises and cloud.