Solution Architect – GCP/Security

ProViso Staffing; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a highly skilled Security Architect to lead significant cloud transformations. This role involves developing security controls in a GCP Kubernetes environment, ensuring secure application infrastructure, and mentoring team members on cloud security principles. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in security architecture and integration, with a strong focus on modern cloud environments. Join a high-visibility program that shapes the future of cloud security and drives impactful results in a dynamic and collaborative setting.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in IT with strong security architecture experience.
• Experience in GCP and Kubernetes is essential.

Responsibilities

• Develop security controls in a GCP Kubernetes environment.
• Collaborate with teams to integrate security during design phases.

Skills

IT Experience

Security Architecture

Software Security Controls

GCP

Kubernetes

CI/CD Pipelines

Networking

Storage in GCP

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Related Field

CISSP or Similar Security Certifications

Tools

JIRA

Service Now

ESLM/SIEM

Job description

Story Behind the Need:

• Business group: Cloud & Application Security Product and Architecture – team is a product group within Cloud and Applications Security. This team focuses mainly on strategy building.
• Project: Part of CAP (Cloud Acceleration Program) – Assess and design the current Kubernetes and GCP services for Security Controls to meet regulatory requirements

Candidate Value Proposition:

• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to lead one of the major cloud transformations in the industry, high visibility program.

Typical Day in Role:

• Contribute to ensuring secure modern application infrastructure in cloud by developing security controls and principles in a GCP Kubernetes environment
• Network security in cloud is one of the crucial security domains, with a highly specialized experience required, and forms a fundamental building block in the entire cloud architecture.
• Collaborate with cloud infrastructure, DevOps and development teams to integrate security during the design and development phases.
• Provide mentorship and training to other team members on cloud security principles.
• Help develop test cases and drive Proof of Value (POV) to completion.
• Help develop a procedure.
• Contribute to system architecture.
• Establishing seamless integration between cloud and on-prem
• Evaluate existing integrations
• Form a connection when talking about the security tools for platform integration into cloud

Must Have Skills:

• 10+ years’ relevant progressive experience in IT
• 3+ years’ experience in Security Architecture/Integration/Implementation roles
• 4+ years’ experience with Software Security Controls Architecting and Solutioning
• 3+ years’ experience with GCP
• 2+ years’ experience with Kubernetes

Nice-To-Have Skills:

• Recent experience with and understanding of some of the following: CI/CD pipelines, networking, storage in GCP
• Experience with deployment and managing IaaS, PaaS & SaaS solutions

Soft Skills Required:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with an ability to think strategically and tactically about complex cloud security issues.
• Communication: excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Fast learner with strong analytical skills and improvement mindset
• Must be able to operate independently within tight time frames
• High energy, demonstrated ability to work under pressure, deals well with ambiguities and uncertainties, and drives results.

Degrees or certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required, professional experience is a priority
• CISSP or similar security certifications are an asset

Best vs Average:

• Ideal candidate has strong security architecture experience in a modern GCP cloud environment, with hands on deployment experience
• Project: migration from SCA tool – to another vendor to the Cloud -on-prem to Cloud; a lot of integration work needed, SSO, LAM/WAM, JIRA integrations, Service Now – log monitoring, pipeline integration, artifact integration; working with MAST, APA, security engine, ESLM/SIEM; expectation is the Architect should be able to lead these integrations and migrations and have experience/understanding with all of these and hit the ground running with minimal training time
• Feedback: candidates should be able to form a connection when talking about the security tools for platform integration into cloud

Candidate Interview Format:

• In person interview – will be on Tuesdays or Thursdays
• 1 Interview – 1 hour – panel technical and behavioral interview – technical scenario-based questions, will be solutioning live on paper/whiteboard – with Director and Architect

Job Details

13218

Contract

4 months

Toronto