Senior Security Architect

Boardroom Appointments; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 700 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Senior Security Architect to design and implement security solutions including Identity Management and Privilege Access Management systems. The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, along with at least five years of experience in security solutions. Strong scripting skills and familiarity with tools such as Sailpoint and Zscaler are essential. This role requires working collaboratively across teams to achieve security objectives.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in designing and implementing security solutions.
• Must be comfortable working within a cross-functional team environment.
• Experience designing and implementing security solutions preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement Identity and Access Management solutions.
• Implement Privileged Access Management systems and secrets management solutions.
• Create and review architecture and design documentation.

Skills

Identity Management System (IdMS)

Privilege Access Management (PAM)

Data Security

Scripting and Coding

Vulnerability Management Systems (VMS)

Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM)

Cloud and Container Posture Assessment

Zero Trust and Micro-segmentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Sailpoint

Zscaler

Microsoft 365 - Information Protection

BeyondTrust (Full stack solution)

Job description

As a Senior Security Architect, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the Identity Management System (IdMS), Privilege Access Management (PAM) system, Data Security and data leaking. You will be working with various teams across multiple areas of the business to design and implement these systems. You should have experience in building complex systems using a variety of technologies, ideally in an enterprise environment.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Identity and Access Management (IAM) solutions including solutions from Sailpoint and SecZetta
• Privileged Access Management (PAM) and Secrets Management solutions including solutions from BeyondTrust (full stack solution) and CyberArk
• Database Activity Monitoring (DAM) solutions including solutions from Imperva and IBM Guardium
• Directory Services (DS) solutions including Active Directory, Azure AD and IBM Tivoli Directory Services
• Security Incident and Event Management (SIEM) solutions including Splunk
• Security Orchestration, Automation and response (SOAR) solutions including IBM Resilient
• Vulnerability Management Systems (VMS) including Tenable
• Endpoint Protection Solutions (EPS) including Symantec, Microsoft and Crowdstrike
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and Data Classification and Labelling (DCL) services including solutions from Symantec, Zscaler, Titus and Microsoft
• 10. Hardware Security Modules (HSM) Certificate Management Solutions including Thales and Venafi
• Remote access and Web Proxy\CASB solutions including solutions from Zscaler
• Zero Trust and Micro-segmentation solutions
• Cloud and Container Posture Assessment solutions
• DevSecOps Solutions for security code development, vulnerability and build processing.
• Platform Integration and API management solutions
• Scripting and Coding experience
• Breach And Attack Simulation solutions.
• Architecture and Design documentation creation and review

Qualifications and experience:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or a related field required
• 5 years of experience in designing and implementing security solutions for web, mobile, and/or desktop applications with the ability to write secure software
• Must be comfortable working within a cross functional team environment
• Experience designing and implementing security solutions preferred
• Sailpoint Identity IQ
• File access management - FIM & FAM
• Zscaler
• Microsoft 365 - Information Protection
• Beyond Trust (Full stack solution)
• EPM Cap
• Unix/Linix
• Sesdetta -3rd party managed system for access