Senior Security Architect

We are recruiting for a Senior Security Architect role.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Develop and maintain the security architecture frameworks, reference model, standards, principles, and guidelines in line with the organisation's enterprise architecture and information and communication technology (ICT) strategy.
2. Monitor compliance and implementation of the security architecture as per the approved design.
3. Research and stay abreast of the threat landscape and the latest developments to mitigate cybersecurity risks to ensure that they are adequately addressed in security strategy plans and architecture artefacts.
4. Establish and maintain an inventory of security controls and mechanisms and classify inventory according to the security reference model.
5. Develop security strategy plans and roadmaps based on sound enterprise architecture practices.
6. Review security technologies, tools, and services, and make recommendations to the broader security team based on security, financial, and operational metrics.
7. Act as an advisor within the organisation's business units to ensure adherence to the security architecture principles, standards, patterns, and guidelines.
8. Provide regular reporting on the state of the security landscape and posture and make recommendations on addressing the threats and mitigating risks.
9. Validate the IT infrastructure and other reference architectures for security best practices and recommend changes to enhance security and reduce risks, where applicable.
10. Participate in the relevant architecture governance structures to ensure due consideration of threats, vulnerabilities, and risks in assessing submissions and appropriate mitigation through the reference and application of security controls.
11. Provide technical guidance, oversight, coaching, and mentoring to team members in the enterprise architecture environment regarding security architecture to ensure delivery of integrated results.
12. Provide guidance to service providers, contracted resources, and internal staff on architectures and the integration of appropriate security controls and mechanisms in solution architectures and designs.
13. Govern and track the implementation of the security roadmaps.
14. Establish, build, and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders and with relevant external stakeholders.
15. Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work and manage service level agreements (SLAs).

Required Qualifications and Experience:

1. Must have an information technology-related diploma or degree AND a professional certification in the architecture and security fields (i.e. TOGAF, Cloud Based Certifications, Azure, CEH, Security+).
2. Must have at least five years of experience as a Senior Security Architect and possess expertise in the following security architecture components:
1. Security architecture principles.
2. Security policies and standards.
3. Security risk assessment and threat model.
4. Identity and access management (IAM) architecture.
5. Data security and privacy architecture.
6. Network security architecture.
7. Application security architecture.
8. Cloud security architecture.
9. Endpoint and mobile security framework.
10. Incident response and security operations plan compliance and regulatory mapping.
11. Cyber resilience and business continuity plan (BCP).
12. Security architecture roadmap.
13. Zero trust architecture (ZTA) blueprint.