IT Security Architect at Capital Connect Pty Ltd

Job description

Key Responsibilities:

• Research, evaluation and positioning of industry security technologies
• Security presentations to ISOs, CIOs and Development Teams in the enterprise
• Cases for change
• Leading the development of strategic and lifecycle management security roadmaps for the enterprise.
• Costing of Security Solution designs
• Integration of IT systems development and infrastructure deployments with security policies and information protection strategies
• Developing, maintaining, and publishing corporate information security strategies
• Security policies, standards and guidelines; establishing means for compliance checking against these standards
• Technical guidance to information owners, security officers, and IT associates
• Identification of security risk mitigation strategies
• 3rd level security problem resolution
• Lead Designer for Security solutions
• Construction of IT Security business cases and benefits calculations
• Infrastructure optimisation and cost reductions
• Translating IT concepts into business terms and vice versa
• Security Process optimisation.
• reporting.

Experience Required:

• Architecting Information Security
• Building the case for Information Security controls
• Presenting to senior management
• Architecture Frameworks and standards
• Strategy formulation
• Network engineering and design
• Application and Web design (OWASP
• IAM
• Cloud deployment models and related security challenges
• Information Security / Cyber Risk management
• Cyber Security controls (CIS Top 20)
• Network Access Control
• Platform hardening
• SIEM
• Cyber forensics
• Cryptographic algorithms, solutions and application
• Troubleshooting techniques for high­impact system failures
• Project delivery methodologies
• IT Security Solutions, including:
• Firewallls
• VPN
• IDS/IPS
• End Point security solutions
• Advanced Threat detection and prevention
• Behavior Analysis systems
• Data Leakage Detection and Prevention
• Data Access Management (DAM)
• CASB (Cloud Access Security Broker)
• Threat Intelligence Exchange Platforms (STIX/TAXII)
• ITIL
• Cobit
• ISO 27001
• Procurement and Tender Processes
• SLA management.
• IT degree or diploma, or a minimum of 8y relevant IT application security, network security design and security implementation experience.
• IT security certification (e.g. CISSP; GISP)
• IT network qualification (CCNA/P with specialisation in Security/CyberOps or Cloud)
• Application security (CSSLP; GWAPT; GWEB)

Technical Skills:

Facilitation skills

• Ability to constructively interact with Management, Customers, Service Providers and Vendors Understanding of IT Roles and challenges in SA and the rest of Africa Conflict Management Effective Stakeholder engagement across technical and Business levels
• Presentation and communication skills Report writing

Competencies:

• Innovative mind­set
• Inquisitive nature
• Conceptual thinking and modeling
• Delivery focused
• Ability to operate on strategic, tactical and operational levels
• Ability to work alone and as part of a team.