Applications Cloud Security Architect
Posted 2 weeks ago by 1759349999
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
USA
Summary: The Applications Cloud Security Architect role involves developing enterprise security architectural deliverables by combining business process analysis with technical knowledge. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure security architecture aligns with business processes while providing technical guidance on security technology designs. The role is hybrid, requiring occasional onsite presence in Newark, NJ, and focuses on both individual assignments and leading project teams. The candidate will report to the Director of Technology Architecture and contribute to strategic security initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop enterprise security architectural deliverables that identify relationships among functions, data, applications, and technology.
- Lead project teams and analyze systems and technology integration requirements across multiple applications and organizations.
- Communicate and collaborate with process and system owners, IT management, and technical staff to ensure security architecture relevance.
- Set strategic direction and develop advanced enterprise-wide security ideas and standards.
- Provide technical guidance and make decisions regarding security technology designs and engineering.
Key Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related discipline; advanced degree or professional certification preferred.
- Professional experience in Security Architecture, including applications, infrastructure, and access management.
- Hands-on experience reviewing code designs from a security standpoint.
- Experience with internal and external applications security assessment.
- Demonstrated experience with Secure Development Lifecycle and OWASP Top Ten Attack types.
- Experience with SSL and relevant programming languages (C, Python, Ruby, C++).
- Experience with vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and data encryption solutions.
- Prior ITCAM/SOA experience.
- Management experience preferred.
- Strong understanding of application security principles and TOGAF.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Newark
Country: USA
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Applications Cloud Security Architect
12 Months contract - Later hire/ Extension
Location : Newark , NJ Hybrid model (Onsite Once or twice in a week is required)/ Open to remote
Job description:
- The Enterprise Information Security Architect will apply a combination of business process analysis and technical knowledge to develop enterprise security architectural deliverables that identify and describe the relationships among functions, data, applications and technology at various levels at client.
- The person will perform individual assignments and lead project teams composed of Business Analysts, Systems Engineers and Research Specialists, as well as analyze systems and technology integration requirements across multiple applications and organizations.
- It is important that the candidate communicate and work closely with process and system owners, IT management, peers, and technical staff to ensure the relevance of the security architecture and system designs to business process requirements.
- Additionally, the candidate will be responsible for setting the strategic direction, developing advanced enterprise wide security ideas, determining the security technology/standards and then guiding their development into a final product.
- This position reports to the Director of Technology Architecture and will:
- Provide technical guidance and renders decisions regarding Security Technology designs and engineering.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor s degree in Information Technology or related discipline from an accredited college or university, advanced degree or other professional certification in Management Information Systems is preferred
- Professional business experience in Security Architecture, including security with Applications, Infrastructure, external internet security, or Access and Identity Management Experience with information privacy and security laws (covering such items as data breaches, records management and structured/unstructured data)
- Must have prior hands on experience reviewing code designs from a security standpoint
- Prior experience with Internal and External Applications Security Assessment
- Demonstrated experience with Secure Development Lifecycle
- Demonstrated experience with defending OWASP Top Ten Attack types
- Must have prior experience with SSL, and can articulate what it can/cannot cover and why it s important
- Experience with C, Python, Ruby, C++ and other relevant languages
- Demonstrated experience with Vulnerability assessments, penetration testing and experience fixing vulnerabilities.
- Prior Data Encryption solutions experience
- Prior ITCAM/SOA experience
Additional Qualifications/Knowledge:
- Prefer 5+ years of management experience
- Experience working in controlled regulatory environment is preferred Skills and Abilities
- Strong understanding of application security principles
- Ability to articulate the 3 components of AAA (AuthN, AuthZ and Audit)
- Strong understanding of TOGAF and can articulate it s importance and relevance