Security Architect

Security architect • Acquire a complete understanding of a company’s technology and information systems.

About the Role

Plan, research and design robust security architectures for any IT project.

Responsibilities

• Perform vulnerability testing, risk analyses and security assessments.
• Research security standards, security systems and authentication protocols.
• Test final security structures to ensure they behave as expected.
• Provide technical supervision for (and guidance to) a security team.
• Define, implement and maintain corporate security policies and procedures.
• Respond immediately to security-related incidents and provide a thorough post-event analysis.
• Update and upgrade security systems as needed.
• Knowledge of GDPR requirements.
• Affinity with Microsoft Solutions.
• Risk assessment procedures, policy formation, role-based authorization methodologies, authentication technologies and security attack pathologies.
• Windows, UNIX and Linux operating systems.
• Practices and methods of IT strategy, enterprise architecture and security architecture.
• Network security architecture development and definition.
• Knowledge of third-party auditing and cloud risk assessment methodologies.
• Strategic problem-solving.
• Communicating to different levels.
• Including potential work for international affiliates Reporting.
• Security KPIs, incident management and regular audits.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in a similar position.
• Good reporting methods.
• Fluent in English and at least one of the national languages. Other languages are a plus.

Required Skills

• Able to adapt easily in a new team.
• Proactive attitude and ability to apply high quality standards.
• Be a flexible team-player attitude and you’re accurate, committed and eager to learn.
• Be pragmatic and eager to help the department evolve towards a structured organization.