Senior Security Architect

SUMMARY:
We are recruiting for a Senior Security Architect role.

POSITION INFO:
Key responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain the security architecture frameworks, reference model, standards, principles and guidelines in line with the organisations enterprise architecture and information and communication technology (ICT) strategy.
• Monitor compliance and implementation of the security architecture as per the approved design.
• 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.
• Establish and maintain an inventory of security controls and mechanisms and classify inventory according to the security reference model.
• Develop security strategy plans and roadmaps based on sound enterprise architecture practices.
• Review security technologies, tools and services, and make recommendations to the broader security team based on security, financial and operational metrics.
• Act as an advisor within the organisation’s business units to ensure adherence to the security architecture principles, standards, patterns and guidelines.
• Provide regular reporting on the state of the security landscape and posture and make recommendations on addressing the threats and mitigating risks.
• Validate the IT infrastructure and other reference architectures for security best practices and recommend changes to enhance security and reduce risks, where applicable.
• 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
• Provide technical guidance, oversight, coaching and mentoring to team members in the enterprise architecture environment regarding security architecture to ensure delivery of integrated results.
• 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.
• Govern and track the implementation of the security roadmaps.
• Establish, build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders and with relevant external stakeholders.
• Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work and manage service level agreements (SLAs).

• 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+).
• Must have at least five years of experience as a Senior Security Architect and possess expertise in the following security architecture components:
  • (i) security architecture principles.
  • (ii) security policies and standards.
  • (iii) security risk assessment and threat model.
  • (iv) identity and access management (IAM) architecture.
  • (v) data security and privacy architecture.
  • (vi) network security architecture.
  • (vii) application security architecture.
  • (viii) cloud security architecture.
  • (viii) endpoint and mobile security framework.
  • (x) incident response and security operations plan, (xi) compliance and regulatory mapping.
  • (xii) cyber resilience and business continuity plan (BCP).
  • (xiii) security architecture roadmap and (xiv) zero trust architecture (ZTA) blueprint.