Cyber Security Architect

We are seeking a highly experienced Cyber Security Architect to define and maintain enterprise cybersecurity strategy, security architecture, controls, standards, and governance across applications, networks, cloud, APIs, data platforms, and infrastructure., * Define and maintain cybersecurity strategy, principles, standards, and reference architectures

• Design secure architectures across enterprise applications, networks, cloud, APIs, data, and infrastructure
• Conduct threat modeling, attack-surface analysis, risk assessments, and architecture reviews
• Define defense-in-depth, zero-trust, IAM, network, endpoint, application, data, and cloud security controls
• Design and govern SSO, MFA, RBAC, ABAC, PAM, and Zero Trust solutions
• Review solution designs, infrastructure-as-code, and implementation plans for security compliance
• Guide engineering teams on Secure SDLC, secure coding, DevSecOps, and security testing
• Define requirements for WAF, VPN, IDS/IPS, SIEM, EDR, DLP, secrets management, and endpoint security
• Develop security architectures for AWS, Azure, and GCP environments
• Establish security logging, monitoring, detection, alerting, and incident-response requirements
• Support vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, remediation, and incident response
• Evaluate security technologies, products, vendors, and managed security services
• Maintain security architecture documentation, standards, diagrams, risk registers, and control mappings
• Support ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, and other compliance initiatives

The ideal candidate will have strong expertise across Cloud Security, IAM, Network Security, Application Security, DevSecOps, Threat Modeling, Security Operations, and Cybersecurity Governance., * 15+ years of overall IT/Cybersecurity experience REQUIRED

• 3+ years designing and reviewing enterprise security architectures
• Strong knowledge of Network Security, Application Security, Cloud Security, IAM, Cryptography, and Security Operations
• Experience with STRIDE, MITRE ATT&CK, or equivalent threat modeling methodologies
• Strong understanding of Zero Trust, Least Privilege, Defense in Depth, Secure-by-Design, and Separation of Duties
• Experience conducting security risk assessments and developing risk-treatment plans
• Hands-on knowledge of vulnerabilities, penetration testing, incident response, and disaster recovery
• Experience with security architecture frameworks, policies, controls, and governance
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, * AWS / Azure / GCP Security
• Kubernetes, Docker, containers, service mesh, and serverless
• DevSecOps, CI/CD security, SAST, DAST, SCA, IaC scanning
• SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, WAF, CSPM, CNAPP, DLP
• API Security, Microservices, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML, JWT
• Data classification, encryption, tokenization, key management, and privacy engineering
• Security automation using Python, PowerShell, Terraform, or Bash
• AI/ML Security, LLM Security, Prompt Injection, Data Leakage, and Model Governance
• NIST, CIS Controls, ISO 27001, SABSA, COBIT, OWASP
• Certifications: CISSP, CCSP, SABSA, CISM, GIAC, AWS Security Specialty, Azure Security Engineer

Technical Skills

• Cloud Security: AWS, Azure, GCP, IAM, KMS, GuardDuty, Defender
• Network Security: Firewalls, WAF, VPN, IDS/IPS, NAC, Segmentation, Zero Trust
• Identity Security: SSO, MFA, RBAC, ABAC, PAM, OAuth 2.0, OIDC, SAML
• Security Operations: SIEM, SOAR, EDR, XDR, SOC, Incident Response
• Application Security: OWASP, API Security, SAST, DAST, SCA, Threat Modeling
• DevSecOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Terraform, Container Security
• Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Windows, Virtualization, Service Mesh
• Data Security: Encryption, DLP, Tokenization, Secrets Management, Key Management
• Governance: ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Controls, SOC 2, PCI DSS, GDPR
• Automation: Python, PowerShell, Bash, Terraform, Policy-as-Code