IS Security Architect

This role ensures that the stakeholder security requirements necessary to protect the organization's mission and business processes are adequately addressed in all aspects of enterprise architecture including reference models, segment and solution architectures, and the resulting systems supporting mission critical business processes.
Expectations
• Develop/integrate cybersecurity designs for systems and networks with multilevel security requirements
• Document and address organization's information security, cybersecurity architecture, and systems security engineering requirements throughout the EA life cycle.
• Review and approve all requests for flow opening on corporate firewall infrastructure as they relate to the Enterprise Architecture.
• Strong network architecture and operations background. Architecture focal for OT and IOT projects dealing with industrial networking.
• Ensure that acquired or developed system(s) and architecture(s) are consistent with organization's cybersecurity architecture guidelines.
• Perform security reviews, identify gaps in security architecture, and contribute to the EA Roadmap for all aspects of IS/IT Security
• Define and document how the implementation of a new system or new interfaces between systems impacts the security posture of the current environment.
• Evaluate security architectures and designs to determine the adequacy of security design and architecture proposed or provided in response to requirements contained in acquisition documents.
• Determine the protection needs closely with the CISO and Security team (i.e., security controls) for the information system(s) and network(s) and document appropriately.

Travel specifictity
This role will require travel periodically

Additional description
Responsibilities

Security/Network Architect responsibilities:
• Innovate and define security infrastructure, systems and cloud solutions
• Design technical blueprints - Schema - High-level -Low Level Designs
• Participate in Agile Squads with partners in EA and project teams
• Partner Information Security and Compliance teams
• Write technical documentation and translate technical information
• Challenge traditional design and assumptions from partners
• Manage multiple projects in parallel

Candidate skills & requirements
• Knowledge of business continuity and disaster recovery continuity of operations plans.
• Ability to serve as the primary liaison between Enterprise architecture and the IS/Cyber Security engineering and Operations teams. Coordinates with system owners, common control providers, and system security officers on the allocation of security controls as system-specific, hybrid, or common controls
• Strong background with Multi-Cloud technology and AWS + AWS Gov Cloud
• Experience working with compliance and military control programs and adhering to auditing requirements ie. ITAR, CMMC, EAR
• Deep experience and understanding of encryption technologies
• Experience with Physical security requirements and designs for systems, access control and CCTV
• Knowledge of the application firewall concepts and functions (e.g., Single point of authentication/audit/policy enforcement, message scanning for malicious content, data anonymization for PCI and PII compliance, data loss protection scanning, accelerated cryptographic operations.
• Knowledge of industry-standard and organizationally accepted analysis principles and methods.
• Knowledge of the enterprise information technology (IT) architectural concepts and patterns (e.g., baseline, validated design, and target architectures.
• Strong background in security architecture for zero trust network architecture is preferred
• Skill in determining how a security system should work (including its resilience and dependability capabilities) and how changes in conditions, operations, or the environment will affect these outcomes.
• Knowledge of remote access technology concepts, communication methods, principles, and concepts that support the network infrastructure and implement security measures.
• Experience with Agile project management methodology including Kanban visual work management

Training and certification
• Enterprise Architecture certification is an asset - TOGAF Foundations training is preferred
• Mandatory Certifications (before or by first 12 months): include AWS Cloud Practitioner Foundational, AWS Certified Security - Specialty
• Preferred certifications AWS Solutions Architect Professional, CCSK Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge or equivalent, CISSP

Job location

Job location
North America, Canada, Quebec

City (-ies)
Mirabel

Applicant criteria

Minimum education level achieved
Bachelor's Degree

Minimum experience level required
More than 8 years

Additional Languages preferred

• English (Fluent)
• French (Fluent)