Principal Security Architect

As a Security Architect, your role involves designing, reviewing, and enhancing security frameworks, ensuring alignment with business goals for both existing and new security solutions. You'll be accountable for implementing and upholding technical security measures in line with best practices and organisational needs. Effective collaboration with various teams and stakeholders will be essential to safeguarding company assets and data. This role demands both active, hands-on participation and forward-thinking strategy to uphold, shape, and develop security architecture while we expand and evolve.
Responsibilities:
Conduct Threat Modelling and Architectural Assessments to cover all Information.
Security domains to ensure Security by Design.
Assess technologies and solutions to develop and enrich security capabilities.
Identify security gaps and communicate associated business risks to relevant stakeholders.
Craft solutions that harmonise business needs with security and compliance requirements.
Verify the effectiveness of security controls in mitigating identified risks.
Assist engineering projects across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and collaborate to prioritise product security elements effectively.
Apply expertise in information security and application development to instigate organisational shifts aimed at managing and resolving security weaknesses and vulnerabilities.
Contribute to the creation of security policies, standards, and guidelines.
Devise and implement frameworks for data classification, retention, and disposal to ensure alignment with data privacy regulations.
Spearhead initiatives for data security awareness and training.
Requirements:
15+ years of experience in Information Security with at least 2 years as a Security Architect.
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field, or an additional 3 years of pertinent work experience preferred.
Strong knowledge of prevalent security architectures, frameworks, standards and emerging threats along with strategies and technologies for defence.
Deep understanding of network protocols, operating systems, databases, applied cryptography, least privilege, zero trust principles, identity and access management, and other core information security concepts.
Expertise in cloud computing and its associated best security practices encompassing applications, infrastructure, storage, platforms, and data security.
Ability to conduct threat modelling and risk assessments.
CISSP certification, while not required, is highly preferred.

Experience
13-17 yrs