Description
Contract - Cyber Security Architect
LOCATION: REMOTE
You will need to come from a large enterprise company (fortune 100 company preferred) or vendor serving large clients. Looking for a true architect. Must be heavy in cloud infrastructure Azure/AWS with good experience with applications, authentication and authorization. Agile Scrum Waterfall virtualization MDM Database encryption expert in platform network virtualization mobile etc.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The Expert Cyber Risk Management Architect will be responsible for the planning, development and implementation of enterprise information security solutions (such as authentication and authorization, public key infrastructure, data loss prevention, and security event information management) to address the current and emerging security needs of the business. This role requires the proactive identification and solution of some of the most complex enterprise-scale information security problems. The role will research, design, and develop new technologies, architectures, and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers, business partners, and vendors. The person in this role will contribute to the development and execution of strategic information security architecture to enable effective business operations, manage enterprise risk, and address business or regulatory issues.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Designs, builds, and leads a team that ensures the security of enterprise data and systems by developing enterprise information security solutions.
- Creates and updates a view of IT assets, related attack surfaces, and threat actors to illustrate the flow of data and associated security threats.
- Researches, designs, and develops new enterprise technologies, architectures, and security products that will support security requirements for the enterprise and its customers, business partners, and vendors.
- Serves as a security expert in application development, database design, network, and/or platform (operating system) efforts, helping project teams comply with enterprise and IT security policies, industry regulations, and best practices.
- Serves as an expert in platform, application, storage, network, virtualization, cloud and mobile security best practices.
- Exercises thought leadership in the creation and maintenance of security architectures.
QUALIFICATIONS
- 7+ years of experience w/Bachelor's degree
- A strong, complete, and working understanding of architecture-level information security and appropriate use enforcement technology solutions including advanced malware detection/prevention, mobile device virtualization/MDM, cloud security management, structured and unstructured database encryption, mobile application and remote API security, fine-grained application authorization and access control, security event visualization, big data user and entity behavior analytics, active adversary deception, and others.
- A strong working understanding of contemporary security theory and application (including vulnerabilities, exploitation techniques and attack vectors).
- Strong understanding of systems development lifecycle to lead multifunctional projects or initiatives.
- Knowledge of laws, regulations, and standards relevant to the US Healthcare industry.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills (including technical writing, documentation development, process mapping, and visualization). Must be able to effectively communicate technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
- Externally recognized information security industry thought leadership and innovation accomplishments desired but not required.