Security Architect

2 weeks ago

Cape Town, South Africa ABC Worldwide (Pty) Ltd Full time

**Security Architect**

**Key Responsibilities**
- Providing security advice, requirements and guidance to the business when delivering new systems or updates to existing, to ensure Security by design.
- Performing security-focused risk assessment on new systems/services and changes to existing to ensure they are within risk tolerance.
- Working with the business to review designs and ensure that they are in line with existing security principles, patterns, standards, and best practice.
- Work with the business to define, document and implement core security patterns, standards, and guidelines.
- Reviewing the current security processes within your area of focus, to ensure optimization and coverage.
- Be the initial security point of contact for your region and route any questions to the relevant teams.
- Work with the wider security architecture team to ensure a standardized approach to security is defined and followed.
- Collaborate with IT teams to make sure the correct security controls and measures are in place before implementation.

**Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, IT engineering, or related field
- An MSc Information Security or equivalent would be an advantage.
- Information Security and/or Information Technology certifications such as CISSP etc. are preferred.
- Azure Security Certifications are preferred.
- Experience of common frameworks such as NIST, CIS, ISO27k and MITRE
- Experience in using SABSA valuable
- Review solution designs and recognize security concerns.
- Work with vendors to understand the mitigations and make recommendations.
- Be able to pragmatically review and understand where the security risk could outweigh the business benefits.
- Represent both the business to security and security to the business.
- Help make the business understand the importance of considering security in designs.
- Ability to support the business in the delivery of security requirements.
- Understanding of Threat Modelling frameworks and implementation e.g., STRIDE
- Ability to deconstruct complex environments and navigate conflicting project requirements.
- Work with the wider security team to mature security processes and patterns.
- Prior experience working in Information security is essential.
- Prior experience of working as a security architect is essential.
- Prior experience of creating security artifacts is preferred.

**Job Type**: Permanent

**Salary**: R110,000.00 - R120,000.00 per month

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Cape Town, Western Cape: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (required)

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