Senior Security Architect
Senior Security Architect
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13-04-2025
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13-04-2025
Job Description
We are recruiting for aSenior Security Architectrole.
Key responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain the security architecture frameworks reference model standards principles and guidelines in line with the organisations enterprise architecture and information and communication technology (ICT) strategy.
- Monitor compliance and implementation of the security architecture as per the approved design.
- Research and stay abreast of the threat landscape and the latest developments to mitigate cybersecurity risks to ensure that they are adequately addressed in security strategy plans and architecture artefacts.
- Establish and maintain an inventory of security controls and mechanisms and classify inventory according to the security reference model.
- Develop security strategy plans and roadmaps based on sound enterprise architecture practices.
- Review security technologies tools and services and make recommendations to the broader security team based on security financial and operational metrics.
- Act as an advisor within the organisations business units to ensure adherence to the security architecture principles standards patterns and guidelines.
- Provide regular reporting on the state of the security landscape and posture and make recommendations on addressing the threats and mitigating risks.
- Validate the IT infrastructure and other reference architectures for security best practices and recommend changes to enhance security and reduce risks where applicable.
- Participate in the relevant architecture governance structures to ensure due consideration of threats vulnerabilities and risks in assessing submissions and appropriate mitigation through the reference and application of security controls
- Provide technical guidance oversight coaching and mentoring to team members in the enterprise architecture environment regarding security architecture to ensure delivery of integrated results.
- Provide guidance to service providers contracted resources and internal staff on architectures and the integration of appropriate security controls and mechanisms in solution architectures and designs.
- Govern and track the implementation of the security roadmaps.
- Establish build and maintain collaborative working relationships with relevant internal stakeholders and with relevant external stakeholders.
- Work in collaboration with colleagues in the centre to ensure timeous delivery of the work and manage service level agreements (SLAs).
- Must have an information technologyrelated diploma or degree AND a professional certification in the architecture and security fields (i.e. TOGAF Cloud Based Certifications Azure CEH Security).
- Must have at least five years of experience as a Senior Security Architect and possess expertise in the following security architecture components:
- security architecture principles.
- Security policies and standards.
- Security risk assessment and threat model.
- Identity and access management (IAM) architecture.
- Data security and privacy architecture.
- Network security architecture.
- Application security architecture.
- Cloud security architecture.
- Endpoint and mobile security framework.
- Incident response and security operations plan (xi) compliance and regulatory mapping.
- Cyber resilience and business continuity plan (BCP).
- Security architecture roadmap and (xiv) zero trust architecture (ZTA) blueprint.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Contract
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