Platform Security Architect
Platform Security Architect
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29-07-2025
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VITA Platform Security Architect.
WEEKLY ON SITE REQUIRED: 4 days/each week
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Platform Security Architect is a critical technical role responsible for ensuring the secure design and compliance of the platforms enterprise architecture. The Platform Security Architect will assist in ensuring systems complete needed steps in order to receive Authority to Operate including but not limited to architectural design System Security Plan and compliance with organization design patterns. to effectively and securely support the organization in meeting specific business technology needs. This candidate will be considered a technical expert. Ideal candidates will have the following expectations execute architecture design reviews to evaluate security controls and identify opportunities to enhance the security posture of the Commonwealths Platform services build relationships with supplier infrastructure architects and engineering leads to disseminate and explain secure design methodologies and policies. Ideal candidates will also understand the landscape and components of cutting-edge architectures and the methods to securely deploy them.
Duties/Responsibilities:
As part of a team ensure the adoption of security architecture and engineering initiatives in order to effectively and securely support the organization in meeting specific business technology needs.
Review solutions to be deployed in cloud and on premise environments
Assist with Architectural design documentation and System Security Plan documentation
Monitor and guide systems to ensure Authority to Operate is achieved in a timely manner
Understand technical security issues and the implications to the Platform and be able to communicate them to management and other business leaders.
Responsible for guiding the design and implementation of secure solutions and services across the Platform.
Maintain in-depth knowledge of IT industry best practices technologies architectures and emerging technologies.
Must have knowledge and understanding to be able to configure and implement security solutions to reduce risk to an acceptable level.
Understand emerging security technologies and determine the appropriate use within business applications.
Must be able to provide technical guidance and foster a collective understanding of data flows and security issues encountered in both premise based and cloud applications and services.
Communicate architectural decisions plans goals and strategies
Must be able to incorporate business drivers needs and strategies to address future business / technology needs.
Work in teams for secure application and/or infrastructure solution architecture.
Collaborate with our Governance organization and functions including Internal Audit Legal and Compliance Privacy and Sourcing to ensure that the Platform maintains a strong cybersecurity posture. Required/Desired Skills Skill Required /Desired Amount of Experience Experience providing high-level design and architecture diagrams Required 8 Years technically validating solutions and connecting business data security systems and other technical and non-technical architectures Required 8 Years Familiarity with open architecture and cybersecurity architecture principles that achieve cybersecurity framework goals. Required 8 Years Familiar with encryption technologies used in commercial operating systems including Public Key Infrastructures-continued Required 8 Years symmetric and asymmetric cryptography certificate trust stores and the use of key escrow for discovery and legal purposes Required 8 Years At least 8 years of experience in network and endpoint security architecture Required 8 Years Familiarity with protocols commonly used in commercial networks such as SMB RPC HTTP SQL Required 8 Years Familiar with multi-tiered network applications common ports and protocols used in those communications Required 8 Years Familiar with Vulnerability Scoring (CVSS) and exploitation mechanisms of common vulnerability types (overflows cross-site-scripting SQL injection) Required 8 Years Experience working with Cloud Native architecture paradigms patterns and security methodologies. Required 6 Years Familiarity with NIST IRS 1075 HIPAA FedRAMP and other cybersecurity framworks Required 8 Years Familiar with methodologies for scalable automated creation of System Security Plan and Authority To Operate Attestation & Validation Required 4 Years Candidate should have a background in general security practices such as identity and access management (IAM)-continued Required 8 Years Experience leading the alignment of on-going activities in support of critical State & Federal mandates such as -continued Required 8 Years Continuous Diagnostics and Monitoring (CDM) Executive Orders related to cybersecurity and guidance from OMB and NIST Required 8 Years Familiarity with open architecture and cybersecurity architecture principles that achieve cybersecurity framework goals Required 8 Years Desired Skills / Certification: AWS Certified Security Azure Architect Certification Google Architect Certification Desired 0 Desired Skills/Certs (continued)- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) Desired 0
WEEKLY ON SITE REQUIRED: 4 days/each week
ABOUT THE ROLE
The Platform Security Architect is a critical technical role responsible for ensuring the secure design and compliance of the platforms enterprise architecture. The Platform Security Architect will assist in ensuring systems complete needed steps in order to receive Authority to Operate including but not limited to architectural design System Security Plan and compliance with organization design patterns. to effectively and securely support the organization in meeting specific business technology needs. This candidate will be considered a technical expert. Ideal candidates will have the following expectations execute architecture design reviews to evaluate security controls and identify opportunities to enhance the security posture of the Commonwealths Platform services build relationships with supplier infrastructure architects and engineering leads to disseminate and explain secure design methodologies and policies. Ideal candidates will also understand the landscape and components of cutting-edge architectures and the methods to securely deploy them.
Duties/Responsibilities:
As part of a team ensure the adoption of security architecture and engineering initiatives in order to effectively and securely support the organization in meeting specific business technology needs.
Review solutions to be deployed in cloud and on premise environments
Assist with Architectural design documentation and System Security Plan documentation
Monitor and guide systems to ensure Authority to Operate is achieved in a timely manner
Understand technical security issues and the implications to the Platform and be able to communicate them to management and other business leaders.
Responsible for guiding the design and implementation of secure solutions and services across the Platform.
Maintain in-depth knowledge of IT industry best practices technologies architectures and emerging technologies.
Must have knowledge and understanding to be able to configure and implement security solutions to reduce risk to an acceptable level.
Understand emerging security technologies and determine the appropriate use within business applications.
Must be able to provide technical guidance and foster a collective understanding of data flows and security issues encountered in both premise based and cloud applications and services.
Communicate architectural decisions plans goals and strategies
Must be able to incorporate business drivers needs and strategies to address future business / technology needs.
Work in teams for secure application and/or infrastructure solution architecture.
Collaborate with our Governance organization and functions including Internal Audit Legal and Compliance Privacy and Sourcing to ensure that the Platform maintains a strong cybersecurity posture. Required/Desired Skills
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