Cloud Cyber Security Solutions Architect

Cloud Cyber Security Solutions Architect
Contract Term: 8 months with possible extension


Location:

• This role is a remote position and must be filled by individuals residing within Canada

Vacancy Status

• This posting is for an existing contract vacancy.

Tasks / Deliverables

Key Responsibilities

• Requirements elicitation and documentation in various formats (i.e. User stories Business Requirements Document (BRD) etc.) for considered alternatives;
• Translate business requirements into technical data specifications and analytical models;
• Perform business analyses of functional requirements to identify information procedures and decision flows;
• Evaluate existing procedures and methods identify and document items such as database content structure integrated application subsystems;
• Analyze and map the existing business model and the operations identify areas with scope for improvement;
• Analyze and evaluate existing business process;
• Define and document interfaces of manual to automated operations within application subsystems to external systems and between new and existing systems;
• Establish acceptance test criteria with client;
• Develop and establish service level agreements;
• Assist in the formalization of business process standards;
• Support and use the selected organizational methodologies;
• Assist in the development of organizational methodologies and tools;
• Analyze and develop of business success critical success factors;
• Analyze and develop of architecture requirements design process development process mapping and training;
• Responsible for leading other functional staff to define business strategy and processes in support of transformation and change management activities;
• Participate in change impact analysis and change management activities;
• Participate in organizational realignment;
• Coordinate development of training and coordination with other stakeholders;
• Create presentations and present to various stakeholders and facilitate meetings and discussions.
• Document data definitions and ensure alignment with enterprise standards;
• Clean transform and model structured and semi-structured datasets;
• Validate transformations across Bronze / Silver / Gold layers (Databricks/lakehouse);
• Perform data reconciliation and identify discrepancies;
• Create and manage test datasets to support development and testing;
• Support data quality validation and reconciliation processes;
• Maintain documentation for dashboards pipelines and business rules;
• Define test scenarios covering business use cases and edge cases including integration and nonfunctional requirements; and
• Work closely with Delivery/Integration Lead for UAT coordination and readiness. This includes creating test cases test data creation and conducting UAT

• University Degree or College Diploma in computer science information security engineering or a related field
• A minimum of five (5) years of recent demonstrated experience in information technology or cyber security including cloud environments
• A minimum of three (3) years of recent demonstrated experience as a Cloud Security Architect or senior cloud security specialist in complex regulated environments
• Demonstrated experience assessing current-state cloud security posture and defining target-state cloud security architectures
• Demonstrated experience designing and governing cloud security controls (e.g. IAM network security data protection logging and monitoring)
• Demonstrated experience identifying security risk and compliance control gaps and recommending risk-based improvements
• Demonstrated experience developing cloud security standards and reusable security architecture artifacts (reference architectures patterns building blocks)
• Demonstrated strong knowledge of cyber security and risk frameworks such as NIST CSF NIST SP800-53/61/92 and ISO/IEC 27001/27002
• Demonstrated experience applying cloud security and shared responsibility models (e.g. CSA Cloud Controls Matrix CIS Benchmarks)
• Demonstrated knowledge with enterprise and security architecture frameworks (e.g. TOGAF SABSA)
• Demonstrated experience aligning cloud security architectures with regulatory and supervisory expectations (e.g. financial services risk management)
• Demonstrated knowledge of third-party and cloud risk management practices
• Demonstrated knowledge of cloud provider security across Azure and hybrid cloud environments
• Relevant certifications would be considered an asset (e.g. CCSP CISSP CISM AWS/Azure security certifications)

Requirements

• Security Clearance: Must be eligible for Reliability level Federal Security Clearance(generally requires 5 years of residence in Canada)
• Applicants must be legally eligible to work in Canada

Language Requirements

• Proficiency in English (spoken and written) is required for this role.

Use of Artificial Intelligence

• Artificial intelligence may be used in the screening or assessment of applicants for this role.

Additional Information

• Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process upon request.

Application Process

• Qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.