About our client
Our client is an independent family-owned company with global market leadership in B-to-B distribution of electrical products, solutions and related services.
Through a dense network of 80 brands spanning 40 countries, the Group has an ambitious transformation agenda to become the first global B-to-B electrical distributor to provide a fully digitalized and synchronized omnichannel experience to all customers.
The Assignment
The Cybersecurity Architect is a senior role within the Security Architecture and Engineering Service Line, responsible for designing, building, and overseeing the implementation of robust security architectures and solutions.
The (Lead) Security Architect will lead security design, engineering, testing, and implementation for critical business projects supporting the Group’s Digital Transformation. You will provide an important link between high-level business stakeholders, IT and Development Solution Architects, and existing security services. Working closely with the business, project teams, and technical architects, you will ensure solutions comply with regulatory and security controls requirements. You will combine excellent customer relationship skills, deep technical knowledge (including emerging Digital technologies), and a practical approach to real-world risk reduction.
You will be involved in the following:
1) Securely integrating significant new technology capabilities into the Group’s technology products and services
2) Modifying and updating existing security services to meet the demands of new technology
3) Securing operational technology and critical infrastructure in compliance with federal and state regulations
Tasks & Responsibilities:
- Developing security strategies that align with the organization’s business objectives and regulatory requirements,
- Guiding the secure integration of technologies across the enterprise.
- Ensuring that security is embedded into all aspects of the organization’s infrastructure and applications.
- Addressing Global Zero Trust initiatives,
- Implementing Cybersecurity Global platforms documentation and selection.
- Review security requirements and assess the security posture to identify gaps or improvements
- Define secure design of business, IT, and security solutions
- Participate in designated projects and business initiatives as the security subject matter expert
- Play an active role in developing security technical architecture and design which supports a robust technology solution, considering the client business priorities
- Review business processes from security perspective and identify threats, risks, and solutions accordingly
- Perform R&D in the field of IT security, including IT security trending topics, cloud security, and IoT
- Support the development and implementation of security, privacy, and compliance legislation, such as GDPR, PSD2, and Cybersecurity law
- Prepare security standards, guidelines and policies
Your Profile
- 5+ years of experience building, maintaining and managing security aspects of large-scale, distributed infrastructure and applications
- 5+ years of broad information security experience
- Possess subject matter expertise in security architecture and secure networking concepts
- Possess subject matter expertise in Endpoint Security
- Possess subject matter expertise in security solutions pertaining to modern application concepts such as containers and Kubernetes
- Knowledgeable with vulnerability assessment and risk determination
- Cloud security concepts and architecture
- Experience in some of the following areas:
-Identity and Access Management
-Application Security, cryptography, and protocols
-Secure System Development Life Cycle
-Security Incident Management and monitoring
-Security Operations, and Cyber Security
-Vulnerability management and penetration testing
-Information Security Management, Risk Management, and Asset Security
-Computer, IT Security, Network Security, and Cloud Security
-Security standards, laws, and compliance
- Experience in implementing security controls to improve system/platform overall security
- Knowledge and experience with identifying and understanding the most common application security vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10)
- Ability to work independently and proactively contribute within a global team environment
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presenting skills; able to concisely communicate security risks to both technical and business audiences
- Successfully completed university studies (preferably in the field of computer science or engineering)
- One of the following certifications: Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert (MS-102), Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500), Azure Solutions Architect (AZ-305)
- CISSP-ISSAP – ISC2 CISSP Information Systems Security Architecture Professional or CISSP-ISSEP – ISC2 CISSP Information Systems Security Engineering Professional
- Demonstrable understanding of Ansible, Terraform or Chef
- Understanding of NIST CSF Controls
- Expert use of Microsoft Visio or other diagramming software
The Offer
- Start date: TBD
- Duration: 1 year (initially)
- Hourly rate: TBD
- Location: Globally - fully remote
Interested? Or do you have questions about this assignment?
RIXT® Recruitment handles the recruitment & selection for this position.
Please contact Ameet Sidhoe from RIXT®: 06 - 18 83 05 76 or email at Ameet@RIXTrecruitment.nl
