Security Architect

Location Newark, NJ Description Our client is currently seeking a Security Architect to work on a 6 month contract with a right to hire. The Security Architect will partner with Enterprise Architects, Infrastructure and Development Teams to develop a deep technical understanding of Horizonaposs technology ecosystem. Incumbent will conduct architecture reviews, threat modeling, identify risks and advise IT, business owners and technical teams on options to mitigate the risk. The candidate must have excellent verbal and written communication skills. This position reports to the Manager of Security Architecture. Major Responsibilities Review enterprise architecture diagrams and recommend security related enhancements. Model attack vectors and design security controls to mitigate risk Strong knowledge of cloud security concepts with SaaS, PaaS and IaaS platforms and architectural knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft Azure cloud services. Plan, design, develop and maintain security technologies, diagrams, processes and procedures. Develop and implement enterprise-wide and cross-functional integration solutions Research and recommend new industry IT cyber security models, management strategies and effective resource utilization models that can be presented to Senior Leadership (i.e. Directors and above) Conduct technology reviews and audits that ensure computer systems are built to reference security architecture principles Help build security into infrastructure and architecture designs and guide implementation with the operations team Create and deliver knowledge sharing presentations and documentation to security, developers and operations teams Learn on the job and explore new technologies with little supervision to identify new and emerging security threats Qualifications EducationExperience Requires bacheloraposs degree in computer science or information security Requires a minimum of 6 years of professional IT work experience or a masteraposs degree and 4 years of professional work experience Requires a minimum of 2 years of experience in technology such as enterprise security architecture design and developing threat models as well as architecture risk analysis. Additional licensing, certifications, registrations One of the following certifications are desired. CISSP SANSGIAC Certifications AWS Certifications Knowledge of Application security tools such as HTTP and TCP proxies, fuzzers, scanners, debuggers, simulators, etc. Common vulnerabilities in the OWASP top 10 list Protocolstechnologies like SOA, HTTP, SSLTLS, LDAP, JDBC, ServletJSP, SQL, HTML, XML Java Application and Java Application Server administrationtuning Amazon Web Services (AWS) andor Microsoft Azure andor VMware vCloud andor Docker Encryption standards Authentication and Authorization standards such as Oauth 2.0, OpenID Connect (OIDC), and SAML 2.0 Skills and Abilities Ability to understand software design algorithms Ability to write scripts in languages such as Python, BASH, or PowerShell for automation preferred Joy Provenzano The Judge Group Contact mailto?subjectSecurity20Architect This job and many more are available through The Judge Group. Find us on the web at www.judge.com httpwww.judge.com