Security Solutions Architect

ServerLogic has partnered with a Portland based company to identify a Security Solutions Architect for this direct hire opportunity.

As the Security Solutions Architect, you will be accountable for supporting security and Enterprise Architecture activities that create deliverables which guide the direction and development for technological responses to disruptive forces and driving targeted business outcomes.

You will provide the leadership, facilitation, analysis and design tasks required for the development of an enterprise’s security architecture.

Role and Responsibilities Work with EA, security peers, and other stakeholders to analyze the enterprise business context, and change requirements in other enterprise architecture viewpoints, to derive the security architecture future state.

This includes defining the requirements, principles and models that guide technology decisions for the enterprise.

Understand security trends and the practical application of existing, new, and emerging technologies to enable new and evolving business and operating models.

Drive digital innovation by leveraging innovative new technologies and approaches to renovate, extend, and transform the existing core technology base and IT estate.

Define high-level plans to address the gaps between the current and future state, typically in sync with the IT budgeting or other capital planning processes.

Lead the analysis of the current technology environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.

In addition, lead the analysis of technology industry and market trends to determine their potential impact on the enterprise as well as on the enterprise technology architecture.

Assist with designing the governance, assurance and standards activities associated with ensuring enterprise security architecture compliance.

Oversee and facilitate the research, evaluation, and selection of hardware and software technology and product standards in the security area, as well as the design of standard configurations.

Identify the organizational impact and financial impact of the enterprise technology architecture.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Demonstrated experience in assessing risks and defining security strategy enterprises based on those risks.

Demonstrated experience in architecting, designing, implementing, and managing security for highly available, resilient systems (physical, virtual, cloud).

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, system analysis or a related study, or equivalent experience 10 years of design and implementation experience in IT, with a deep knowledge in of the following technical disciplines security architecture and design supporting enterprise level application environments, middleware, servers and storage, database management, and IT operations.

3 years of experience with cloud technologies (Azure, AWS) Working knowledge of security solutions and Active Directory at the enterprise level.

Exposure to multiple, diverse technical configurations, technologies and processing environments Knowledge of many, if not most, aspects of an enterprise security architecture Understanding and knowledge of system development life cycle methodologies (such as waterfall, spiral, agile software development, rapid prototyping, incremental, synchronize and stabilize, and DevOps) Understanding and knowledge of IT Service Management (ITSM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL Foundations Certification is required within 90 days of hiring) (TOGAF and CISSP certification are encouraged, but not required)Security Solutions Architect