Security Architect

Archer IT is a NYC based recruiting firm and trusted adviser to leading companies in the financial services, investment banking, fintech, and media industries across North America. Our client, has a current position available for a Security Architect in Raleigh, NC.

As a Security Architect, you will join a team charged with ensuring a leading investment bank can identify, defend and respond against both internal and external cyber security threats. The role is part of a small but diverse team of architects spread across the globe. As an Architect your key responsibilities will include:

• Working with Cyber Security Product Management, Engineering, and Operations team to understand business requirements, levels of demand and impact on technical architecture
• Working with the stakeholders to assess implications of architecture decisions for both new and existing capabilities
• Designing the low-level, technical capability architecture for new and modified capabilities and ensuring that the design can deliver to defined business requirements
• Defining and prioritizing investment required to deliver the capability architecture
• Developing and managing lifecycle, roadmaps and reference architecture for the capability
• Ensuring adherence to GCTO architectural standards, principles and policies
• Publishing capability upgrade and maintenance plans 
• Providing input into the capability development and optimization
• Acting as a subject matter expert for all capability architecture related discussions and issues
• Developing relationships with 3rd party suppliers when necessary

Your goals will include:

• Supporting the Capability Owner in developing low level technical architecture to support the capability roadmap
• Understanding demand for the capability from service owners
• Ensuring adherence to architecture standards
• Aligning the capability roadmap with changing service roadmaps

Essentials Skills and Qualifications:

• Ability to transform functional requirements into detailed technical specifications
• Strong experience in business analysis, IT planning and design
• Extensive experience in a security engineering or architecture roles
• Deep knowledge of enterprise-scale security systems and architectures
• A strong understanding of current technology trends and competitive forces
• Ability to develop custom technical component integration plans
• Advanced Linux or Windows experience
• A degree in Computer Science, IT, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline and at least 5 years of relevant experience or a high-school diploma and at least 10 years of relevant experience 
• Extensive experience in planning and designing solutions using APIs, workflow orchestration and automation
• Develops strong customer, peer and senior relationships globally
• Ability to effectively communicate with and influence senior stakeholders
• Able to effectively communicate technical concepts to business users / customers
• Strong critical thinking, analytical and problem solving skills
• Clear understanding of information security, backed by a depth and breadth of supporting technical knowledge, especially in the field of Cyber Security

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Extensive experience across all phases of the service delivery lifecycle
• Experience of application of Agile/DevOps methodologies
• Experience with tools such as Atlassian (Jira, Confluence) and configuration management systems such as Chef, Puppet, BOSH

This is a contract position.