Associate Director- GTS Security Architect

Roles & responsibilities
1. Security Architecture & Design
Own, govern, and continuously evolve security architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and implementation guidance.
Ensure security requirements are integrated throughout the Secure/System Development lifecycle (S/SDLC).
Review and approve solution architectures and act as the final design authority for enterprise security standards.
Define security requirements for cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, SaaS, and on-premises solutions.
Design security architectures that support confidentiality, integrity, availability, and regulatory compliance requirements.
Set the technology direction by evaluating emerging technologies and recommending security controls and architectures to mitigate risks.

2. Cloud Security & DevSecOps
Act as the principal Subject Matter Expert (SME) for cloud security across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
Provide guidance on secure cloud architecture, workload protection, identity security, data protection, and network security.
Partner with engineering teams to integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes.
Promote Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) security practices and automated security validation.

3. Risk & Compliance
Lead security architecture reviews and identify design-level risks across the portfolio.
Develop remediation recommendations and risk treatment strategies.
Support industry standard compliance e.g. SOC 1 / SOC 2, ISO, COBIT, NIST, CIS, GDPR.
Define and implement compensating controls where required.
Partner with risk management and audit leadership to address security findings and drive remediation to closure.

4. Application Security
Review application designs for secure coding and architectural vulnerabilities.
Partner with development teams to implement secure development lifecycle practices.
Evaluate authentication, authorization, encryption, API security, and secrets management strategies.
Support threat modeling exercises and security design reviews.
Assess application architectures against OWASP Top 10 and industry best practices.

5. Security Governance
Own and mature the security architecture governance process across the organization.
Chair or lead architecture review boards and change advisory activities.
Ensure alignment between business objectives and cybersecurity requirements.
Support development and maintenance of security policies, standards, and technical guidelines.

6. Stakeholder Engagement
Engage senior business leaders, application owners, infrastructure teams, audit teams, and cybersecurity functions.
Communicate security risks and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on security architecture and strategic technology investments.
Lead, mentor, and develop architects and engineering teams on security best practices.

Roles & responsibilities
1. Security Architecture & Design
Own, govern, and continuously evolve security architecture standards, patterns, reference architectures, and implementation guidance.
Ensure security requirements are integrated throughout the Secure/System Development lifecycle (S/SDLC).
Review and approve solution architectures and act as the final design authority for enterprise security standards.
Define security requirements for cloud-native, hybrid-cloud, SaaS, and on-premises solutions.
Design security architectures that support confidentiality, integrity, availability, and regulatory compliance requirements.
Set the technology direction by evaluating emerging technologies and recommending security controls and architectures to mitigate risks.

2. Cloud Security & DevSecOps
Act as the principal Subject Matter Expert (SME) for cloud security across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
Provide guidance on secure cloud architecture, workload protection, identity security, data protection, and network security.
Partner with engineering teams to integrate security controls into CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps processes.
Promote Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) security practices and automated security validation.

3. Risk & Compliance
Lead security architecture reviews and identify design-level risks across the portfolio.
Develop remediation recommendations and risk treatment strategies.
Support industry standard compliance e.g. SOC 1 / SOC 2, ISO, COBIT, NIST, CIS, GDPR.
Define and implement compensating controls where required.
Partner with risk management and audit leadership to address security findings and drive remediation to closure.

4. Application Security
Review application designs for secure coding and architectural vulnerabilities.
Partner with development teams to implement secure development lifecycle practices.
Evaluate authentication, authorization, encryption, API security, and secrets management strategies.
Support threat modeling exercises and security design reviews.
Assess application architectures against OWASP Top 10 and industry best practices.

5. Security Governance
Own and mature the security architecture governance process across the organization.
Chair or lead architecture review boards and change advisory activities.
Ensure alignment between business objectives and cybersecurity requirements.
Support development and maintenance of security policies, standards, and technical guidelines.

6. Stakeholder Engagement
Engage senior business leaders, application owners, infrastructure teams, audit teams, and cybersecurity functions.
Communicate security risks and recommendations to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on security architecture and strategic technology investments.
Lead, mentor, and develop architects and engineering teams on security best practices.

Mandatory  technical & functional skills
Strong expertise in security architecture across enterprise, solution, and cloud environments.
Deep hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Strong knowledge of:
NIST CSF, NIST SP 800-53, NIST SSDF, ISO 27001/27002, SABSA, TOGAF
Zero Trust Architecture and secure-by-design principles
Cloud, network, application, and data security
Identity, privileged access, and key management
Solid understanding of security monitoring and detection, vulnerability management, and cryptography.
Proficiency in security architecture documentation, patterns, and reference architectures.

This role is for you if you have  the below
Educational qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in Information Security, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s preferred).

Work experience
14+ years of overall IT experience, including 8+ years in security architecture.
Proven experience leading enterprise-scale security architecture programs across cloud and on-premises platforms.
Experience leading architecture review boards, risk assessments, and embedding security into Agile and DevSecOps delivery.