Cybersecurity Solutions Architect - Principal / Senior

Immediate need for a talented Cybersecurity Solutions Architect - Principal / Senior. This is a 18+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in Raleigh NC(Remote). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
 
Job ID: 25-58206
 
Pay Range: $116 - $121/hour.  Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
 
Key Responsibilities: 

• Architecting effective and efficient fit for purpose solutions that meet the Bank’s needs and requirements - includes creation of Cybersecurity Blueprints that will present detailed views of application interaction/integrations between both on prem and cloud based applications.
• Applies in-depth and specialized expertise in Identity and Access Management and significant breadth of experience across cyber / information security.
• May be called upon to contributed to scope and business cases
• Participates in the gathering and development of requirements by coaching stakeholders and decomposing business requirements into technical and system requirements
• Intepret requirements to determine the best solutions and approaches
• Creates architectures and operational documentation with support of engineering and operations staff
• Advise, consult, lead, guide and mentor project teams, engineers, analysts, and support staff in the delivery of solutions
• Participate in the agile planning processes and delivery methodologies
• Build relationships with internal clients
• Conducts threat modeling and security gap assessment exercises in concert with other teams
• Create reusable patterns for reoccurring cyber challenges
• Contributes to the creation of policy, standards, Minimum Security Baselines (MSBs), procedures and guidelines
• Bring visibility to and escalates security risks, as well as, technical, execution, deployment or other risks as applicable
• Lead Proof of Concept/Value Exit Read outs by communicating results and recommendations to stakeholders
• Conducts post-mortem reviews of projects / products to measure design versus implementation differentials
• Contribute to the Clientt Cyber Architecture Practice by supporting Cyber Enterprise Architecture objectives

 
Key Requirements and Technology Experience: 

• Key skills; AWS / Azure Cloud - application migration
• Attack protection and mitigation technologies – DDoS, WAF, Bot, etc
• Cryptographic technology – Transit encryption, storage encryption, Hash, KMS, Digital Signature, etc.
• Digital Commerce, Digital Banking and Financial Systems architecture
• Large data management architecture and integrations
• The candidate must be a highly experienced subject matter expert with either deep specialization or comprehensive knowledge within a discipline which crosses multiple areas of specialization relative to Cloud architectures and scrutiy principles,
• Data Protection, IT Risk, Network Security, Application Security, Security Operations, and Identity and Access Management.
• We need someone with deep knowledge/experience with securing complex AWS and Azure architectures.
• Understanding of Security foundations and Standards such as hardening, least privilege, attack surface reduction, NIST SP800-series, NIST Cybersecurity Framework, FIPS 140
• Common Criteria, FFIEC, FISMA/FedRAMP, ISO 27000, PCI-DSS, CIS Benchmarks, and similar.
• Applies in-depth and specialized expertise and/or a significant breadth of expertise in own professional discipline and other related disciplines.
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
• Mentors less experienced teammates to build their own technical expertise. Impacts the achievement of client, operational, project, service, and risk management objectives.
• Works independently, with guidance in only the most complex and unusual situations.
• Experience with Agile Scrum (Daily Standup, Sprint Planning and Sprint Retrospective meetings)
• Specific solution expertise is desired in the following areas:
• Digital Commerce, Digital Banking and Financial Systems architecture
• Large data management architecture and integrations
• Attack protection and mitigation technologies – DDoS, WAF, Bot, etc.
• AWS / Azure Cloud - application migration, fit for purpose, etc.
• Multifactor authentication, Risk Based Authentication
• Application authentication models
• Application Security – OWASP control and evaluation criteria
• Cryptographic technology – Transit encryption, storage encryption, Hash, KMS, Digital Signature, etc.
• Federated Identity Management / Identity Providers / Single Sign On (SSO)
• Client authentication approaches for “anti-bot” technologies, signaling, and fraud prevention
• Certification: CISSP-ISSAP, AWS, AZURE, SANS or TOGAF certifications
• Experience with Agile Scrum (Daily Standup, Sprint Planning and Sprint Retrospective meetings)
• Consulting or professional services backgrounds are a plus.
• Financial services industry experience is a major plus.
• Master’s degree in: Computer Science, Information Systems, Security, or other closely related field.
• Ideal candidate will also have experience in the following areas –
• Developing patterns, building blocks, target architectures, policies, standards, and guidance for all applicable platforms
• Containerization, Micro-services, API, CI/CD
• Content Delivery technologies
• Fintech integration

 

Our client is a leading Banking Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.

Pyramid Consulting, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

By applying to our jobs you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Pyramid Consulting, Inc. and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy 

. #cha J2W:CB3