Security Technology Architect

SUMMARY:
A 12 month contract position in the Centre of Pretoria with a Financial Institute for a Security Technology Architect

POSITION INFO:

The main purpose of this position is to develop, implement and coordinate the architectural design of security solutions to support business goals and to ensure the alignment between risk appetite and information security controls or security technology components at a solution level within the Company.   This is specifically within the Group Security Management Department and will be primarily focused on physical security and related cyber security solutions.

Develop cyber and physical security related solution architectures for the Company.

Develop technology solution architectures for different physical and information security projects.

Ensure the integration of appropriate security controls and mechanisms in the delivery of solutions to the business.

Combine various architecture domains (business, data, application and technology), AS-IS (baseline) and TO-BE (target) architectures to create overall solution architectures with the supporting transition architectures for physical and information security environments.

Ensure alignment between enterprise architecture, solution architecture, architecture principles, information and communication technology (ICT) standards and enterprise security architecture framework to ensure standardisation and reduce risk.

BCom Informatics / BSc Computer Science / BSc Engineering degree; or

industry-specific qualifications or an equivalent (TOGAF 9.1 Certified and SABSA Foundation Certified in particular, while Security Industry Certifications like CISSP-ISSAP, GSE, CGEIT, or others may be advantageous); and

a minimum of 8-10 years’ experience in requirements or risk analysis, security architecture, design, enterprise architecture or solutions architecture, with at least three years in a team leader / member / coaching role

Solid experience with regard to making trade-offs between various security options to address a particular Physical and Information Security requirement;

Solid experience with various relevant Physical and Information Security capabilities and approaches, e.g., identity and access management, encryption, etc.

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