Information Security Architect

 

Recruiter:

HR Genie

Job Ref:

LM7

Date posted:

Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Location:

Gauteng, South Africa

Salary:

000


SUMMARY:
At least five (5) years' demonstratable experience/knowledge of Information Security / Cybersecurity

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Formal Education
  •  

Diploma / Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Security, or related discipline from an accredited tertiary institution

Experience

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At least five (5) years’ demonstratable experience/knowledge of Information Security / Cybersecurity

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Experience advising customers on architectures meeting industry standards such as PCI DSS, ISO 27001, CIS Standards, HIPAA, and NIST/DoD frameworks.

Technical/Legal Certification

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Relevant IT Security certification such as COBIT, CISSP, CISM, CISA, CGEIT, TOGAF, SABSA and any other Governance related qualification.

Responsibilities
  • Act as security specialist utilising current information security technology disciplines and industry standards
  • to ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information assets.
  • Security requirements management by definition and linking of security mechanisms to functional requirements
  • Develop reference security architectures and frameworks (including requirements, design patterns, and other artefacts) for use throughout the Department.
  • Develop security strategies and develop guidance documentation that drive the strategy.
  • Evaluate new and emerging security technologies for potential suitability in the Department's environment.
  • Development of security policies, security standards, and risk governance processes.
  • Participate in the governance process to influence projects to adhere to industry standards, and all relevant security policies.
  • Develop and foster relationships with technical teams and business partners in order to create an integrated approach that provides data integrity, information confidentiality, and service availability.
  • Partner with Application Delivery, Compliance, Audit, Engineering, and Information Security to ensure that the Information Security Principles are embedded into new initiatives.
  • Participate in IT security audit activities both internal and external, ensuring compliance to national regulations, POPI, Data Privacy standards and Payment Card Industry standards.
  • Detailed attack modelling and security mechanism specification for hardware and software blocks.
  • Advising and training the team on design, implementation and test of software security mechanisms.
  • Root cause analysis of security defects
  • Design, build and implement enterprise-class security systems for a production environment.
  • Align standards, frameworks and security with overall business and technology strategy.
    • Identify and communicate current and emerging security threats.
    • Design security architecture elements to mitigate threats as they emerge
    • Create solutions that balance business requirements with information and cyber security requirements
    • Identify security design gaps in existing and proposed architectures and recommend changes or enhancements.
    • Develop project timelines for ongoing system upgrades.
    • Prompt response to all security incidents and provide thorough post-event analysis
    • Establish disaster recovery and business continuity procedures.

 

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