I&IT Security Architect - Senior( I&IT security concepts, programs, frameworks, and methodologies)

Company Description

Arthur Grand Technologies (www.arthurgrand.com) is in the business of providing staffing and technology consulting services. We have doubled our revenue year over year for the past 5 years. This speaks to the long-lasting relationship and customer satisfaction that we have built in this short span of time. Our company is managed by a team of professionals who worked for big 5 consulting firms for 20+ years. 

We are a minority owned staff augmentation and technology consulting company
To keep our valued employees, we need to keep them engaged in challenging, interesting work, offer market-relevant benefits and provide continued opportunities for professional growth.

Job Description

Position:  Security Architect - Senior

Location: Orillia, Toronto, Ontario (Onsite)

Duration:Long Term Contract 

Must Haves:

• 5 to 10 years of experience in a Security Architect senior role
• experience with I&IT security concepts, programs, frameworks, and methodologies
• experience with identity and authentication schemes for internal and external access in high sensitivity environments
• experience with various development methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, DevOps) and security testing frameworks
• experience with process design and analysis
• experience with public sector governance processes and requirements. Public sector experience with law enforcement is a benefit.

Skills and Knowledge:

Technical Knowledge:

• Expertise in I&IT enterprise architecture with knowledge primarily in Technical, Application as well as in security, business, and information domains.
• Have successfully led the design of multi-stakeholder, cross-platform technology solutions.
• Have experience with IT strategies, policies, plans, current and emerging enterprise architecture principles, methodologies, mechanisms, and techniques.
• Have experience conducting threat risk analysis, identifying risks pertaining to existing business solutions and applications and providing appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Have experience analysing portfolios of business solutions and determining the future direction of each portfolio based on the organizational needs and industry directions.
• Have knowledge of technical security best practices to provide practical expertise to meet complex and diverse needs.
• Have knowledge of current industry standards to provide advice, including systems analysis, performance & capacity management, development, testing and implementation methods, Change Management tools and techniques.
• Have a deep understanding of governance processes and best practices in governing architecture of technology projects.
• Have a strong understanding of risk management and how enterprise architecture processes and best practices can be used to manage risk.
• Have the ability to apply industry best practices and standards in architecture, software and systems engineering, design and development tools and techniques, and software lifecycle methodologies.
• Have knowledge of Project Management and Service Management practices
• You have knowledge of Application Portfolio Management frameworks.

Evaluation Criteria

I&IT Architect Experience 40%

• Experience with I&IT security concepts, programs, frameworks, and methodologies.
• Experience with identity and authentication schemes for internal and external access in high sensitivity environments.
• Experience with various development methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, DevOps) and security testing frameworks.
• Experience with multi-tiered high availability services including web front end, APIs, applications, storage, and database tiers.
• Experience with I&IT networking concepts and design.
• Experience with data storage concepts, structures, and backups.
• Experience of encryption and public key infrastructure concepts and use of certificates.

Business Process Modeling and Design - 35%

• Experience converting business requirements to technical outcomes.
• Experience with developing business models for cross agency/partner data flows.
• Experience developing wireframes and user test cases.
• Experience with process design and analysis.
• Support development of business process and technical documentation.

Relationship Management - 25%

• Experience managing executive relationships and reporting to senior management.
• Experience building relationships with stakeholders, in a multi-stakeholder, cross jurisdictional environment.
• Experience with public sector governance processes and requirements.
• Leadership to manage and resolve issues, working in collaboration with team members.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.