Senior Cyber Security Architect

JOB OVERVIEW:

The Senior Cyber Security Architect role is primarily responsible for designing, building, and maintaining secure data, systems and applications.

This position plays a significant role in creating strategies to protect Henry Schein systems and infrastructure while ensuring compliance with relevant policies and regulations.

A successful candidate will have a thorough understanding of complex IT systems and stay updated with the latest security standards, systems and authentication protocols.

The ideal candidate serves as the liaison between the technology global organization, the business, and the security engineers and coordinates with system owners, service providers, and the rest of the information security organization on the design and implementation of the security requirements and controls.

The role will also oversee internal and external resources, and report to the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).

The main duties and responsibilities include:

• Design a robust security system to protect the company’s computer systems and networks from threats
• Designing robust security architectures for IT projects, including M&A activities
• Developing and maintaining security standards, and guidelines
• Conducting system security and vulnerability analyses and risk assessments
• Identifying integration issues and develop solutions to these issues
• Ensuring the architecture and security systems align with the business’s goals and requirements
• Researching, designing and advocating new technologies, architectures, and security products
• Ensuring compliance with the changing laws and applicable regulations
• Participating in Incident Response and Forensic investigations
• Working with IT department and members of the information security team to design, implement, manage, and report on, the effectiveness of security controls
• Staying up to date with the latest security systems, standards, authentication protocols, and products
• Plan and implement security measures to protect sensitive data and systems from infiltration and cyber-attacks
• Provide technical leadership for the information security team
• Design and implement user identity access management systems
• Evaluate new cybersecurity threats and IT trends and develop effective security measures
• Work very closely with infrastructure and application teams to secure Henry Schein systems and data

Key roles for the position:

• Technical oversight: responsible for providing security personnel with technical guidance and supervision.
• Create proper documentation: plan, investigate, and build reliable, powerful, and flexible security architectures.
• Own security architecture and controls’ framework: Planning, studying and then designing a resilient security architecture, and developing prerequisites for networks, firewalls, routers, and other network devices
• Awareness: work closely with the rest of the information security team to identify improvements and remedies based on vulnerability assessments, security testing, risk analysis, as well as internal and external audit findings
• Research: researching and implementing the updated security standards, systems, and best practices

Requirements:

• 15-25 years of security experience
• 10-15 years of experience as a Security Architect or similar role
• Experience in cloud platforms, risk assessment tools, identity management and data encryption
• Knowledge of network security architecture concepts, including topology, protocols, components, and principles
• Understanding of advanced threat detection and network protocols
• Proficiency in security systems, including firewalls, intrusion detection systems, anti-virus software, authentication systems, log management, and content filtering
• Knowledge of disaster recovery, computer forensic tools, technologies, and methods
• Knowledge of industry-standard and organizationally accepted analysis principles and methods.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work under pressure
• A bachelor degree in computer science, Information Technology or relevant field
• Professional certification, such as Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) are a plus

SCOPE: 

Typically lead a complex department with multiple disciplines of significant scope and financial and operational impact. Role is highly strategic, including creation and ownership of processes and managing by influence. Accountable for preparing more broad strategi