My longstanding client is urgently seeking an experienced contract Enterprise Security Architect to join a European project team on an initial 7 month contract. The successful Security Architect will report directly to the Chief Enterprise Architect and will be responsible for the Security Solution architecture of the security platform, working collaboratively within the architecture & security team. Key project stakeholders are the CISO, the Executive Management team and the IT programs fulfilling security requirements and answering to demand.

  • 99% Remote working – 1- 2 day per month onsite in Cologne, Germany
  • Excellent day rates dependant on skills
  • Candidate must be eligible to work within the EU / Germany
  • Contract until end of December 2024 – Extensions highly likely

Key responsibilities:

  • Document your Enterprise Architecture Domain (security) using the modelling language ArchiMate and EA Sparx as a tool
  • You will also be responsible for defining the vision and roadmaps of various security platforms in close alignment with the CISO and his team, and make sure they are monitored and implemented, by defining proper KPI’s and dashboard when relevant
  • Align, integrate your vision and identify gaps within the 5 year cyber-security plan created by our CISO and regularly discussed with the management board
  • Align Solution Architects & lead engineers, leading the actual implementation of solutions following the reference architecture and the security platform roadmaps
  • Ensure the cyber resilience of IT platforms & security services becomes trusted and widely adopted
  • Create the highest level of security & awareness for all existing & future IT environments & personnel, while balancing risk & opportunity against cost
  • Knowledge share within the team
  • Work closely with architects, stakeholders & programs to ensure teams understand security standards and services

Skills & experience required:

  • A solid background as an Enterprise Security Architect from within large scale, multinational clients/li>
  • Demonstrable knowledge of security solution architecture, security design and various security platform solutions/li>
  • Demonstrable understanding of the difference between various types of security technologies on premise & on cloud/li>
  • Experience with Oracle identity suite, Cyber Ark, ELK, Azure, Cisco, F5, Microsoft (Including AAD) and Linux is a distinct advantage./li>
  • Experience of the NIST Cybersecurity framework, IAM services/li>
  • Be able to create clear technical patterns in the reference architecture for wider teams/li>
  • Gather security requirements from business stakeholders and IT professionals to develop risk based security solutions and services/li>
  • Provide high-level security designs & support low-level designs for Business Transformation programmes and IT investment portfolios./li>
  • Occasional European travel to other company sites maybe expected – UK, NL, Spain/li>

Enterprise Security Architect – ArchiMate – EA Sparx – NIST – IAM – Cologne / Koln, Germany

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