IT Security Architect

Company: Amtex Enterprises Inc
Location: Houston
Posted on: February 17, 2025

Job Description:

Job Title: IT Security ArchitectLocation: I-10 Energy corridor of Houston, TX (5 day a week on-site position)Duration: 1-2 yearsRate: $70-85/hr on W2 or $80-95/hr on C2CJOB DESCRIPTIONPrimary Job Responsibilities:

• Provides technical advisement to project teams to ensure compliance with IT security processes and standards.
• Ensures that security of the solutions/systems developed in support of the business are aligned with Company's Enterprise Architecture, technical standards, and technology roadmaps.
• Demonstrates either a wide breadth of security architectural experience across multiple technical domains (e.g. network security, identity security, endpoint security, cloud security) or is recognized as an expert in a specific domain.
• Ensures security solutions will work together as a zero-trust fabric to achieve intended risk-based business outcomes.
• Plays a critical role in pre-planning of new and existing security architectures.
• Interprets business needs and requirements when designing and developing technical security architectures to deliver the desired business capabilities.
• Leverages security architectural experience and expertise across a wide variety of technology domains including infrastructure, data management, systems integration, and application development, cloud, and endpoint.
• Collaborates between IT Security architecture colleagues for continuous learning and is curious to learn from peer architect colleagues for extending self-knowledge base.
• Performs an active role in Security Architecture Reviews as part of the Risk Assessment process.Basic Requirements:
• CISSP or CISM certification.
• 7+ years of experience in IT Security Architecture and services.
• 100% in-office.Preferred Requirements:
• IT Security certifications such as TOGAF, CSSLP, SCRUM Master, SAFe Architect, Network Security, PCNSE, Wireless, IAM/ADM, Cloud (Cloud Solutions Architect Expert and Cloud Security Engineer Associate).
• 7-10 years of security experience across multiple technical disciplines: API Management, Cloud Security Architecture, Identity Management/Multi-factor/Directory Services, Routers/switches, Firewalls/VPN client, VPN tunnels, Endpoint Security Tools, Operating System Best Practices, Cloud Management Gateway, Patching, Mobility, or Device Management (MDM).
• Ability to research new solutions to document best practices to ensure they are implemented and documented as part of the IT Security Reference Architecture.
• Experience with Visio and/or similar architectural design systems.
• Advanced proficiency in authentication, authorization, and security policies.
• Advanced understanding of the practical ways to apply security standard methodologies in new situations.
• Advanced understanding of Cloud best practices on leveraging the capabilities to secure by design.
• Intermediate knowledge of cloud security products as part of a cloud strategy.
• Intermediate knowledge of on-prem and cloud Directory Services, SSO, SAML, and MFA.
• Intermediate knowledge of network switches, routers, firewalls, DMVPN, S2S IPSEC VPN, and HTTPS client VPN.
• Basic awareness of SASE solutions to provide least privilege/RBAC access.
• Basic knowledge of OT systems as they pertain to the IE62443 for ICS Security.
• Takes ownership of actions and follows through on commitments by holding others accountable and standing up for what's right.
• Delivers positive results through realistic planning to accomplish goals.
• Builds effective solutions based on available information and makes timely decisions that are safe and ethical.
• Documentation skills through both whitepapers and architectural diagrams to present the pros and cons, risk evaluation, and business value for potential solutions.
• Perform security architecture design reviews to document solutions to be implemented to match best practices and set a standard for deviations and exceptions to be made.
• Merger and Acquisition experience.Interested candidates email your resume to alex@amtexenterprises.com & shabu@amtexenterprises.com
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