Information Security Architect
Western Union
- Denver, CO
- $170,000-220,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Lead Cybersecurity architecture in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) due diligence efforts.
- Direct the security architecture for application and data design processes and reviews.
- Guide and implement security best practices throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Collaborate with partnered security teams to address architectural needs related to M&A, applications, and data.
- Develop, evaluate, and endorse security architectures, aligning them with organizational goals and industry standards.
- Design security frameworks for emerging technologies across diverse platforms and environments.
- Monitor and integrate advancements in cyber security to refine our architectural practices.
- Provide expert guidance and write technical specifications for the procurement and deployment of security technologies.
- Manage cyber security aspects of internal and external audits, facilitating compliance and resolution of audit findings.
- Contribute to the development of security policies and procedures, enhancing audit and regulatory adherence.
- Identify and implement opportunities for process automation and improvement.
- Lead overarching security architecture projects.
- Deep knowledge in Mergers and Acquisitions related to cyber security.
- Proficiency in security assessments, application architectures, data structure security and integrating security within the SDLC.
- Extensive experience in infrastructure and cloud security, including best practices in cloud environments such as AWS, GCP, OCI, or Azure.
- Strong foundation in network security and infrastructure.
- Over ten years of IT experience, with substantial involvement in information security.
- Exceptional communication skills and a track record of successful cross disciplinary collaboration.
- Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in information security, Computer Science, or related field, with at least six years of focused experience in information security architecture.
- Advanced degrees and security certifications
- Skills in:
- secure coding
- scripting
- automation
- Experience as a multidomain security SME.
- Familiarity with IT Audit lifecycle and frameworks.
- Familiarity with multiple operating systems and various hardening techniques.
- Have working knowledge and experience with change control practices and experience building solutions in lab/dev environments, producing test cases, etc.
- Expert understanding of modern computing and cloud computing environments.
- Mastery of cloud security concepts.
- Familiarity with various cybersecurity techniques and principles, such as forensics, threat hunting, penetration testing, threat intelligence, Federated Identity Management, and/or data loss prevention.
- Family First Program
- Flexible Time off
- Medical, Dental and Life Insurance
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Parental Leave